Philadelphia Daily News columnist John Smallwood says the evidence in the documents released Tuesday “is all ‘he said versus he said.'” However, in his view, “there is no logical reason for Mike McQueary to have lied in his deposition”, while “Paterno, Bradley Schiano and anyone else who are alleged to have previous knowledge have every reason to deny”. Supporters called for a statue of him to be return to Beaver Stadium, and argued Paterno didn’t know about Sandusky’s crimes and was wrongly made the scapegoat for wider institutional failures.
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“He said he told several adults about it, then sought out Paterno”.
Mark Scolforo of the AP reported in June that Sandusky, who’s now serving a 30- to 60-year sentence for 45 counts of child sexual abuse, is being granted hearings in August to determine whether he has a basis to overturn the conviction.
When he came to Pittsburgh in advance of the primary election in April, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made the baffling vow that he would “bring that back” in reference to disgraced Penn State University football coach Joe Paterno.
It’s unclear if Paterno knew about these additional coaches’ knowledge.
A lawyer for the Paterno family said Tuesday that elements of John Doe 150’s story “defy all logic” and that there’s evidence that “stands in stark contrast” to his claims.
Bradley also denied the claims via a statement his representation issued to multiple news outlets.
When some allegations first emerged in a May court order for the Penn State-PMA case that some coaches in the 1980s may have known about Sandusky’s abuse of boys, Solicitor General Bruce Castor said state investigators had looked into those accusations during their Sandusky investigation and found them to be without merit.
McQueary: “He said another assistant coach had come to him in the early ’90s about a very similar situation to mine, and he said that he had – someone had come to him as far back as the early ’80s about seing Jerry doing something with a boy”.
Paterno served as the Nittany Lions’ head coach from 1966 until his retirement in 2011.
The documents are part of a lawsuit that resulted from a claim by Penn State that their insurer, Pennsylvania Manufacturer’s Insurance Company, should pay part of the legal settlement that they reached with victims of Sandusky’s abuse.
According to McQueary, Bradley identified Schiano as the other assistant from the early 90s.
McQueary said under oath that he told Paterno and then he said things that lead one to believe that Bradley and Schiano also knew of things that had happened. Sarra died four years ago. Players and coaches were also aware, according to testimony, that Sandusky would have boys stay with him in hotel rooms before home games in State College, and that he would bring boys with him to shower in the team locker room. The university has paid $92 million to settle claims from 32 Sandusky accusers.
But lawyer Ken Feinberg, who helped mediate claims against the university, said Penn State was diligent in making sure the claims were supported by sufficient proof.
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Penn State President Eric Barron released a statement Tuesday posted on the university’s website.
