Ex-Penn St. Coach Sandusky Charged With Homo Sex Abuse of Young Boys

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Jerry Sandusky son discusses alleged sexual abuse
Posted: Jul 17, 2014 1:06 AM EDT
Updated: Jul 17, 2014 10:53 AM EDT

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - An adopted son of convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky is providing details of the alleged sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his father.

Matt Sandusky, who was initially a foster child of the Sanduskys, tells Oprah Winfrey in a TV show airing Thursday night that his overnight visits with the family as a child were good "except for one part, bedtime."

At bedtime in the Sandusky's home in State College, he said, Jerry Sandusky's "ritual began."

"The overnight visits were -- they were good. I mean, except for that one part, bedtime. Bedtime was the bad part. But any other time that we were in the home, that we were doing anything in the home with the family, it was fine and it was -- again, you would look at that family and you would say, wow. Like I wish that I had brothers and sisters that cared about me. I wish that I had a mother who cooked dinner every night for the whole family. I wish that I had all of these things. But then at bedtime, his ritual began," Matt Sandusky told Winfrey in a brief clip released by the network.

The network said Sandusky discusses the grooming, methodical control and manipulation he faced as a child.

He had also discussed the alleged abuse in a documentary, "Happy Valley," shown earlier this year, and in an audiotape of a 29-minute interview with police detectives that NBC obtained at the time of Jerry Sandusky's 2012 trial.

Matt Sandusky told investigators Jerry Sandusky had rubbed along or against his genitals. He said then that he did not recall any penetration or oral sex, and that memories were coming back to him.

He said he was coming forward at that time because he had told a different story to an investigative grand jury and wanted to correct the record.

"So that they can really have closure and see what the truth actually is. And just to right the wrong, honestly, of going to the grand jury and lying," Matt Sandusky said two years ago. He was not called to testify, and Jerry Sandusky has not been charged with any crime in relation to his adopted son.

Matt Sandusky is one of six children adopted by Jerry Sandusky and his wife.

Jerry Sandusky, once Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno's assistant and heir apparent at Penn State University, was convicted of sexual abuse of 10 other boys. He is serving a 30- to 60-year sentence.

Matt Sandusky is among those who have claimed abuse at Sandusky's hands who have been paid civil settlements by Penn State.

He was placed in foster care with the Sandusky family in January 1995. He was adopted by the family after he turned 18.
 
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Sandusky Relatives Voice Support After Interview
Friday, Jul 18, 2014 | Updated 9:35 PM EDT

Other members of Jerry Sandusky's family say they're standing by him after one of his adopted sons described to Oprah Winfrey allegations of sexual abuse by the former Penn State assistant football coach.

The family released a statement on Friday saying none of them ever saw abuse or any indication of inappropriate activity. :rolleyes:

Matthew Sandusky said in Thursday's broadcast that his adopted father subjected him to a range of sexual abuse, including oral sex.

The statement is from Sandusky's wife, Dottie, and the couple's other five adopted children. :rolleyes:

It says attacking Matthew will provoke him and they're worried about what he'll say about the family.

Jerry Sandusky is serving a prison term for sexual abuse of 10 boys. He has not been charged with abusing Matthew Sandusky.
 
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Judge Denies Spanier's Bid to Halt Criminal Case
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012

A federal judge in Pennsylvania said Friday she will not halt the criminal case against former Penn State president Graham Spanier, who is accused of a criminal cover-up of child sex abuse complaints against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.

U.S. Middle District Judge Yvette Kane dismissed the legal action brought by Spanier against state Attorney General Kathleen Kane, whose office is prosecuting him and two other former university administrators.

Spanier claimed he was the victim of selective prosecution :rolleyes: and said the federal court should also intervene because prosecutors had improperly used testimony from a university lawyer he says was representing him when he appeared before a grand jury.

The judge's memorandum said her decision was based on a principle that federal courts should keep out of state prosecutions in all but the most extraordinary instances.

Spanier's lawyers had argued the case against him was undertaken in bad faith and without any hope of getting a valid conviction.

Judge Kane said she was "leaving to the state court an assessment of whether any impropriety in the investigation and grand jury proceeding occurred, and whether (Spanier) is entitled to any relief.''

A spokesman for the attorney general and Spanier's lawyer, Liz Ainslie, both declined comment.

Spanier, who was forced out as university president a few days after Sandusky was arrested on child molestation charges in November 2011, faces charges of perjury, obstruction, conspiracy, failure to properly report suspected abuse and endangering the welfare of children.

He awaits trial in Dauphin County court in Harrisburg, along with retired vice president Gary Schultz and retired athletic director Tim Curley.

All three defendants await a judge's decision about claims their right to legal representation was violated by the actions of former Penn State general counsel Cynthia Baldwin related to their appearances before an investigative grand jury in 2011.

Sandusky, who spent decades as an assistant coach under Joe Paterno, was convicted two years ago of 45 counts of child sexual abuse and is serving a 30- to 60-year state prison sentence.
 
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Son: Joe Paterno Feared Wrongly Accusing Sandusky
By Mark Scolforo
Saturday, Jul 26, 2014 • Updated at 11:50 AM EDT

Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno told his son the day after his firing that he hadn't informed the coaching staff about allegations Jerry Sandusky may be a child molester because he was unsure whether they were true, Jay Paterno writes in a new book.

In "Paterno Legacy: Enduring Lessons from the Life and Death of My Father," which hit the shelves at some central Pennsylvania bookstores this week, Jay Paterno writes that his father said he didn't want to accuse somebody of something he didn't witness or know to be true.

"I didn't know that he'd done all that stuff," Joe Paterno told his son, according to the book. "I had no idea. I just didn't know."

The book takes a defensive tone toward the elder Paterno, who lost his job shortly after Sandusky's arrest in November 2011 and died of liver cancer three months later.

Jay Paterno, who abandoned a candidacy for lieutenant governor before this year's Democratic primary after his nominating petitions were challenged, is involved in two lawsuits in which Penn State is the defendant.

"I am not writing to exonerate my father because he did not commit a crime that needs a pardon," he wrote. "If anything, he is guilty of failing to possess the God-like qualities ascribed to him by others, qualities that Joe was the first to insist he never had."

His take on the Sandusky scandal closely follows — and repeatedly cites — a rebuttal his family produced after a report commissioned by the university concluded that Joe Paterno helped conceal Sandusky's behavior to avoid bad publicity.

Long sections of the book describe Jay Paterno's upbringing and his 17 years as an offensive assistant coach under his father, who built the program into a powerhouse and was instrumental in the university's growth and expansion.

Joe Paterno's firing, and a subsequent decision to remove his statue from outside the football stadium, remains controversial among Penn State alumni and fans, and Jay Paterno describes the trustees in bitter terms, saying they were just trying to save themselves. :rolleyes:

"The firing was an act of cowardice," he wrote. "End of story." :rolleyes:

In a phone interview Friday with The Associated Press, Jay Paterno said his father first realized Sandusky may be a child molester in late 2010, when he got word that a grand jury was investigating, long after Sandusky's retirement.

Paterno had fielded a complaint about Sandusky in a shower with a boy nearly a decade earlier and told the school's athletic director about it. Police weren't notified, however, and the report languished until a fresh complaint in 2008 caused police to investigate Sandusky.

For Jay Paterno, the realization about Sandusky came within a few days of his father's testimony before the grand jury in January 2011.

Until then, he said, he had thought of Sandusky as someone who was doing a lot of good for people — Sandusky had established a charity for at-risk children in the 1970s, and prosecutors later determined he used it to find and groom victims.

"When you know somebody for so long, it's awfully hard to believe bad things about someone, when every sign in his life points the other way," he said.

Three former Penn State administrators are awaiting trial on charges they participated in a criminal cover-up of allegations against Sandusky: former university president Graham Spanier, former athletic director Tim Curley and former vice president Gary Schultz. They have denied the accusations.

"I know what kind of men I think they are, based on personal interactions with them," Jay Paterno told the AP. "I've had nothing but good experiences with those people and nothing but honest dealings with them."

The Paterno family is behind a lawsuit against the NCAA over the organization's punishment of Penn State, including a $60 million fine, a four-year ban on postseason play and a temporary loss of football scholarships.

Jay Paterno and another former assistant, Bill Kenney, filed a federal lawsuit this week seeking more than $1 million for their dismissal from the team when a new coach was hired in early 2012. They say they have been unfairly linked to the Sandusky scandal.

Asked what Joe Paterno would think about his family suing the university, Jay Paterno said: "I can't speak for him, but I can tell you this — one of the things my father believed in was truth and integrity."

Sandusky, who spent decades as Joe Paterno's lead defensive assistant, was convicted two years ago of sexually abusing 10 boys and is serving a lengthy prison sentence.
 
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5 Pa. Reps Ask NCAA to Halt Penn State Sanctions
Monday, Jul 28, 2014 • Updated at 8:57 PM EDT

Five Pennsylvania congressmen are asking college sports' governing body to cancel penalties against Penn State imposed as a result of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.

The five released a letter Monday they sent last week to Mark Emmert, president of the NCAA.

They're citing an April state court ruling that was critical of the consent decree, which includes a temporary ban on post-season play, a temporary reduction in scholarships, the cancellation of 112 wins and a $60 million fine.

The group is four Republicans -- Charlie Dent, Glenn Thompson, Jim Gerlach and Mike Kelly -- plus Democrat Mike Doyle. Dent, Doyle and Thompson are Penn State alumni.

An NCAA spokeswoman tells The Philadelphia Inquirer the organization hasn't received the letter and isn't commenting beyond its previous statements.
 
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New Lawsuit Filed Over Alleged Abuse by Sandusky
Thursday, Sep 4, 2014 • Updated at 7:49 AM EDT

A new accuser has sued Jerry Sandusky, Penn State and a charity the former assistant coach founded, claiming he was sexually abused about six years ago.

The case was filed in Philadelphia last month by Williamsport attorney Bret Southard, whose client was identified only by his initials, The Centre Daily Times reported.

The lawsuit claims Sandusky abused the boy during a shopping trip in 2008 or 2009, and after they attended a Penn State game in 2008 against Coastal Carolina University.

The trip would have come around the time law enforcement officials began investigating Sandusky in late 2008, based on a complaint involving a student in central Pennsylvania. They charged him in 2011.

Southard told the newspaper his client represents a new case. The lawsuit seeks $550,000, along with punitive damages and interest. Penn State previously settled 26 cases for nearly $60 million.

The lawsuit describes the boy as a participant in The Second Mile, the charity for at-risk children Sandusky founded, the newspaper reported.

Second Mile official David Woodle said the charity would "engage with them and try just to understand what's there and take it through the legal process." He said The Second Mile now exists only as the owner of real estate that is currently for sale.

A Penn State spokesman declined to comment, and messages left by The Associated Press for Southard and Sandusky's legal team late Wednesday were not immediately returned.

Sandusky was convicted two years ago of sexual abuse of 10 boys and is serving a lengthy state prison sentence.

The lawsuit said the accuser was among the boys listed as Second Mile participants on a document taken from Sandusky's home during the investigation. Some of the names had check marks next to them.

"There was such a mark next to plaintiff's name. The (state police) then contacted (his) parents," the lawsuit said.
 
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Rutgers Apologizes to Penn State for Offensive Signs
Monday, Sep 15, 2014 • Updated at 7:13 PM EDT

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Rutgers has apologized to Penn State for offensive signs and shirts referencing the Jerry Sandusky scandal that some Rutgers fans displayed during a football game between the two schools.

Rutgers athletic director Julie Hermann apologized in a statement Monday for the “classless display” :rolleyes: that she said does not represent the school's views or its fan base.

"I would like to apologize equally to the Penn State University fans that were subjected to this classless display that does not represent the ethos of our university, athletic department or fan base," Hermann wrote.

Several photos posted on an official Rutgers football Facebook page showed fans wearing T-shirts that read "Beat Ped State.'' :D Hermann says the photos were removed when school officials learned about them.

There also was a sign that showed what appeared to be stick figures of a man and boy engaged in a sex act, with ``Penn State'' emblazoned across the top.

The sign and photos were references to the child-sex-abuse scandal involving Sandusky.
 
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Rutgers Athletic Director's Sandusky "Joke"
Friday, Sep 19, 2014 • Updated at 8:03 PM EDT

Rutgers athletic director Julie Hermann made an off-the-cuff joke about the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal at Penn State during a meeting with staff last fall.

The university acknowledged Friday that Hermann made the impromptu comment in a fundraising meeting but said it was not directed at anyone associated with Penn State. The comment was first reported by NJ Advance Media, whose story included statements from more than a half-dozen people inside the Rutgers athletic department.

The report said Hermann told staff members to "reach out and touch the donors" of the Rutgers program, and her punchline was to not do it "in a Sandusky way." :p

"Julie's comment was an off the cuff response to a give-and-take interaction urging the fundraising team to reach out and touch the donors,'' Pete McDonough, senior vice president for external affairs, said in a statement sent Friday evening to The Associated Press. "There probably isn't a person alive today who hasn't made an impromptu remark in a private meeting that probably shouldn't have been said. Even taken out of context, this single comment was not directed at Penn State, its students, staff or faculty."

McDonough said the university is not going to let a spontaneous, offhand remark take away from the "great" job Hermann is doing since replacing Tim Pernetti in May 2013.

The report comes just days after Rutgers apologized to Penn State for offensive signs and shirts referencing the Sandusky scandal that some Rutgers fans displayed during a weekend football game, the Scarlet Knights' debut in the Big Ten Conference.

Hermann called the actions at the game a "classless display" that she said does not represent the New Jersey school's views or its fan base.

Several photos posted on an official Rutgers football Facebook page showed fans wearing T-shirts that read "Beat Ped State." Hermann says the photos were removed.

There also was a sign that showed what appeared to be stick figures of a man and boy engaged in a sex act, with "Penn State" emblazoned across the top.

Sandusky, a former longtime assistant football coach at Penn State, was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse.
 
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Sandusky’s Son Speaks On Abusive Childhood
December 5, 2014 10:23 AM

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jerry Sandusky’s adopted son Matt is speaking about his two abusive fathers at a Philadelphia conference on child abuse intervention.

Matt Sandusky is telling more than 200 people at the Philadelphia Children’s Alliance’s conference Friday about his biological father burning his toes and his adoptive father subjecting him to sexual abuse.

Matt Sandusky met Jerry Sandusky through the former Penn State assistant football coach’s Second Mile charity for disadvantaged youth. He says the abuse slowly progressed over time.

Matt Sandusky came forward with his allegations against Jerry Sandusky during a 2012 trial where eight men testified that his adoptive father abused them.

The elder Sandusky was convicted and is serving a 30-60-year prison sentence.
 
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Jerry Sandusky Is Denied $4,900-A-Month Pension
December 19, 2014 4:26 PM

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has lost a legal battle to restore his $4,900-a-month pension, a benefit that was canceled two years ago after he was sentenced for child molestation.

The State Employees’ Retirement Board’s 122-page opinion, made public Friday, determined Sandusky remained a Penn State employee after his announced retirement in 1999, meaning his abuse of children fell under a 2004 state law that added sexual offenses against students to the crimes that trigger forfeiture.

Sandusky attorney Chuck Benjamin said he planned to file a challenge to the decision in court.

“All I can say at this point is we’re looking forward to litigating the revocation of the pension in court,” Benjamin said. “That’s the next step of this process. We’ve exhausted our administrative remedies, and now we’ll be filing papers within the next 30 days in court.”

The decision went against the recommendation in June by a hearing examiner who said Sandusky had already retired by the time the Pension Forfeiture Act was expanded. Six sex crimes against two children met standards of the forfeiture law, the board said.

“He knew that his pension was conditioned on not performing certain conduct,” the opinion said. “He elected to engage in that conduct.”

The board said Sandusky, through his former charity the Second Mile, continued to work in an outreach capacity for Penn State after 2004, appearing at golf tournaments that university alumni, boosters and athletics officials attended.

Sandusky, 70, is serving a decades-long sentence and appears likely to die in prison. His wife, Dottie, would have been in line to continue collecting 50 percent of his pension upon his death, but the opinion also denied her survivorship benefits.

“I think that for the SERS to say that Jerry somehow remained a Penn State employee after he retired from Penn State and went to work for (the Second Mile) is ridiculous and ignores reality,” Dottie Sandusky said in an email to the AP.

The board wrote that Sandusky “continued to attend athletic events at Penn State, including football games in the Penn State suite designed to attract and solicit donors.” It also said he had access to facilities, free tickets to events, an office and a free phone, highlighting a 1999 “letter agreement” with the university that the board said was unique.

“The nature of the work performed by (Sandusky) established an employment relationship,” the board concluded. “The parties expressly agreed and understood that (Sandusky’s) efforts were directed towards increasing the visibility and enhancing the reputation of Penn State and its athletic programs.”

The hearing examiner, Michael Bangs, had said that the retirement system had improperly applied the forfeiture law to Sandusky for crimes he committed as a retiree.

Sandusky testified for nearly three hours by video link earlier this year at a hearing before Bangs regarding the forfeiture. He was the only witness called by his lawyers.

Sandusky spent decades as Penn State’s defensive football coach before retiring in 1999. Penn State employees do not work for the state government but are eligible to participate in the state pension system.

Sandusky collected a $148,000 lump sum payment at the time he retired, and a total of $900,000 in pension payments by September 2012.

He was convicted by a jury in 2012 of sexual abuse of 10 boys and sentenced to 30 to 60 years.
 
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Judge Rules Joe Paterno's Family Can't Sue Penn State University, Again

The family of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno can't sue the NCAA and the university for breach of contract for their actions in response to the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, a Pennsylvania judge on Monday ruled for a second time.

Judge John Leete said an amended lawsuit filed by Paterno's family repeated the breach-of-contract claim that he had previously dismissed.

"Plaintiffs are not amending their complaint to include a new cause of action or even a new theory of an existing cause of action; rather they are attempting to resurrect a claim on which this court already dismissed," Leete wrote.

The estate had argued that the NCAA and university violated Paterno's rights through their investigations into how the Sandusky matter was handled, and statements in their 2012 consent decree that made harsh judgments about Paterno's actions.

Despite the ruling, other aspects of the lawsuit will continue to move forward. Paterno's estate is suing the NCAA defendants for commercial disparagement, saying the consent decree made false and defamatory statements that damaged commercial interests and value.

On Monday, Leete also turned down the Paternos' request to let them make public more of the material they are getting from the NCAA. And he rejected a request from the NCAA that would have required the Paterno estate's lawyers to conduct depositions of some people before they issue subpoenas.

Spokesman Dan McGinn said the Paterno family viewed the decision on subpoenas to be the most important aspect of the judge's six-page opinion and order.

"What's run through this whole deal is our commitment to finding the truth," McGinn said. "We need access to information. We need to bring daylight to this."

Paterno died of complications from lung cancer in January 2012, about two months after Sandusky, a former assistant coach, was first charged with child sexual abuse. Sandusky, who maintains his innocence, is serving a 30- to 60-year sentence in state prison. The next step in his criminal case is expected to be the filing of an appeal in county court under the state's Post Conviction Relief Act.

The NCAA issued a statement that said Leete's decision means the organization did not breach any obligation it owned Paterno, under its rules, when it and Penn State entered into the consent decree. The NCAA's top lawyer said it would "continue to defend vigorously" what remained of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit before Leete once included former players, faculty members and several university trustees but has been pared down.

The remaining plaintiffs include former assistants Bill Kenney and Jay Paterno, the former head coach's son, who claim the NCAA's actions have kept them from finding comparable jobs in football since being released by the Nittany Lions football program. Former trustee Al Clemens is pursuing a breach of contract allegation against the NCAA and Penn State.

Clemens, Kenney and Jay Paterno allege they were defamed by the NCAA defendants in the consent decree and in a university-commissioned report by former FBI director Louis Freeh that criticized trustees for lack of oversight and "some coaches" for ignoring red flags about Sandusky's behavior.

Those three and the Paterno estate also allege they were victims of a civil conspiracy by the NCAA.

Leete did not rule on whether NCAA officials Mark Emmert and Ed Ray are properly named as defendants in the case. The judge said he will schedule that matter separately "as necessary."

A Penn State spokeswoman declined comment.
 
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New Sandusky Accuser, Who Claims Abuse During Penn State Football Camp, Wants to File Charges

A man who claims former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky abused him as a teen filed a court document Wednesday that asks a judge to force state prosecutors to file charges in the matter.

The appeal of prosecutors' decision not to file a criminal complaint state prosecutors met with the man in April, after which they told him the 1988 allegations were too old to be viable under the statute of limitations. The accuser argues changes to the statute of limitations in 2002 and 2006 provide a legal basis for a current criminal prosecution.

The man, now 43 years old and living in Massachusetts, was 16 at the time he attended a Sandusky-run football camp on the Penn State campus. His private criminal complaint filed in Centre County alleges two incidences of abuse in which he claims Sandusky subjected him to fondling and oral sex.

Al Lindsay, who represents Sandusky in a pending county-level appeal, said the former coach denies the allegations.

The man's lawyer, Steven Passarello, said the man has not filed a civil complaint. Penn State has settled with at least 26 Sandusky accusers and victims for more than $59 million.

A spokeswoman for the state attorney general's office said it stands by the legal conclusion regarding the statute of limitations in the case. A May 20 letter attached to the appeal said authorities "reviewed all the facts of your allegations and found you to be compelling."
 
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Date Set for Man Seeking Private Complaint Against Convicted Child Molester Jerry Sandusky
Updated 2 hours ago

A man who claims former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky abused him as a teen will have a court hearing in October in his efforts to force state prosecutors to file criminal charges.

The now-43-year-old man last month appealed the state attorney general's decision not to file a criminal complaint against Sandusky. The man met with state prosecutors in April, and was told the 1988 allegations were too old under the statute of limitations. But the man says changes to the statute of limitations in 2002 and 2006 should permit the charges now.

Sandusky's attorney says Sandusky denies molesting the man at a football camp on the Penn State campus. Sandusky's accuser was 16 then.

The Centre Daily Times reports an Oct. 22 hearing has been set.
 
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Three Former Penn State Administrators Allegedly Involved in Sandusky Case Head to Appeals Court Hearing
Updated at 10:05 PM EDT on Monday, Jul 13, 2015

A long delayed criminal case against three former Penn State administrators accused of covering up complaints about Jerry Sandusky is heading to a Pennsylvania courtroom next month, but not for trial.

Superior Court — a state appeals court — last week scheduled oral argument before a three-judge panel in Harrisburg for Aug. 11 to consider the claims by Graham Spanier, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz regarding a county judge's decision earlier this year.

If upheld, the judge's order could clear the way for trial in the matter that has gone on for nearly four years without a trial date being set.

The appeals court file has been sealed, but the online docket indicates the men are appealing a January order by Dauphin County Judge Todd Hoover that rejected arguments they had made about the fairness and legality of the grand jury investigation that resulted in charges.

All three defendants held high-ranking positions at the university in 2011, when Sandusky, the former assistant football coach, was charged with sexual abuse of children; Spanier was president, Schultz was vice president for business and finance and Curley was athletic director.

Schultz and Curley were first charged along with Sandusky in November 2011, and the attorney general's office charged Spanier in 2012. Messages left for their defense attorneys were not immediately returned on Monday.

Hoover ruled in January that the three defendants' rights were not violated by the actions of Penn State's then-general counsel, Cynthia Baldwin, during grand jury proceedings. Hoover determined that Baldwin had represented them as university employees, and that they were not denied the right to legal counsel.

The judge also rejected defense claims concerning conflict of interest, violations of attorney-client privilege and allegations of prosecutorial misconduct.

The role of Baldwin, who also is a former state Supreme Court justice, has been the focus of considerable court action in the case, much of it sealed or done in closed proceedings.

All three defendants face charges of perjury, obstruction, conspiracy, child endangerment and failure to properly report suspected abuse. They have vigorously denied the allegations.

Sandusky, 71, is currently serving a 30- to 60-year sentence at a high-security state prison in southwestern Pennsylvania. He is pursuing a county-level appeal under the state's Post-Conviction Relief Act, and prosecutors have until Sept. 1 to file their answer.
 
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Sandusky Wants Subpoena Power to Look Into 2011 Case Leaks
By Mark Scolforo
Published at 9:15 PM EDT on Sep 30, 2015

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky wants a judge to let him explore contacts between prosecutors and a judge who oversaw the grand jury that recommended he be charged with child molestation.

Sandusky, who was convicted of molesting boys but maintains his innocence :rolleyes:, on Tuesday filed a court document saying he also wants to look into how information about the grand jury investigation was published eight months before he was arrested in 2011.

The new filing argued that leaks in the investigation were "part of the systemic breakdown of the grand jury process...over time by the attorney general's office and supervising judges."

Sandusky attorney Al Lindsay asked to be given emails and other records of communications between state prosecutors and judges and the ability to get sworn statements from anyone with access to the grand jury proceedings. Lindsay said Sandusky, now in state prison, is expected to attend an appeal hearing on those and other post-trial issues on Oct. 29 in Bellefonte.

Prosecutors were reviewing the filing and planned to respond, attorney general's office spokesman Chuck Ardo said.

Ardo provided conflicting statements about the source of leaks in the Sandusky investigation Wednesday. He first said there was no evidence leaks came from anyone associated with the prosecutors' office but hours later said Attorney General Kathleen Kane "has strong suspicions that the leaks came from people associated with this office."

"The attorney general herself is not convinced that the leaks did not emanate from the office of attorney general and will comply with any subpoena seeking information about email traffic between this office and the judge," Ardo said.

The Patriot-News first reported in a March 2011 story by Sara Ganim that a grand jury was looking into allegations against Sandusky, a story that helped the newspaper win a Pulitzer Prize. Ganim, now a CNN correspondent, is among those Sandusky wants to subpoena.

Lindsay told Judge John Cleland he wants more information about the February 2013 appointment by Judge Barry Feudale, who oversaw the grand jury, of a special prosecutor to look into grand jury secrecy violations. Lindsay said his office called the special prosecutor, lawyer James Reeder, who told him "he would not even speak with anyone regarding his investigation without a court order."

The order from Feudale that appointed Reeder set his pay at $72 an hour and gave him six months to produce a report. It's unclear what work, if any, was performed by Reeder, who formerly worked at the attorney general's office. Reeder, now a prosecutor with the Lancaster County district attorney's office, did not return a phone message Wednesday.

Recent news accounts of inappropriate emails between prosecutors and judges in Pennsylvania have raised the possibility they also engaged in improper discussions about Sandusky's case, Lindsay wrote.

"This would of course result in a 'tainting' of the grand jury investigation and would have likely had significance in the grand jury presentment accusing the defendant of various criminal acts and subsequent prosecution," Lindsay wrote.

Ardo said it's not unusual for prosecutors and a grand jury supervisory judge to be in contact with each other.

"We are not aware of any inappropriate communications between this office and Judge Feudale," Ardo said.

Participation in pornographic, explicit and otherwise objectionable emails that circulated at the attorney general's office led a state Supreme Court justice, Seamus McCaffery, to apologize and retire last year after his colleagues suspended him.

Kane fired or disciplined dozens of employees over the emails, and several former employees of the office lost their jobs after their participation in the exchanges became public.

Kane, who was elected a year after Sandusky was charged, is currently awaiting trial on charges she leaked material from an unrelated grand jury investigation to a reporter last year and then lied to cover it up, charges she has vigorously disputed.

Sandusky, who served for decades as defensive coach of Penn State's powerhouse football program, was convicted in 2012 of 45 counts of child sexual abuse. He was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in state prison. He has acknowledged showering with boys but denied molesting them.
 
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Time Hasn't Run Out for More Charges Against Sandusky: Judge
By Mark Scolforo
Published 5 hours ago

A Pennsylvania judge is ordering prosecutors to take another look at a man's allegations that former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually molested him as a child.

Centre County Judge Thomas Kistler said Wednesday that the statute of limitations hasn't expired on filing criminal charges in the case. He told the attorney general's office to evaluate whether the allegations meet a minimum standard for filing them.

The now-43-year-old Massachusetts man initiated a private complaint against Sandusky a year ago, saying he was abused at 16 during a 1988 football camp on campus.

A spokesman for the attorney general's office says the decision is being reviewed.

Sandusky's lawyer says he denies the allegations. Sandusky was convicted in 2012 of sexually abusing 10 other boys and is serving a lengthy prison sentence.
 
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...kys-Victims-Deals-With-Lawyers-347275042.html

Judge Demands Files on Sandusky's Victims' Deals With Lawyers
By Mark Scolforo
Published at 10:25 PM EST on Nov 12, 2015

State prosecutors must turn over any documents they may have about deals between Jerry Sandusky's victims and their civil lawyers, a judge ruled Thursday, handing a partial victory to the former Penn State assistant football coach as he pursues an appeal of his child sex abuse convictions.

Judge John Cleland gave the attorney general's office a week to give him, under seal, any book contracts, contingency fee agreements or similar materials involving any of the eight victims who testified against Sandusky.

The records also include speaking fees or "any other financial incentive to falsify ... testimony," Cleland wrote.

Sandusky attorney Al Lindsay said he will wait to see what, if anything, turns up.

"We're gratified to get anything we can get," he said.

A spokesman for the attorney general's office said it will review the order and respond accordingly.

Sandusky lost, however, other requests for information and for the power to subpoena people as he pursues an appeal of his 45-count conviction for child sexual abuse.

Cleland said the case did not meet the standard of exceptional circumstances that is required at this point in Sandusky's case to obtain the type of information he wants.

The judge wrote that Lindsay "appears to equate 'exceptional' with 'high profile.' However, it is not the case that must be 'exceptional.' The term exceptional in this context does not refer to the nature of the case - its notoriety, publicity or public interest."

Instead, he said, the term refers to exceptional circumstances that require the court to intervene in the interests of justice. It's not a substitute for "customary investigatory techniques,'' the judge wrote.

Sandusky wanted subpoena power to interview a young man he believes is Victim 2, the person seen by assistant coach Mike McQueary in a team shower with Sandusky in 2001. Cleland said Lindsay hasn't claimed the young man won't talk to him or that others won't testify if called to a hearing.

Victim 2 did not testify at trial, though a young man who says he is Victim 2 obtained a settlement from Penn State over his claims of abuse by Sandusky.

Cleland ruled last week that another aspect of Sandusky's request - information about grand jury proceedings that led to charges being filed - should be directed to the judge who currently supervises the panel.

Sandusky is serving a 30- to 60-year prison sentence and has already lost a direct appeal to the state Supreme Court. The appeal he is pursuing before Cleland, under the state's Post-Conviction Relief Act, is comparatively narrow in scope, confined to such topics as constitutional violations, newly discovered evidence and prosecutorial misconduct.
 
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...ky-Back-His-Penn-State-Pension-347563901.html

Court Ruling Gives Sandusky Back His Penn State Pension
By Mark Scolforo
Published at 10:18 AM EST on Nov 13, 2015

The state must restore the $4,900-a-month pension of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky that was taken away three years ago when he was sentenced to decades in prison on child molestation convictions, a court ordered Friday.

A Commonwealth Court panel ruled unanimously that the State Employees' Retirement Board wrongly concluded Sandusky was a Penn State employee when he committed the crimes that were the basis for the pension forfeiture.

"The board conflated the requirements that Mr. Sandusky engage in 'work relating to' PSU and that he engage in that work 'for' PSU," wrote Judge Dan Pellegrini. "Mr. Sandusky's performance of services that benefited PSU does not render him a PSU employee."

Sandusky, 71, collected a $148,000 lump sum payment upon retirement in 1999 and began receiving monthly payments of $4,900. :mad:

The board stopped those payments in October 2012 on the day he was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison for sexually abusing 10 children. A jury found him guilty of 45 counts for offenses that ranged from grooming and fondling to violent sexual attacks. Some of the encounters happened inside university facilities.

The basis for the pension board's decision was a provision in the state Pension Forfeiture Act that applies to "crimes related to public office or public employment," and he was convicted of indecent assault and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse.

The judges said the board's characterization of Sandusky as a Penn State employee at the time those offenses occurred was erroneous because he did not maintain an employer-employee relationship with the university after 1999.

The judges ordered the board to pay back interest and reinstated the pension retroactively, granting him about three years of makeup payments.

Sandusky attorney Richard A. Beran said the board had taken from the Sanduskys what was rightfully theirs.

"Perhaps a majority lacked the courage to apply the law as stated," Beran said. He called the December 2014 decision "certainly one that probably pleased the public in light of the current state of the Pennsylvania pension system, but under the law it was very clear he was entitled to it and his wife is entitled to the pension if Jerry predeceases her."

Beran said he expected the retirement system to pursue an appeal to the state Supreme Court, but State Employees' Retirement System spokesman Jay Pagni said he could not speculate on what action might be taken.

"We just received the order today," Pagni said. "We are reviewing it and we will present that analysis to the board." He was unsure how much Sandusky would receive in back payments and interest.

Sandusky, housed at Greene State Prison, is pursuing an appeal of his conviction. Although Penn State employees are not state workers, university employees are allowed to participate in the state government pension system.
 
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...Order-in-Sandusky-Accuser-Case-353724831.html

Prosecutors Appeal Order in Sandusky Accuser Case
By Associated Press
Published at 12:05 PM EST on Nov 25, 2015

Pennsylvania prosecutors are appealing a judge's order that they review a man's claims he was molested as a 16-year-old by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.

The attorney general's office filed a notice of appeal Tuesday, challenging an Oct. 28 decision by a county judge that the statute of limitations hasn't expired on filing criminal charges.

The judge's order requires prosecutors to re-evaluate the case to see whether the allegations meet a minimum standard for filing charges.

An office spokesman says prosecutors are confident they've properly analyzed the time limits for filing charges.

The accuser, a 43-year-old Massachusetts man, initiated a private criminal complaint last year.

He claims Sandusky sexually assaulted him during a 1988 football camp at the university. Sandusky's lawyer has said the allegations are baseless. :rolleyes:
 
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...dditional-Sandusky-Settlements-355892081.html

Penn State's Sandusky Settlements Now Total Nearly $93M
By Mark Scolforo

Penn State settled with six more victims or accusers of Jerry Sandusky, according to a new audit that puts the school's total payout at nearly $93 million.

The university's audited financial statements for the year that ended June 30, dated Oct. 30, show $33.2 million in new payments over claims related to the former longtime assistant football coach.

"Additional claims could be paid in the future but without having knowledge of the number and nature of such claims the university is unable to predict the outcome of these matters," wrote auditors with Deloitte & Touche LLP in Philadelphia.

Sandusky is pursuing an appeal while he serves 30 to 60 years in prison on a 45-count child sexual abuse conviction. He recently won a court decision restoring his Penn State pension, which the state retirement system had canceled the day he was sentenced.

The audit findings, which say the school has now paid or agreed to pay 32 claims, were reported Wednesday by WJAC-TV in Johnstown.

Three former top Penn State administrators who were charged with covering up complaints about Sanduskyawait an appeals ruling in their effort to get charges dropped against them.

University spokesman Lawrence Lokman declined to comment on the settlements, citing strict confidentiality agreements.

"Obviously, we continue to be saddened by the pain suffered by all victims of child abuse (and) are committed to helping survivors heal and to educate others about these insidious crimes against children," Lokman said Friday.

On Monday, a federal case in eastern Pennsylvania against Sandusky, the university and Sandusky-founded children's charity The Second Mile was dismissed. Howard Janet, a lawyer for the young man known as Victim 6, who testified against Sandusky, told the judge the parties had reached a confidential settlement.

Penn State announced in October 2013 it had agreed to give 26 people $59.7 million related to the Sandusky scandal. In April, the university board voted 18-6 to authorize Penn State officials to settle additional Sandusky-related litigation after dollar limits were discussed in private.

"In retrospect, I should never have voted to approve any of the settlements," trustee Anthony Lubrano said Friday, though he declined to elaborate. Lubrano, like other alumni-elected board members, has been highly critical of the university's handling of the Sandusky scandal.
 
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