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Disgraced Former Penn State DC Jerry Sandusky (convicted child molester)

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LordJeffBuck;2029538; said:
Was Paterno's reporting to AD Curley an attempt to get to the bottom of the issue, or an attempt to cover it up? This excerpt from the grand jury report (as summarized in the Black Shoes Diary article) makes me wonder:


Instead of reporting to the real police, Curley brings in the "fixer" (Schultz) and then - ten days later - meets with McQueary without Paterno present, thus keeping Paterno out of the loop. Now Paterno can say that he: (1) fulfilled his reporting requirement by going to Curley; (2) didn't know that Curley and Schultz were going to keep the investigation "in house"; (3) doesn't know what McQueary told Curley and Schultz; and thus (4) doesn't know whether McQueary adequately expressed the seriousness of the situation.

I imagine that Paterno, Curley, and Schultz will try to dump on McQueary - "He said they were 'horsing around'. He never said anything about 'rape'."
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McQueary should hire a couple of bodyguards. Yeah, I'm serious.

Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar, who decided not to prosecute Sandusky in 1998, disappeared in 2005 and his laptop was damaged beyond recovery; he was declared legally dead earlier this year. Now there are many people that may wish to cause harm to a DA, but if I were McQueary I'd be concerned enough about it to hire some personal protection. Besides, having the protection against the nutjobs in the PSU fan base that will blame McQueary for this mess is also being prudent.
 
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What would the response have been from McQueary all the way up the chain of command to Spanier had it been a janitor, a trainer or just some regular student who had access to the facility through a work study program in that shower stall with that 10 year old? The same? I doubt it.
 
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LordJeffBuck;2029538; said:
Was Paterno's reporting to AD Curley an attempt to get to the bottom of the issue, or an attempt to cover it up? This excerpt from the grand jury report (as summarized in the Black Shoes Diary article) makes me wonder:

Instead of reporting to the real police, Curley brings in the "fixer" (Schultz) and then - ten days later - meets with McQueary without Paterno present, thus keeping Paterno out of the loop. Now Paterno can say that he: (1) fulfilled his reporting requirement by going to Curley; (2) didn't know that Curley and Schultz were going to keep the investigation "in house"; (3) doesn't know what McQueary told Curley and Schultz; and thus (4) doesn't know whether McQueary adequately expressed the seriousness of the situation.

I imagine that Paterno, Curley, and Schultz will try to dump on McQueary - "He said they were 'horsing around'. He never said anything about 'rape'."
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The Grand Jury presentment doesn't use any quotes to say what McQueary told Paterno. It says he "reported what he had seen". But the next paragraph, talking about Paterno's testimony, says that JoePa told Curley the next day that "the graduate assistant had seen Jerry Sandusky in the Lasch Building showers fondling or doing something of a sexual nature to a young boy".

The actual transcript of McQueary's and JoePa's testimony will be interesting to see - I believe it will come out eventually. But JoePa's statement issued yesterday (surely crafted by a PSU PR type with a legal review) seems to be attempting to distance JoePa from having any knowledge of an actual crime.

And to Hell with Penn State for continuing to attempt to cover their own asses when the asses of young boys were actually being violated.
 
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Here's the bottom line. This matter should tarnish Paterno's career far more than the Tat 5 tarnished Jim Tressel's career. There is simply no comparison at all.

If the administrators don't follow up by calling the police and such a thing has been reported to you, you follow up.

Disgusting. Perhaps below ESPiN.
 
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Curley and Schultz.

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