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A man testified in court in 2014 that Penn State football coach Joe Paterno ignored his complaints of a sexual assault committed by assistant coach Jerry Sandusky in 1976 when the man was a 14-year-old boy, according to new court documents unsealed Tuesday in a Philadelphia court.

The victim, who was identified in court records as John Doe 150, said that while he was attending a football camp at Penn State, Sandusky touched him as he showered. Sandusky’s finger penetrated the boy’s rectum, Doe testified in court in 2014, and the victim asked to speak with Paterno about it. Doe testified that he specifically told Paterno that Sandusky had sexually assaulted him, and Paterno ignored it.

“Is it accurate that Coach Paterno quickly said to you, ‘I don’t want to hear about any of that kind of stuff, I have a football season to worry about?'” the man’s lawyer asked him in 2014.

“Specifically. Yes … I was shocked, disappointed, offended. I was insulted… I said, is that all you’re going to do? You’re not going to do anything else?”
Paterno, the man testified, just walked away.

Collectively, the documents released Tuesday contain multiple allegations of incidents involving Sandusky acting improperly with young boys witnessed by or reported to several Penn State athletics officials over a 22-year time span before the first time someone notified law enforcement, in 1998. The documents stem from a lawsuit between the university and its insurance company. Sandusky was sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in prison after his conviction in 2012. Penn State settled with 32 victims, paid out nearly $93 million, and is trying to get reimbursed by its insurance company.

A man identified in court documents as John Doe 75 testified that, in 1987, when he was a 13-year-old boy, an assistant coach at Penn State witnessed Sandusky with his hand down the boy’s shorts and did nothing. The boy and Sandusky were alone in a coaches’ meeting room, and Sandusky was touching the boy, Doe testified, when assistant coach Joe Sarra walked into the meeting room. Startled, Sarra, immediately left and closed the door behind him, and Sandusky kissed the boy on his forehead, Doe 75 testified.

Sarra died in 2012.
A man identified as John Doe 101 testified in 2014 that knowledge of Sandusky consorting in questionable ways with young boys who were not his children was well-known within the Penn State football program.

In 1988, Doe 101 said, a weight room assistant named Kevin O’Dea saw the boy lying on a black leather couch in an athletics facility, in his underwear, with Sandusky seated on the floor rubbing the boy’s back.
“Did Mr. O’Dea say anything when he came in and saw that?,” his lawyer asked.
“No,” Doe 101 said.

O’Dea, who last coached with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, did not immediately respond to request for comment Tuesday morning.
Doe 101 also testified it was well-known to the team and coaches that boys stayed in Sandusky’s room with him in the team hotel the night before home games in State College, and that he routinely showered with Sandusky and other coaches – including Paterno – and no one raised an eyebrow as Sandusky lathered up a boy who was not his son and engaging in “horseplay.”

“Would any of the other coaches bring young men back … and shower with them?,” his lawyer asked.
“Some of the coaches’ sons would come in and work out,” Doe 101 said. “But I don’t believe I ever saw any, just, coaches bringing random children in and showering with them.”

The documents released Tuesday also includes new testimony from former Penn State grad assistant Mike McQuery in which McQuery said others on the Penn State staff were aware of Sandusky’s behavior around young boys, including current college football assistant coaches Tom Bradley and Greg Schiano. McQuery witnessed Sandusky raping a boy in a shower at Penn State in 2001, he testified in court, and informed Paterno of the incident.

In a 2015 deposition, McQuery testified he also briefly discussed what he had seen with Bradley, who is now UCLA’s defensive coordinator. When McQuery told Bradley what he saw Sandusky doing to a boy in a shower, McQuery said, Bradley was “not shocked.”

“[Bradley] said he knew of some things,” McQueary said. “… 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 to come to him as far back as the early ’80s about Jerry doing something with a boy.”
According to McQueary, Bradley identified Schiano, now the Ohio State defensive coordinator, as the other assistant and, in response to a question about whether Bradley had shared details of what Schiano had said, he related a conversation with Bradley.

“No,” McQueary replied, “only that he had — I can’t remember if it was one night or one morning — but that Greg had come into his office white as a ghost and said he just saw Jerry doing something to a boy in the shower. And that’s it. That’s all he ever told me.”

McQueary added that he didn’t know whether Bradley had reported the incident, which he said happened in “like 2005, ’06; it could have been anywhere in there.”
According to McQueary, he and Bradley discussed their frustration with the access to Penn State facilities that Sandusky had. “Tom was kind of a — yeah, he would be upset and frustrated about that, like I was,” McQueary said.

The family of Paterno, who died in January 2012, denied in a statement Tuesday that any coverup had taken place. It regarded the university’s $93 million payout to 32 victims as a step taken “without fully assessing the underlying facts” and “something that the University obviously felt they had to do to help resolve this matter.”


The Paternos’ attorney released the following statement:

From the beginning, the Paterno family has been outspoken in their desire for the complete truth in the Sandusky tragedy. They have also repeatedly called for due process for all affected parties. With this latest release of information, the total mishandling of the Sandusky investigation is highlighted once again.
The overwhelming evidence confirms that Joe Paterno never engaged in a cover up of Jerry Sandusky’s crimes. Multiple independent parties have confirmed this conclusion.

In fact, consistent with University rules, Joe reported an allegation about Sandusky to administration officials. As President Barron stated in his message to the University earlier today, an environment where faculty and staff feel protected in reporting wrongdoing is a key objective of the University.
The materials released today relating to Joe Paterno allege a conversation that occurred decades ago where all parties except the accuser are now dead. In addition, there are numerous specific elements of the accusations that defy all logic and have never been subjected to even the most basic objective examination. Most significantly, there is extensive evidence that stands in stark contrast to this claim.

That Penn State chose to settle claims without fully assessing the underlying facts is something that the University obviously felt they had to do to help resolve this matter. We understand their desire for closure, but it does not remotely validate the assertions about an uncorroborated conversation with Joe Paterno.
When the Sandusky scandal first became public in 2011, there was a lot of rhetoric in the media about using this case as a model to help prevent other child sex abuse scandals. Sadly, one of the lessons from the Sandusky tragedy is how not to investigate a crime of this type.

Scott Paterno, one of the five children of Joe and Sue Paterno, took to Twitter to defend his father, referring to his father as “JVP” and writing that “the allegations in ’76 simply are not credible when you read the full alleged context.”

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Also of note: not a single allegation outside of '98 or '01 have any documentation that they were reported to anyone. Just claimants.
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Scott Paterno @ScottPaterno Headlines that "Joe knew in '76" are based on a single uncorroborated report of an incident allegedly witnessed by 6 other people.

Scott Paterno @ScottPaterno
Yet not one of the 6 witnesses, nor any of the "many players and coaches" allegedly also told could be produced to corroborate.
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Scott Paterno @ScottPaterno In short, '76 allegations are simple not credible on their face.
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The documents came to light in May, when a line in a court order noted that one of Penn State’s insurers claimed that “in 1976, a child allegedly reported to PSU’s Head Coach Joseph Paterno that he [the child] was sexually molested by Sandusky.” The order also cited the 1987 and 1988 references to unnamed assistant coaches witnessing the contact between Sandusky and unidentified children and a 1988 case that allegedly was referred to Penn State’s athletic director. According to a review of the case file by PennLive, the order states that all of this is in victims’ depositions taken as part of an insurance case that is still pending.

“There is no evidence that reports of these incidents ever went further up the chain of command at PSU,” Glazer wrote in May. He determined that because Penn State’s president and trustees were unaware of the allegations, he would not bar claims from that time frame from insurance coverage.


Penn State President Eric Barron, in a statement on the university’s website, writes:
Penn State’s overriding concern has been, and remains, for the victims of Jerry Sandusky. While individuals hold different opinions, and may draw different inferences from the testimony about former Penn State employees, speculation by Penn State is not useful. We must be sensitive to all individuals involved, and especially to those who may be victims of child sexual abuse. It also makes it much more difficult for Penn State to create an environment where victims of sexual abuse feel comfortable coming forward and where students, faculty and staff feel protected in reporting wrongdoing.
Although settlements have been reached, it also is important to reiterate that the alleged knowledge of former Penn State employees is not proven, and should not be treated as such. Some individuals deny the claims, and others are unable to defend themselves.
Speculation also serves to drive a wedge within the Penn State community. I would ask that we remember our University’s primary mission is to focus on research, education and service. Let’s be respectful of other viewpoints and focus on our mission. The University is committed to ensuring our campuses are safe for children, and to ongoing prevention and education programs and research that contribute to a better society.​
 

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tell the planet earth something it didnt know,,,

fkng sad as shit,,
 

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That Brucefan dude will be among shortly to deny this.

I swear that poster is a Paterno.

This story says what most already know....of course Joe was aware for a very long time.
 

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That Brucefan dude will be among shortly to deny this.

I swear that poster is a Paterno.

This story says what most already know....of course Joe was aware for a very long time.

You beat me to it. Paterno knew, they all knew. Football was more important than kiddie rapists.
 
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[ What kind of a sicko ignores this shit ? ]

Sandusky touched him as he showered. Sandusky’s finger penetrated the boy’s rectum, Doe testified in court in 2014, and the victim asked to speak with Paterno about it. Doe testified that he specifically told Paterno that Sandusky had sexually assaulted him, and Paterno ignored it.

“Is it accurate that Coach Paterno quickly said to you, ‘I don’t want to hear about any of that kind of stuff, I have a football season to worry about?'” the man’s lawyer asked him in 2014.

“Specifically. Yes … I was shocked, disappointed, offended. I was insulted… I said, is that all you’re going to do? You’re not going to do anything else?”
Paterno, the man testified, just walked away.
 

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You beat me to it. Paterno knew, they all knew. Football was more important than kiddie rapists.

No doubt....I go to penn st football game once or twice a year......so many blind Paterno people there.....it's unreal to see. They defend him till the end. Really disgusting.
 

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If Public Knew How Wrong These ‘Joe Paterno Knew’ Headlines Are There Would Be Riots

by John Ziegler | 3:50 pm, July 12th, 2016
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Back in May when stories first surfaced about Joe Paterno supposedly being told about, and ignoring, horrendous allegations against Jerry Sandusky all the way back in the 1970s, I wrote for LawNewz that those headlines were outrageous on every level. Today, as the news media once again picks through the carcass of completely absurd and unsubstantiated claims against a dead man, which were rewarded with huge financial settlements with no scrutiny, I am surer than ever that I was right.
And anyone who cares about the truth and media ethics should be enraged about what is happening today.
To review, once Penn State fired Joe Paterno, a star prosecution witness against Sandusky, before any of the actual facts of this case (including even the year of the primary episode) were known, Penn State University made it clear, way before there was ever a trial, that they would be paying out up to $100 million dollars to Sandusky’s accusers.
As a result, 32 accusers have been paid an average of $3 million each for their stories of abuse. This was done without any sort of trial, investigation, or even cross-examination. If the accuser had been part of Sandusky’s Second Mile charity, was under 30 years old (the statute of limitations in Pennsylvania for such claims), and the accusation involved Penn State in any way, they were paid with almost literally no questions asked. The agreements with the claimants (see below) make it very clear that Penn State was not verifying the accuracy of their accusations and Penn State’s president has recently, against his self-interest, admitted that the university did not adequately vet these accusations.
As part of the process for Penn State to get reimbursed for these massive settlements by their insurance company, a judge very briefly mentioned some of the accusations indicate that Penn State either knew, or could have known, about the Sandusky allegations all the way back in the 1970s. This is all it took for the news media to prematurely take a molehill of “evidence” and turn it a mountain of damning headlines against the late Joe Paterno, all for easy ratings and to substantiate their prior rush to judgement, which likely facilitated his death.
The media, sensing the chance to replenish their poisonous feast, petitioned to have these settlement documents unsealed (which were never intended to be made public, thus the reason for the settlements in the first place). That request was granted, however the identities of the accusers have been redacted, which of course makes it very difficult to evaluate their credibility (if you don’t even know who the person is making the claim, how do you even know if they were living in the area at the time of the allegation?).
Today those documents are the source of numerous very declarative headlines, from allegedly reputable news sources, that Joe Paterno, as well as some of his assistants, “knew” about Sandusky and chose to do nothing about it in the name of protecting their football program. At the center of these stories is the allegation that in 1976, after being abused at a Penn State football camp, the accuser told Paterno about it and the Hall of Fame coach with a sterling reputation told him to go away.
This accusation (where Sandusky abuses a kid at a camp he doesn’t even run and then Paterno not only keeps him on staff but helps him start a major kid’s charity the very next year?!) is simply not remotely plausible in any way and is far from proven.
You know who agrees with me? That very accuser’s own lawyer, Michael Boni!
Back in May, Boni (who was not yet known as the 1976 accuser’s attorney because it was not clear then that the documents would be unsealed) said:
“The headlines of these stories is Paterno knew of Sandusky’s molestation in the ’70s, ’76 or ’77. I’m unaware of direct, irrefutable evidence that that’s the case. Believe me, I’m the last person to defend the guy, but I am the first person to believe in our justice system. And I think you need more than anecdotal evidence or speculative evidence.”
Those are the words of the accuser’s own attorney! And yet not one media outlet has even bothered to mention this remarkable statement or abide by his rather obvious implicit admonition that there at least be some caution in reporting anonymous allegations about a dead man from 40 years ago when millions of dollars are being paid out for story.
Paterno isn’t the only dead man being implicated unfairly in this fiasco. One accuser’s story (I am very credibly told this was Matt Sandusky) involved former Penn State assistants John Sarra and Kevin O’Dea witnessing abuse in 1988. Sarra is now conveniently no longer with us. O’Dea didn’t even come to Penn State until at least 1990. In 1988 he was at the University of Virginia. And yet the news media will almost certainly ignore this factoid which should instead make them question this entire nonsensical narrative.
No other former Penn State assistant has remotely substantiated the claims they were supposedly involved in and I am told very credibly that current UCLA assistant Tom Bradley will be strongly denying the allegations alleged to have involved him.
What is most outrageous about how the media is once again gleefully and blindly rushing to a judgment which fits their agenda is that there is a very simple and obvious explanation for what REALLY happened here.
There is a very good reason for why these settlements have produced allegations against Penn State employees which suddenly stop at the end of the 1980s. It is just basic math.
As I previously stated, the statute of limitations for suing for allegations of child sex abuse in Pennsylvania is 30 years old. The accepted “limit” for being a Sandusky accuser (thanks to the trial accusations) is 15 years old. This means that anyone who came forward after Paterno’s firing to make a claim against Penn State realistically had to have been abused before the mid-90s. Otherwise, they and their lawyer had a big problem.
This was not a challenge which could not be overcome, however. If you had a claim which gave Penn State an extra incentive to make your story go away, they were willing to pay those allegations outside of the statute of limitations. For instance, Matt Sandusky, Jerry’s adopted son, was one of those who, despite not having a legally legitimate claim, was paid because of his “celebrity” status and ability to get huge media coverage for his story.
For accusers without that option, they needed a Penn State “hook” for them to be eligible for the money. And for the really old accusers (who claim they were abused before Sandusky’s charity started in 1977 and therefore had “two strikes” against them in the settlement process) there was no more powerful weapon than to claim that you told Joe Paterno. This is why to the two oldest (and after an even cursory examination, least credible) claims which were paid, directly involve him.
In short, these stories may be fairytales specifically crafted to get free money, which they got.
I am sure that many people are very skeptical that what I am saying here is anything more than a theory I have to try to discredit what appears, to the untrained eye, to be a tsunami of evidence that I am wrong about this case. I can assure you that this is not remotely the truth.
For the first time publicly, I can reveal that my knowledge of the bogus Penn State settlement process is both extensive and definitive. There is a man who has gone through the settlement process as a purposely fake accuser because he did not believe that the Sandusky allegations were true or that Penn State’s settlement process was remotely credible. He wanted to prove that was the case. During that process it became clear that anything he said would be both believed and manipulated into conforming to what Penn State needed to pay out a claim under the “rules” which I have outlined here.
This is all on tape and with documentation. Hopefully, someday this story can be fully revealed so as to prove what an outrageous farce this entire situation has become.
I have seen a ton of “Media Malpractice” in my career, but there is nothing I have endured which compares to what we are witnessing today with the further destruction of a revered dead man with horrendous allegations which are not only not remotely proven, they simply are not true.
Victim Settlement Agreement by Mediaite on Scribd
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John Ziegler is a nationally-syndicated radio talk show host and documentary filmmaker. You can follow him on Twitter at @ZigManFreud.
Correction: An earlier post mixed up up two former Penn State assistants. The post has been corrected.










 

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John Doe 101 makes a claim about assistant strength coach Kevin O'Dea in 1988. O'Dea didn't get to Penn State until 1991. Apparently PSU attorneys and the head of the legal committee don't know how to google.


Then there is this from penn live: The Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association Insurance Co. hired the Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck law firm to review the claims and settlements. Attorney Eric Anderson reviewed the information and provided an assessment in a recently unsealed letter.


"It appears as though Penn State made little effort, if any, to verify the credibility of the claims of the individuals," he said.
 

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I'm pretty sure this is old news. I thought I remember hearing this MONTHS ago.
 

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[FONT=&quot]'In short, these stories may be fairytalesspecifically crafted to get free money, which they got.'

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''may'? not 'are'? what r you trying to say? Mr Ziegler, you losing faith? :)


......Jerry is in jail and the statue is down.......dagone........plan b? Mr Ziegler if the stories r 'fairy tales', why are they settling?
 

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Sandusky and his wife still claim his innocence. They are doing Bible studies and waiting for God to free him. LOL.
 

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Tell yourself whatever you need to sleep at night Brucefan. People still think OJ didn't kill anyone.
 

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Sandusky and his wife still claim his innocence. They are doing Bible studies and waiting for God to free him. LOL.


not surprising. Man will turn to a God in moments of despair, hopelessness........for peace, resolve. Value in that. He has blocked his past, buoyed by the unwavering belief of his poor wife. The mind is cool ...:)
 

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John Doe 101 makes a claim about assistant strength coach Kevin O'Dea in 1988. O'Dea didn't get to Penn State until 1991. Apparently PSU attorneys and the head of the legal committee don't know how to google.


Then there is this from penn live: The Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association Insurance Co. hired the Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck law firm to review the claims and settlements. Attorney Eric Anderson reviewed the information and provided an assessment in a recently unsealed letter.


"It appears as though Penn State made little effort, if any, to verify the credibility of the claims of the individuals," he said.
So what's the exuse everyone including Joe let Sandusky come and go even after Mcqery told everyone he saw Sandusky molesting a child. What a man Joe was then also you idiot.
 

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So what's the exuse everyone including Joe let Sandusky come and go even after Mcqery told everyone he saw Sandusky molesting a child. What a man Joe was then also you idiot.

There are so many facts wrong in this question that is hard to answer
 

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