Report says McQueary was abused and battled gambling problem
Former Penn State assistant coach
Mike McQueary, one of the key witnesses in the
Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State, claimed to some anonymous Penn State wide receivers that he too was abused. According to a
report by ESPN The Magazine, McQueary cleared the air during a meeting with Penn State receivers just three days after the release of a grand jury presentment detailing the information discovered in an investigation that would rip through the Penn State community.
It is not known whether McQueary was abused. It is only known that he told players he was a victim of abuse at a time when his decision to leave the locker room without stopping Sandusky was being criticized in State College and beyond, including by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett.
“It made it even more personal for him,” one of the players said.
The report does not say when McQueary was allegedly abused or when the abuse may have happened. According to the grand jury presentment, McQueary witnessed former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky in a football building shower with a young boy. Startled by what he saw, McQueary later went to former Penn State head coach
Joe Paterno in an attempt to discuss what he saw and how to handle it.
One of the biggest questions following the release of this information many have had was why McQueary did not handle it another way. If he was indeed abused in his past, you can start to piece together that the situation may have been a bit more emotional in the heat of the moment for McQueary. Does that make him not guilty of not doing more? That may always be a matter of perception and opinion, and the story may or may not change as time goes by.
The magazine report also suggests McQueary battled a gambling problem while at Penn State and suggests he gambled on college football in addition to pro sporting events and playing poker. It is not known how many Penn State football games McQueary may have had a bet involved, but the report does say Penn State’s 1996 game against Michigan State was one of them. Penn State failed to cover the spread.
Where this goes from here is anybody’s guess.
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