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

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Penn State's Sandusky Bills Total $17M
Posted: Sep 05, 2012 7:03 AM EDT
Updated: Sep 05, 2012 7:03 AM EDT

The Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal is taking a big toll on Penn State University's finances.

The university says it has spent close to $17 million since the sexual abuse allegations first unraveled.

That figure includes legal fees, consultants and public relations firms that were hired to help deal with damage control.

The university is also facing lawsuits from Sandusky's accusers, plus a $60-million fine from the NCAA.

Meanwhile, the charity founded by the convicted child-molester Sandusky will not be transferring its assets just yet.

A judge OK'd a request by the Second Mile to hold off on transferring its cash to a Texas-based charity until all claims from Sandusky's victims are resolved.
 
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Former Assistant Football Coach Files Lawsuit Against Penn State University
October 2, 2012 4:54 PM

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Penn State graduate assistant who complained he saw former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky showering with a young boy on campus and testified at his sex abuse trial sued the university on Tuesday for what he calls defamation and misrepresentation.

Mike McQueary’s whistle-blower lawsuit claims his treatment by the university since Sandusky was arrested in November has caused him distress, anxiety, humiliation and embarrassment. The complaint, filed in county court near State College, where the university is based, seeks millions of dollars in damages.

Penn State spokesman Dave La Torre declined to comment on Tuesday, and McQueary’s lawyer Elliot Strokoff :D did not return a phone message.

The lawsuit discloses that shortly after Sandusky was charged, the university’s then-president, Graham Spanier, met with athletic department staff inside the university’s football stadium and expressed his support for athletic director Tim Curley and vice president Gary Schultz, who had been charged with perjury and failure to properly report suspected child abuse in the Sandusky case. Spanier also issued a public statement with the same message.

Curley, now on leave, and Schultz, who has retired, have repeatedly denied the charges against them and await trial.

McQueary said Spanier’s support of the two administrators was designed to preserve the university’s reputation and make McQueary a scapegoat.

McQueary, whose contract with Penn State wasn’t renewed, testified this summer that he came upon Sandusky and the boy in a sexually suggestive position in a team shower in early 2001.

He told jurors at Sandusky’s trial he saw that the boy’s hands were against a wall and Sandusky was behind him, with his midsection moving subtly, and he heard a “skin-on-skin smacking sound.”

McQueary reported the episode to then-head football coach Joe Paterno, who in turn alerted Curley and Schultz. Paterno was fired after the three men were charged, and he died of complications from lung cancer in January.

McQueary claims that the November meeting with Spanier “clearly suggest(ed) that (McQueary) was lying in his reports and testimonies that he had reported the sexual misconduct.”

“Spanier’s statements have irreparably harmed (McQueary’s) reputation for honesty and integrity, and have irreparably harmed (his) ability to earn a living, especially in his chosen profession of coaching football,” the lawsuit said.

Messages left for Spanier and his lawyer on Tuesday were not immediately returned.

The lawsuit said McQueary, placed on administrative leave Nov. 11, learned his contract was not being renewed, meaning he was no longer a university employee, from a news conference held in July by the university’s new president, Rodney Erickson. He said his salary last year was $140,000 and his future earnings as a coach would amount to at least $4 million.

He alleges he was let go because he cooperated with investigators, testified at the preliminary hearing for Curley and Schultz and is expected to be a prime witness against them at trial. He wants reinstatement, a bowl bonus he lost while on leave, legal fees, back pay and benefits through the Sandusky trial, among other things.

Sandusky, a former defensive coordinator, was convicted in June on charges he sexually abused 10 boys, some on campus. He remains jailed awaiting sentencing next week.

Eight young men testified against Sandusky, describing a range of abuse they said went from grooming and manipulation to fondling, oral sex and anal rape when they were boys.

The 68-year-old Sandusky maintains his innocence, acknowledging he showered with boys but insisting he never molested them. He’s likely to receive a sentence that will keep him in prison for life.
 
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Jerry Sandusky Sentenced To 30-60 Years
October 9, 2012 10:42 AM
By Tony Romeo, Ben Simmoneau, Steve Beck

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (CBS) — More than three months after his child sex abuse conviction in a case that rocked Penn State University, former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to no less than 30 years and no more than 60 years in prison Tuesday. He was given credit for 112 days of time served and must pay the cost of prosecution and $1,706 in restitution.

The sentence essentially guarantees that Sandusky will spend the rest of his life in prison.

“That has the unmistakable impact of staying in prison for the rest of your life,” Judge John Cleland said during sentencing.

Sandusky will remain at the Centre County Prison for 10 days and will then be transferred to the state prison at Camp Hill.

Sandunghole, 68, was convicted in June on 45 counts of sexual abuse that involved 10 boys over a 15 year span.

Penn State President Rodney Erickson released the following statement regarding Sandusky’s sentence:

“Our thoughts today, as they have been for the last year, go out to the victims of Jerry Sandusky’s abuse. While today’s sentence cannot erase what has happened, hopefully it will provide comfort to those affected by these horrible events and help them continue down the road to recovery.”

Cameras were rolling as Sandusky arrived to court at 8:44 a.m. Tuesday. He was dressed in a red jumpsuit with handcuffs on his wrists. He said nothing as he was led into court by a sheriff’s deputy.

During his sentencing, Sandusky read a statement that started off: “I’m grateful for the opportunity to speak today. I feel the need to talk, not from arrogance, from my heart … I’m filled with emotion, filled with determination. I didn’t do these alleged disgusting acts.”

Before Sandusky was sentenced, a hearing was held in the courtroom that designated Sandusky as a sexually violent predator under Pennsylvania’s “Megan’s Law.”

On Monday, a recorded statement that Sandusky read from his prison cell in Bellefonte was released. In the statement, Sandusky continued to profess his innocence.

The statement was first aired on ComRadio Monday at 6 p.m., a day before Sandusky’s sentencing.

Here is some of what Sandusky said:

“A young man who was dramatic a veteran accuser, and always sought attention, started everything. He was joined by a well-orchestrated effort of the media, investigators, the system, Penn State, psychologists, civil attorneys and other accusers. They won. I’ve wondered what they really won: Attention, financial gain, prestige … will all be temporary.”
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"I didn’t do these alleged disgusting acts.”
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A little clever inversion of words here: was Sundusky suggesting that the acts were "allegedly" disgusting and therefore denying them on that basis, i.e., he doesn't consider the acts disgusting and therefore he didn't do anything disgusting?

He should have just denied doing the disgusting acts, instead.
 
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Dottie Sandusky: Jerry's No Monster; Matt's BipolarIn a letter to the judge after her husband's conviction on 45 counts of child sex abuse, Dottie Sandusky, says Jerry is no monster, and that people need to understand what kind of person their son Matt is. Matt accused Jerry of abusing him as a boy.
By Karen Araiza | Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 | Updated 5:57 PM

Court officials have released a letter that Dottie Sandusky wrote to Judge John Cleland after her husband, former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, was convicted on 45 counts of child sex abuse.

Dottie wanted the judge to consider what she had to say before he sentenced Jerry Sandusky to 30 to 60 years for those crimes.

A portion of the letter seems to be a response to allegations that Dottie knew her husband was abusing boys in the basement of their home. During the trial, Victim No. 9 testified that he screamed for help from that basement bedroom as Jerry Sandusky sodomized him and forced him to perform oral sex, but that no one answered his yells for help.

Dear Judge Cleland:

I am Dottie Sandusky, Jerry Sandusky's wife of 46 years in September. It is with a heavy heart I write this to you. I have known Jerry for 47 years and he has always been truthful with me, even if it hurt. He is a very up front man and a man of very high morals.

Jerry always put others before himself and always wanted to make each person feel special no matter who they were. Like all of us he has his faults, one is he cares so much for people always wanting them to reach their potential. Therefore he pushes them hard. One 42 year old man who was in the Second Mile stopped by the other day and told me how thankful he is to Jerry for pushing him to be the best he could be. He said, "What I learned from Jerry has made me a better husband and father." This is a young man who had many strikes against him.

Jerry was a wonderful father to our six children. We thank God each day for bringing them into our life. He treated each one as if they were our biological children. Our house was a fun house with lots of games, picnics, laughs and caring. There were always lots of people around whether it was friends of our kids, Second Mile kids or neighbors.

I never saw him doing anything inappropriate to any child, if I had, as a Mother and Grandmother I would have taken action. Jerry is not the monster everyone is making him out to be.

Many times he would give up much of his free time, which was not many hours when he was a coach, to make a sporting event of one of the kids he was trying to help. Sometimes we would drive two hours to spend time with these kids.

One of the accusers called Jerry and said he could not do his school work because his computer broke and Jerry found a used computer that someone was not using and gave it to him. Fact is most of the things he gave to the accusers were used or given to him by people who wanted to help these young men.

I use to believe in our protective system, but now have no faith in the police or legal system. To think that they can lie and get by with the lies. The press has been unbelievable. People who have not met us are writing untruths.

As far as our son Matt goes, people need to know what kind of person he is. We have forgiven him many times for all he has done to our family thinking that he was changing his life, but he would always go back to his stealing and lies. He has been diagnose with Bipolar, but he refuses to take his medicine. He has had many run-ins with the law and stolen money and items from our family. We still love him and want the best for him, but because of his actions we cannot express this to him.

I pray each day that God will give me the strength to do what is right and that I will be able to hold our family together.

Thank you for listening.

Sincerely,

Dorothy D. Sandusky
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The Sandusky sex scandal prompted the firing of Joe Paterno, who was blamed, along with school administrators, for knowing about reports that Sandusky was abusing boys, and choosing to protect the image of the school and its football program rather than the children.

Sandusky has always maintained his innocence, and on the eve of his sentencing he recorded a defiant jailhouse statement, blaming a web of conspiracy for his downfall. During his sentencing hearing the next morning, he rambled on for 18 minutes, mostly about himself, in what some court observers called a delusional rant.

Sandusky's attorneys say that even though at the age of 68 his sentence is in effect a life sentence, Sandusky is convinced he'll be vindicated. They plan to appeal his case by arguing that they did not have enough time to adequately prepare for trial.
 
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PSU Won't Renew Tim Curley's Post-Scandal Contract
Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012 | Updated 11:37 AM

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Penn State athletic director Tim Curley walks out of the Magisterial District Court after being arraigned on charges of perjury and failure to report under Pennsylvania's child protective services law on November 7, 2011 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.


Penn State will not renew the contract of athletic director Tim Curley, who has been on leave since being charged last year with perjury and failing to report a child sex abuse allegation against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.

University spokesman Dave La Torre said in a statement that the school notified Curley that his contract would not be renewed when it expires in June.

La Torre declined further comment Tuesday, citing a personnel issue.

Curley and retired vice president Gary Schultz are scheduled to stand trial in January in Harrisburg on the perjury and failure to report charges. Both men have denied the allegations against them.

Curley was charged last November.

The school has paid about $2 million so far for the legal defense of Curley, Schultz and former president Graham Spanier.

This decision comes a week after former assistant football coach and convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison on 45 counts of child sex abuse. Sandusky abused 10 boys, and some of that abuse occurred while he was coaching at Penn State and working in an office just a few feet away from legendary head coach Joe Paterno.

The scandal prompted Paterno's firing and Gary Schultz and Tim Curley were both criminally charged for their alleged roles. The Freeh Report, an internal investigation of the way in which the university handled the reports of Sandusky's abuse, blasted Paterno, Curley, Schultz and Spanier for protecting the school's image rather than protecting Sandusky's victims.

In a bizarre move before being sentenced, Sandusky recorded a statement in jail blaming his downfall on a big conspiracy that involved everyone from the prosecutor to the victims.

Days later, the court released a letters that both Sandusky and his wife Dottie had sent to the judge before the sentencing. Jerry talked about how he saw himself as David, pitted against Goliath as the scandal unfolded. Dottie tried to get the judge to see that her husband was not a monster, and that their adopted son Matt was really to blame because he was bi-polar and off his medication:

As far as our son Matt goes, people need to know what kind of person he is. We have forgiven him many times for all he has done to our family thinking that he was changing his life, but he would always go back to his stealing and lies. He has been diagnose with Bipolar, but he refuses to take his medicine. He has had many run-ins with the law and stolen money and items from our family. We still love him and want the best for him, but because of his actions we cannot express this to him.

Matt's attorney said Matt was extremely disappointed with the way he was characterized by his parents in the letters, and attorney Joel Feller said Jerry's letter clearly indicated the behavior of a psychopath.

"Rather than assisting in the healing process, Dottie and Jerry have taken it upon themselves to perpetuate this abuse," Feller said.

While the jury was deliberating in the Sandusky trial, Matt Sandusky's attorneys dropped a bombshell, announcing that when Matt was young he'd also been abused by his father.
 
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Sandusky Groped Boy in PSU Pool: Suit
A new lawsuit filed by 22-year-old "John Doe" who claims Jerry Sandusky grabbed his genitals and said, "What have we here?"
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM | Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 | Updated 5:32 PM

A 22-year-old man filed a lawsuit claiming that Jerry Sandusky fondled him at a summer camp on the Penn State University campus in 2005.

The plaintiff, called "John Doe'' in court papers, said he was 14 when he attended a camp run by The Second Mile, Sandusky's charity for troubled youths. He said the former Penn State assistant football coach approached him in a campus swimming pool, grabbed his genitals and said, "What have we here?''

"Deeply confused and troubled, the plaintiff recoiled from what Sandusky said and did. He backed away, as rapidly as he could, telling Sandusky he didn't want anything like that,'' the suit said.

The lawsuit was filed Monday in federal court in Scranton. The defendants are Sandusky; The Second Mile; Penn State; former university officials Graham Spanier, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz; Penn State's law firm, McQuaide Blasko; the school's former general counsel, Wendell Courtney; and Edgewater Psychiatric Center, the agency that referred the plaintiff to Sandusky's charity.

The lawsuit said Penn State and the other defendants knew Sandusky was a predator but did nothing to stop him.

"Plaintiff has suffered deep upset and injury and has been permanently injured emotionally and has been traumatized by the abuse he has suffered at the hands of the defendants,'' the suit said.

The accuser decided to come forward after Sandusky's arrest.

At least four other lawsuits have been filed by victims or accusers in the sexual abuse scandal. Penn State has said it wants to settle with Sandusky's victims. A university spokesman declined to comment Wednesday on the latest suit.

Representatives of the other defendants did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Sandusky, 68, was sentenced last week to at least 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting 10 boys.
 
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Ex-Penn St. President Charged In Sandusky Case
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 7:53 AM EDT
Updated: Nov 01, 2012 11:49 AM EDT

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Charges are reportedly expected to be filed against former Penn State University president Graham Spanier.


Penn State's former president is accused of perjury, endangering children and other charges in the Jerry Sandusky molestation scandal.

According to online court records, charges were filed Thursday against Graham Spanier and two other administrators.

Spanier had been the school's president for 16 years until the scandal broke a year ago and had widely been considered vulnerable to charges.

New charges also were filed against Athletic Director Tim Curley and retired Vice President Gary Schultz, who were arrested last year with perjury and failure to properly report suspected child abuse. That case is scheduled for trial in January.

Sandusky is a former assistant football coach. He was convicted in June of molesting boys but maintains his innocence.

Spanier, Curley and Schultz have denied accusations they concealed allegations against Sandusky to protect Penn State from bad publicity.
 
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Wetzel said. “As such, he will be placed in protective custody at SCI Greene to ensure his safety while in custody.”

Prison officials say that protective custody means that Sandusky will spend most of his time alone in his cell -- he will eat all of his meals, receive any prison services and non-contact visits in the cell. He is allowed to possess a TV and radio in the cell.

Sandusky will get one hour of individual exercise five days a week and a shower three times a week -- supervised at all times, officials said.

SCI Greene is the prison that houses many of the state's death row inmates.
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Penn State Ex-President Spanier Arraigned; Free On Bail
November 7, 2012 9:55 AM

HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) — Bail has been set for former Penn State University president Graham Spanier, charged in the cover-up of the Jerry Sandusky sex scandal.

Spanier, 64, entered a not-guilty plea today, with his wife by his side, and was released on $125,000 unsecured bail.

The man who served as Penn State’s president for 16 years faces charges of perjury, obstruction of justice, endangering the welfare of children, and failure to report abuse.

Spanier’s lawyer, Elizabeth Ainslie, calls the allegations against her client “absolutely ridiculous.”

“Dr. Spanier was never given a chance to speak to this grand jury, to give his side of the story,” she said today, “and we look forward to the chance to give his side of the story in the future.”

Spanier had no comment as he left the district justice’s office.

Spanier, along with former athletic director Tim Curley and university VP Gary Schultz, face allegations that they knew of a 2001 on-campus incident in a locker room shower involving Sandusky, but engaged in a coverup to protect the university, rather than reporting it.
 
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Ex-PSU Prez Spanier Gets $2.5M in Severance
Penn State discloses Spanier's taxable earnings including millions in severance
Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 | Updated 6:58 PM

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The former Penn State president accused of covering up reports of sexual molestation by retired assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky earned $2.5 million in severance last year, the school said Wednesday.

Graham Spanier's total taxable income was $3.3 million in 2011, the university said. That included $700,000 in salary, $83,000 in taxable benefits and the severance money, which will be paid by 2017, the school said.

Spanier was forced out of the job after Sandusky was arrested on child molestation charges.

He said he was not aware the school had made his earnings public, and declined to comment. He remains a tenured faculty member but is on leave.

Spanier was charged four weeks ago with engaging in an alleged cover-up of abuse committed by Sandusky. Spanier and co-defendants Gary Schultz and Tim Curley are asking to postpone their Dec. 13 preliminary hearing.

Their recent court filings have focused on the role played by former university chief counsel Cynthia Baldwin, and all three defendants have argued their charges should be thrown out. :rolleyes:

Sandusky is serving a 30- to 60-year sentence for abusing 10 boys. He maintains he is innocent and is pursuing appeals.

Spanier, Curley and Schultz are accused of endangering the welfare of children, obstruction, conspiracy, failure to report suspected child abuse and perjury.

Curley is on leave to serve out the final year of his contract as athletic director, and Schultz, is retired as vice president for business and finance.

The school on Wednesday also said it already had implemented more than half the 119 recommendations made by former FBI Director Louis Freeh to strengthen university policies in areas such as safety and governance.

Freeh conducted the school's internal investigation into the scandal. He said in his final report that Spanier, Curley, Schultz and the late coach Joe Paterno concealed allegations against Sandusky to avoid bad publicity. Lawyers for all three men, as well as Paterno's family, have all firmly denied those conclusions.
 
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Sandusky Appeals Decision to Revoke His Pension
Sandusky claims there isn't a legal basis for the action by the Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement Board.
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2012 | Updated 5:00 PM

Jerry Sandusky is appealing a decision to revoke his $59,000-a-year pension, arguing there isn't a legal basis for the action by the Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement Board. :mad:

Sandusky attorney Charles Benjamin's five-page letter to the board, written two weeks ago, was obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press through the state Right-to-Know Law.

Benjamin's letter says Sandusky's pension rights vested in 1969 and weren't changed by later amendments to state pension law. He argues that Sandusky wasn't a Penn State employee after tougher forfeiture rules were passed in 2004.

The retirement system yanked his pension after Sandusky was sentenced in October to 30 to 60 years in state prison for sexual abuse of 10 boys. He's a retired assistant football coach.

Benjamin didn't immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
 
Jerry Sandusky is appealing a decision to revoke his $59,000-a-year pension, arguing there isn't a legal basis for the action by the Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement Board.
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Wow, Get a $59,000 annual pension for hockey packing little boys...
 
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Penn State Settlement Talks To Resume In January
December 21, 2012 4:36 PM

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State says settlement talks with lawyers for young men who were molested by Jerry Sandusky will resume next month.

The university posted an update on the talks Friday afternoon. President Rodney Erickson says Penn State is “pleased with the progress so far.”

Penn State has said it wants to settle privately and avoid protracted litigation. The university is represented by Kenneth Feinberg, who ran victim compensation funds for victims of Agent Orange, the Sept. 11 attacks, the Virginia Tech massacre and the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison following his conviction on charges that he molested 10 boys over 15 years. The former Penn State assistant football coach has maintained his innocence. :rolleyes:
 
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Jerry Sandusky’s Lawyers Argue For New Trial
January 10, 2013 6:28 PM
By Oren Liebermann

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (CBS) - The walk from the Centre County courthouse to the waiting sheriff’s car may be the last time we see Jerry Sandusky. :clap: The 68-year-old former football coach is in solitary confinement 23 hours a day, allowed two phone calls a month, and even his own defense team admits their chances for a retrial are slim at best.

“We’re in the race,” said attorney Norris Gelman. “I wouldn’t count us out.”

Gelman argued the defense did not have enough time to prepare for trial with 12,000 pages of documents to review, some coming in only days before the trial.

“The mere fact that he was prevented from preparing would be enough to reverse it,” said Gelman.

Prosecutors say attorney Joe Amendola had all the time he needed to prepare, since the only relevant documents were delivered six months before the trial date.

“It was a very, very fair trial, and Mr. Amendola had ample opportunity – more than ample opportunity – to develop the information he needed, to utilize it effectively at trial. But he was overcome by, as I said, true victims,” said prosecutor Joe McGettigan.

Prosecutors argued – and Joe Amendola admitted on the stand – that all of the documents that came in late were irrelevant.

“The information that we’re talking about here that was turned over to the defense in May, the month before the trial, largely had nothing to do with these victims,” said prosecutor Frank Fina.

Sandusky had not been to the Bellefonte courthouse since he was sentenced back in October to 30-60 years in prison. If this push for a retrial fails, Sandusky will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.
 
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‘Victim 6′ In Penn State Sex Abuse Case Sues University, Second Mile And Sandusky
January 22, 2013 6:20 PM

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A young man who testified at the child sex abuse trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky last summer is suing him, his charity and the university.

The man was called Victim 6 in court papers. He sued Tuesday in federal court in Philadelphia, claiming Sandusky’s behavior was “ratified” by The Second Mile charity and Penn State. He’s seeking at least $75,000 in damages.

Sandusky was convicted of abusing Victim 6 and nine other boys but maintains his innocence. He’s serving a lengthy prison term.

Penn State has declined to comment. The Second Mile says it will respond “through the legal process.”

Messages for Sandusky’s civil lawyers haven’t been returned.

Victim 6 testified Sandusky called himself “the Tickle Monster” and grabbed him inside a university shower in 1998. His mother’s complaint triggered a police investigation but no charges.
 
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Judge: No New Trial For Jerry Sandusky
Posted: Jan 30, 2013 12:43 PM EST
Updated: Jan 30, 2013 1:10 PM EST

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Jerry Sandusky lost a bid for a new trial Wednesday when a judge rejected his argument that his lawyers were not given enough time to prepare for the three-week proceeding that ended with a 45-count guilty verdict.

Judge John Cleland's 27-page order said lawyers for the former Penn State assistant football coach conceded that their post-trial review turned up no material that would have changed their trial strategy.

"I do not think it can be said that either of the defendant's trial counsel failed to test the prosecution's case in a meaningful manner," Cleland wrote. "The defendant's attorneys subjected the commonwealth's witnesses to meaningful and effective cross-examination, presented evidence for the defense and presented both a comprehensive opening statement and a clearly developed closing argument."

He also rejected post-sentencing motions regarding jury instructions, hearsay testimony and other matters.

Sandusky is serving a 30- to 60-year state prison sentence for sexual abuse of 10 boys. He has maintained his innocence and vowed to appeal.

Sandusky lawyer Norris Gelman said Wednesday that while he had not read the decision, Cleland's ruling means the defense will appeal to mid-level Superior Court within the next 30 days.

The state attorney general's office, which prosecuted Sandusky, offered no immediate comment.
 
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Penn State Weighs Settlement Offers
Attorney Ken Feinberg told The Associated Press that he delivered the demands to Penn State administrators, lawyers and members of the board of trustees during a meeting Friday in Philadelphia.
By Mark Scolforo and Genaro Armas | Monday, Feb 11, 2013 | Updated 4:58 PM

The lawyer brought in by Penn State to help settle Jerry Sandusky-related claims said Monday that he recently gave university officials monetary settlement offers from most of the people asserting claims related to the child molestation scandal.

Attorney Ken Feinberg told The Associated Press that he delivered the demands to Penn State administrators, lawyers and members of the board of trustees during a meeting Friday in Philadelphia.

“The next step is Penn State _ we'll see how Penn State responds in the next few weeks,” Feinberg said.

Asked about the meeting, a university spokesman declined to comment. Reactions by lawyers for the claimants ranged from hopefulness to no comment. None would say what dollar figure he or she is seeking.

Feinberg “has assured us that within a degree of somewhat certainty, like 85 percent, he thinks he can get our case settled,” said Harrisburg attorney Chuck Schmidt, whose client's lawsuit is on hold. “So far as it moving forward, I'm cautiously optimistic.”

Bala Cynwyd lawyer Mike Boni, who represents Aaron Fisher, the young man known as Victim 1 whose story launched the investigation and successful prosecution of Sandusky, said Feinberg's response to his settlement offer was “hope springs eternal.”

“He said what he had to say, which is, ‘You're asking for too much, I'll see what I can deliver,’” Boni said. “At the end of the day, I don't think we're all that far apart.”

Sandusky, 69, is serving a 30- to 60-year prison term for the sexual abuse of 10 boys over 15 years, including attacks on children inside Penn State athletics facilities. Penn State's president issued a statement the day Sandusky was convicted in June, vowing to settle “privately, expeditiously and fairly.”

Feinberg disclosed last month that he was working with 28 claimants, 10 more than were the subject of Sandusky's criminal trial. He emphasized Monday that not all claimants have made a settlement demand.

Also Monday, a Penn State trustee called on the university governing board to re-examine the findings of former FBI director Louis Freeh's school-sanctioned investigation into the scandal.

A critique released this weekend by Joe Paterno's family raised “serious and troubling” questions about Freeh's findings, trustee Alvin Clemens said in a statement.

Former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh was among the experts brought in by the Paterno family to review the Freeh report, which concluded that Paterno and other university officials covered up allegations against Sandusky to spare the university bad publicity. The family's review said the cover-up claims were inaccurate, were unfounded and equated to a “rush to injustice.”

Freeh has defended his work and stood by his findings. He has called the Paterno family's review self-serving and a campaign to shape the late Hall of Fame coach's legacy.

Paterno died in January 2012 at age 85.

The NCAA levied unprecedented sanctions on Penn State less than two weeks after Freeh released his stinging findings in July.

Freeh's firm was hired by the board of trustees to perform “an independent, full and complete investigation of the Sandusky scandal,” said Clemens, a trustee since 1995. “In addition to questions about accuracy and fairness, there is little question that the Freeh report is less than complete.”

Penn State said Sunday that Freeh was brought in to conduct an independent investigation of the school's response to the allegations, and not actions of entities unrelated to Penn State. Freeh offered 119 recommendations to strengthen governance and compliance, the majority of which have been implemented, the school said.

Freeh's report has never been formally discussed by the board as a whole. At the time of its release, trustees said they had accepted responsibility for failures of accountability.

Paterno's family offered its response to the Freeh report on Sunday, attacking what it called flawed techniques and a lack of evidence.
 
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