A Pennsylvania judge is ordering state prosecutors to turn over documents they may have about deals between Jerry Sandusky’s victims and their civil lawyers.
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According to the Associated Press (h/t ESPN.com), it was determined the State Employees’ Retirement Board was incorrect in terminating Sandusky’s pension since there was no evidence the 45 counts of sexual abuse against 10 boys Sandusky was found guilty of occurred while he was employed by Penn State University.
“Counsel’s legal argument in support of his request for discovery… appears to equate ‘exceptional, ‘ with ‘high profile, ‘” the judge wrote, referring the intense publicity that USA media afforded Sandusky’s trial, conviction and sentencing to 30 to 60 years in prison.
Sandusky was assistant coach for his entire career, mostly at Penn State under Joe Paterno.
Cleland ruled that Sandusky had not shown the “exceptional circumstances” required to conduct such discovery in support of post-conviction appeals.
The judges ordered the board to pay back interest and reinstated the pension retroactively, granting him about three years of makeup payments.
Sandusky attorney Al Lindsay said he will wait to see what, if anything, turns up.
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.
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Since October of 2012, he’s been in Pennsynvlania’s SCI GReene “supermax” prison.
