Penn State sex scandal - Paterno is out

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In a nutshell : Jerry Sandusky, a former defensive coordinator at Penn State, was arrested for 40 counts of sex crimes including ones relating to children. Penn State's athletic director and another administrator are being charged with perjury and failure to report the sexual abuse.

There will be an update on this from the PA State Police on Monday at 1:00. I'll probably update this post at that time.

This guy and all involved that didn't stop it are the scum of the earth. I hope they get the maximum sentences possible.

http://www.wjactv.com/news/news/penn-st ... d-c/nFWxx/

Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was arrested Saturday morning and charged with 40 counts of sex crimes.

6News was the only news source there as Sandusky appeared before a Centre County magistrate. He arrived and left the hearing in the company of his attorney.

Authorities said Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and another school administrator have also been charged with perjury and failure to report suspected abuse in an investigation into allegations that Sandusky sexually abused eight young men.

Curley and Penn State vice president for finance and business Gary Schultz were expected to turn themselves in Monday. Schultz's position includes oversight of the university's police department.

A criminal docket posted on the Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System Web Portal showed that felony charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 16, as well as indecent assault, corruption of minors and endangering the welfare of children charges were filed against Sandusky.

Attorney General Linda Kelly called Sandusky "a sexual predator who used his position within the university and community to repeatedly prey on young boys."

Sources told 6News that this latest round of legal action follows a two-year grand jury investigation that started in Clinton County, where a teen accused Sandusky of inappropriate contact.

Kelly and Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan will discuss the details of Sandusky's child sex crimes investigation during a news conference on Monday at 1 p.m., at the Attorney General's Office in Harrisburg.

According to a news release, Kelly and Noonan will review the investigation by State Police and the Attorney General's Office "into charges that Sandusky sexually assaulted at least eight young boys between 1995 and the present, including several victims who were assaulted in the football locker room showers on the Penn State University campus."

Kelly and Noonan will also discuss perjury and other criminal charges filed against Curley and Schultz -- who allegedly learned of Sandusky's behavior in 2002, but failed to report it to authorities and later provided false testimony to an investigating grand jury.

Sandusky founded the Second Mile charity in 1977 which, according to the foundation's website, helped children across Pennsylvania to build self-confidence and physical and personal success.

In a written statement, a representative of The Second Mile told 6News, "Nevertheless, as an organization that is committed first and foremost to the safety and well-being of children we serve and consistent with The Second Mile policy, Jerry Sandusky has had no involvement in The Second Mile's children's programs and services since he made us aware of the allegations against him in November of 2008."

 

[Junior Griffey]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

At least JoePa reported it!

 

[Zeeck]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

At least JoePa reported it!

JoePa reported it to his boss rather than the authorities. I would hope that most people, if confronted with accusations of a co-worker having sex with 10 year old boys, would contact the police rather than tell their boss and wash their hands of it. JoePa is culpable as well. The entire thing is completely disgusting by every party involved, including the old man

 

[Junior Griffey]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

JoePa hasn't known what's been going on for at least 2 years now.

 

[Zeeck]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

JoePa hasn't known what's been going on for at least 2 years now.

When I heard the story, the first thing I was thinking was that JoePa would be like Reagan with the Iran Contra Affair . . . tough to challenge him when he says, "I don't remember."

 

[Pine Tar]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

JoePa hasn't known what's been going on for at least 2 years now.

In life as well. I love Pa Joe and always have

 

[JzWand]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

I hope everyone involved gets the maximum penalty allowed by law.

In terms of Paterno, he should be ashamed of himself for not reporting the charges to the authorities.

 

[Card Magnet]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

The AD and administrator have stepped down voluntarily.

 

[mstng99tim]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

Paterno is too stubborn to step down, even though he should since he knew about it and should've reported it to the authorities.

 

[phillyfan0417]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

Where is the "jump to conclusions" mat when you need one!


I would hope we could at least wait to see who knew what and when before grabbing the pitchforks?

 

[mstng99tim]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

Where is the "jump to conclusions" mat when you need one!


I would hope we could at least wait to see who knew what and when before grabbing the pitchforks?

JoePa has known of at least one incident that happened in the shower of the locker room since 2002. JoePa and the assistant that notified him should both have gone to the police and report what was seen by that assistant.

 

[phillyfan0417]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

Where is the "jump to conclusions" mat when you need one!


I would hope we could at least wait to see who knew what and when before grabbing the pitchforks?

JoePa has known of at least one incident that happened in the shower of the locker room since 2002. JoePa and the assistant that notified him should both have gone to the police and report what was seen by that assistant.

That may be but no one know who reported what and when. I would at least like to see the facts before we decide who should be made to do anything.

 

[Jastermereel]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

Paterno needs to retire anyway. When do you think he actually last called a play? 1987?

 

[JoshHamilton]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

This is the most exciting think to happen to boring ass Penn State in decades

 

[Card Magnet]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

This is the most exciting think to happen to boring ass Penn State in decades

Penn State's actually pretty exciting, as far as the party scene goes. Does that count? And I don't mean a Sandusky Party. I stay away from those. :?

 

[CollectorsCorner]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

Where is the "jump to conclusions" mat when you need one!


I would hope we could at least wait to see who knew what and when before grabbing the pitchforks?

 

[deceptikon1978]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

This is the most exciting think to happen to boring ass Penn State in decades

Penn State's actually pretty exciting, as far as the party scene goes. Does that count? And I don't mean a Sandusky Party. I stay away from those. :?

I'm willing to bet you learned to stay away the hard way. Literally.

 

[KC37]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

The AD and administrator have stepped down voluntarily.

I think you forgot the quotes - "voluntarily" is more like it.

 

[JzWand]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

Pulled this from another site I visit.
Truly disgusting events and I am warning that IMO it could be taken as a little graphic.
But at the same time I think people need to understand the full scope of the allegations!

Here's a look at the timeline, drawn from the grand jury report, the Pennslyvania attorney general's office and a statement from The Second Mile, a charity founded by Sandusky to help troubled youth:

1977 -- Sandusky founds "The Second Mile."

1994-1997 -- According to the grand jury report, Sandusky allegedly engages in inappropriate conduct with three different boys he met separately through the Second Mile program. One boy was 7 or 8, another was 10 and the third was 12 or 13 at the time. According to the grand jury report, the now-grown men said Sandusky engaged in inappropriate conduct ranging from touching to outright sexual encounters, including several incidents during the night before Penn State football home games, when the team, staff and boys Sandusky had allegedly invited were staying at a hotel.

1998 -- Penn State police and the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare investigate an incident in which the mother of an 11-year-old boy reported that Sandusky had showered with her son and may have had inappropriate conduct with him. In a June 1, 1998, interview with investigators from both agencies, Sandusky admits showering naked with the boy, admitting that it was wrong and promising not to do it again, according to the grand jury report. The district attorney advises investigators that no charges will be filed and the university police chief instructs that the case be closed, according to the testimony included in the grand jury report of the police detective who investigated the incident.
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1999 -- Sandusky retires from Penn State after coaching there for 32 years, but stays on as a volunteer and retains full access to the campus and football facilities.

2000 -- Sandusky allegedly showers with a young boy and tries to touch his genitals during overnight stays at the coach's house, according to the now 24-year-old man's testimony included in the grand jury report.

2000 -- Tim Calhoun, a janitor at the Lasch Football Building on the Penn State campus, tells his supervisor and another janitor that he saw Sandusky performing oral sex on a young boy, according to the grand jury report. A second janitor reported that he saw Sandusky and a boy leave a shower room and walk out of the building hand in hand. No one reports the incident to university officials or law enforcement, according to the grand jury report.

March 2, 2002 -- According to the grand jury report, a graduate assistant allegedly tells Coach Joe Paterno that he saw Sandusky in the locker room shower the night before, performing anal sex on a young boy he estimated to be 10 years old.

March 3, 2002 -- Paterno reports the incident to Athletic Director Tim Curley, saying the graduate assistant had seen Sandusky "fondling or doing something of a sexual nature to a young boy," according to the grand jury. Later, the assistant is summoned to a meeting with Athletic Director Tim Curley and Senior Vice President for Finance and Business Gary Schultz..

While the assistant insists to the grand jury that he told Curley and Schultz that he saw Sandusky and the boy engaged in anal sex, Curley and Schultz told the grand jury they had not been told of such an allegation. Instead, Curley said he had the impression the conduct amounted to non-sexual "horsing around." Schultz said he couldn't remember details, but seemed to recall that "Sandusky might have inappropriately grabbed the young boy's genitals while wrestling," according to the grand jury. Sandusky's locker room keys are confiscated, he is told not to bring his Second Mile participants to campus and the incident is reported to the charity, but no law enforcement investigation is launched, according to the grand jury.

2002 -- The Second Mile learns of the shower incident. Curley tells them that "the information had been internally reviewed and that there was no finding of wrongdoing," the group said in a statement Monday.

2005 or 2006 -- Sandusky allegedly befriends another Second-Mile participant whose allegations would form the foundation of the multi-year grand jury investigation.

2006 or 2007 -- A wrestling coach at the high school where Sandusky was volunteering allegedly surprises Sandusky and the boy "lying on their sides, in physical contact, face to face on a mat" in a cramped weight room. Sandusky jumps to his feet and told the coach the two were just working on wrestling moves, the coach later recalls in grand jury testimony. As time goes on, Sandusky allegedly begins to spend more time with the boy, taking him to sporting events and giving him gifts, including golf clubs, a computer, cash and clothes. During this period, according to the grand jury report, Sandusky allegedly performs oral sex on the boy more than 20 times, and the boy performs oral sex on him once.

2008 -- The boy breaks off contact with Sandusky. Later, his mother calls the high school to report her son had been sexually assaulted and the principal bars Sandusky from campus and reports the incident to police. In grand jury testimony, the principal, Steven Turchetta, recalls Sandusky's behavior as suspicious, and said Sandusky was often "clingy" and "needy" when a student no longer wanted to spend time with him. The ensuing investigation reveals 118 calls from Sandusky's home and cell phone numbers to the boy's home.

November 2008 -- Sandusky informs The Second Mile that he is under investigation, and he is removed from all program activities involving children, according to the group.

September 2010 -- Sandusky retires from The Second Mile, according to the grand jury.

Friday -- The grand jury report is released.

 

[mstng99tim]

Re: Sexual Crime Scandal Hitting Penn State (former DC, AD)

That guy is a sick bastard. I hope goes to prison and gets treated like he deserves.