Penn State scandal thread (merged 3x)

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  1. TheBlairThomasFumble

    TheBlairThomasFumble Active Member

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    Joe Pa's reputation is in tatters. He's like George Wallace now. Sure, some extremists will say he's a good guy and was unfairly treated, but most reasonable people will conclude that this guy utterly failed to do his moral duty in his efforts to protect his precious Penn State.

    BEAT NEBRASKA!!! Right JoePa?
     
  2. JetsFan56

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    Exclusive: Jerry Sandusky case sees 2 new child sex abuse investigations

    Exclusive: Jerry Sandusky case sees 2 new child sex abuse investigations where alleged victims are under 18

    Two cases of child sex abuse alleged against Jerry Sandusky have been opened by Children and Youth Services in Pennsylvania.

    The cases were reported less than 60 days ago, and so they are still in the initial stages of the investigation.

    If they are found to be credible, these would be the first known cases to be reported since Sandusky’s arrest that involve current children. All of the other publicly known cases of alleged victims coming forward have been adults.

    In Pennsylvania, when an adult comes forward and alleges abuse -- even if it happened when that person was a child -- it’s solely a police matter. CYS only participates in the investigation if the victim is still under 18.

    This new information could give credence to a growing debate over whether Sandusky should have been arrested more quickly.

    When a 15-year-old Clinton County boy first alleged crimes against the former football legend and charity founder, police opted to open a grand jury investigation instead of making an immediate arrest.

    It was a surprise move to the family of the boy, now known as Victim One.

    And, it became a point of wonder for others in law enforcement when The Patriot-News first reported earlier this month that, for the first 15 months of the investigation against Sandusky, there was only one state trooper assigned to the case.

    It wasn’t until the fall of 2010 that agents from the state Attorney General’s office got involved, and then when then-Attorney General Tom Corbett was elected governor and took office in January 2011, he appointed state police commissioner Frank Noonan, who increased the number of investigators to eight.

    That was when things really started to take off. It wasn’t until January 2011 that Joe Paterno, fomer athletic director Tim Curley and vice president Gary Schultz testified. It wasn’t until April that officials from The Second Mile testified.

    None of the other seven cases of alleged abuse, outlined in the grand jury presentment, were known until more investigators joined the team.

    The 1998 police report -- which never led to charges when investigated by missing district attorney Ray Gricar -- wasn’t found until late 2010. That file was found around the same time that assistant coach Mike McQueary was contacted for the first time by police.

    McQueary testified before the grand jury that he’d witnessed abuse in 2002 and reported it to Schultz and Curley, but nothing ever came of that investigation.

    As a result of his testimony, Curley and Schultz were charged with perjury and failure to report a crime.

    But none of the cover-up investigation began until 2011. And it wasn’t until after The Patriot-News broke the story of the investigation in March of this year, that officials from the Clinton County school district where Sandusky had allegedly spent time with Victim One were subpoenaed.

    Gricar’s former staff members were not interviewed until after March 2011.

    And Jerry Sandusky’s home was not searched until this summer — two and half years after the investigation began.

    In response to questions about the length of the investigation, Corbett said yesterday:

    “The one thing you do not want to do as a prosecutor is go on one case. ... You want to show a continued course of action.”

    If a first set of charges are filed early and “you were to lose that one case, it would be much more difficult to bring charges in other cases because it would be seen by you, by the public, as vindictive,” he added.

    Corbett noted that decisions on filing charges or working to build a stronger case are made with the team of investigators. He did not address why only one investigator was assigned to the case until late 2010. His spokesman, Kevin Harley, has said that information is not accurate. However, The Patriot-News confirmed it with several sources close to the investigation.

    “These are professional prosecutors who are ... making tactical decisions which you all are questioning. And you have the right to question that,” Corbett said. “But these are people who have experience in these fields, and they made decisions that I agreed with when I was there, and that current Attorney General Linda Kelly has agreed with thereafter.”

    http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/two_more_child_abuse_investiga.html
     
  3. JetsFan56

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    Attorney: Jerry Sandusky family member made recent allegation

    The attorney for Jerry Sandusky says one of the two new cases of alleged sexual abuse under investigation by Children and Youth Services was made by a family member of Sandusky.

    The Patriot-News reported yesterday that the new cases were reported less than 60 days ago and are in the initial stages of investigation.

    Attorney Joe Amendola said the allegations stem from difficulties within the child's immediate family. He said the assault is alleged to have occurred prior to Sandusky's arrest earlier this month, but was not brought to the authorities attention until after the former Penn State coach was charged.

    The Patriot-News is withholding the child's relationship to Sandusky to shield the child's identity.

    If these two cases are found to be credible, they would be the first known cases to be reported since Sandusky's arrest that would involve children. All of the other young men who came forward to the grand jury and since indictments were handed down are now over 18, even though the assaults are alleged to have occurred when they were as young as seven or eight years old.

    Sandusky was indicted Nov. 4, charged with 40 counts of sex crimes against boys after an almost three-year grand jury investigation.

    http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/attorney_jerry_sandusky_family.html
     
  4. greenbeanz

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    http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7298112/penn-state-nittany-lions-scandal-first-jerry-sandusky-sex-abuse-lawsuit-comes-new-accuser


    Just more fuel to the fire.
     
  5. TheBlairThomasFumble

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    Again, why is this fucker out on bail?
     
  6. kbgreen

    kbgreen Well-Known Member

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    Because they assigned a judge that worked for his charity! Why he has not been put in jail now that they have removed that judge from the case is beyond me.

    This guy is pure evil and needs to be placed in a cold dark place to painfully rot away.
     
  7. Digetydog

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    If he is guilty (which seems like a sure thing), he should be thrown in a deep dark hole with the "Tossed Salad Man" from Chris Rock's comedy routine.

    Nevertheless, the sole purpose of bail in the United States is to ensure that the defendant shows up for trial. While his bail conditions seem very lenient given the severity of the charges against him, it seems unlikely that he is going to try to flee the country.
     
  8. GordonGecko

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    I'm sick of seeing this asshole doing interviews, put him in jail already
     
  9. Coach K

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    What do you call an older woman with a younger man? A Cougar


    What do you call an older man with a younger man? A Nittany Lion



    On a serious note Sandusky should be castrated by an actual Lion on PPV
     
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    kbgreen Well-Known Member

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    MBgreen posted that exact joke hours after the scandle became public.
     
  12. greenbeanz

    greenbeanz Well-Known Member

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    This guy is like the real life Lionel hutz. Amazing
     
  13. Coach K

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    sorry I didnt run it by him.

    I'll fill out the application to make statements next time
     
  14. Coach K

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    rofl


    sanduskybuttfilla
     
  15. rohirrim665

    rohirrim665 Well-Known Member

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    What about this guy who was originally investigating this case who went missing? They found his laptop at the bottom of some lake, is that true?
     
  16. BonScott

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    Yeah it's true but no data was recovered.
    Apparently his brother commited suicide the same way years earlier.
     
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