UCLA defensive coordinator Tom Bradley refuted testimony included in court documents unsealed Tuesday contending he knew about alleged incidents of sexual abuse involving former Penn State colleague Jerry Sandusky prior to their being reported to university administrators.
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For the longest time, attention (and blame) has exclusively focused on the young assistant coach Mike McQueary, who in 2001 reported to Paterno that he saw Sandusky doing something to a boy in the Penn State showers.
A man referred to as “John Doe 150” testified in a Philadelphia court in 2014 that he informed Paterno, in a face-to-face conversation in 1976, Sandusky had molested him.
Here’s what the sculptor himself, Angelo Di Maria, told me in 2012 about whether his work should stay up: “I have to say, I can’t be so bold, because I’m the artist, that I want it [to stay] up”. Asked directly whether he knew of anything inappropriate happening while he coached with Sandusky at Penn State, Schiano said: “Because of the situation being what it is, I’m not even going to get into it”. “I think all those questions have been answered years ago”, he said. All three face charges of child endangerment and failure to report suspected abuse.
ESPN reporter Adam Schefter received those words from Schiano in response to allegations that he saw Sandusky “doing something to a boy in a shower” in the ’90s.
In 2013, Penn State sued Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association Insurance Co. for breach of contract, over payment of claims for abuse by Sandusky. “Several other coaches” witnessed the incident, but did nothing, according to the testimony, so he said that he went to Paterno.
McQueary was the wide receivers coach at Penn State from 2004 to 2011.
The unsealed documents suggest other Penn State personnel directly witnessed Sandusky’s misconduct but failed to do anything about it.
Paterno’s family has released a statement dismissing the latest revelations in the insurance case, insisting the coach, who died in January 2012, was completely in the dark about Sandusky and never covered anything up.
Penn Live reported this week that John Doe 150 “shouted out” the specific incident of molestation, which Sandusky then apologized for.
The documents released Tuesday relate to a lawsuit between the university and its insurance company.
Sandusky was convicted of sexually assaulting 10 boys in the ’90s and 2000s; he is now serving a 30- to 60-year sentence.
Lawyer Eric Anderson said the school “made little effort, if any, to verify the credibility of the claims of the individuals”.
He said the university did not plan to comment and that its concern continued to be for Sandusky’s victims.
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A lawyer who helped mediate claims against Penn State said last week the university was diligent in making sure the claims were backed up.
