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spanone

(135,855 posts)
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 10:30 PM Jun 2012

the investigation at penn state continues......

as michael isikoff on m$nbc just reported.

The cast of characters in the Penn State trial:

The main players in the Penn State scandal:
JERRY SANDUSKY
Role: Former assistant football coach and founder of The Second Mile charity for children, accused of molesting boys over a 15-year period.
Background: Arrested in November after a long investigation by a statewide grand jury. He had been a successful defensive coach for the Nittany Lions for 30 years, and prosecutors say he used his fame in the community to attract victims.
Charges: Involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault of a young child, unlawful contact with minors, corruption of minors, endangering the welfare of children.

DOTTIE SANDUSKY
Role: Married to Jerry Sandusky.
Background: Dottie Sandusky has stood by her husband, posting his bail, accompanying him to court proceedings and issuing a statement in December that proclaimed his innocence and said accusers were making up stories. She is not charged. She testified June 19 on her husband's behalf.

TIM CURLEY
Role: Penn State athletic director, on leave while he fights criminal charges for actions related to the Sandusky scandal.
Background: Curley fielded a complaint about Sandusky in a team shower with a boy in early 2001, and told a grand jury he instructed Sandusky not to be inside Penn State athletic facilities with any young people.
Charges: Failure to properly report suspected child abuse and perjury for lying to the grand jury. He's not on trial with Sandusky, denies the allegations and is seeking to have the charges dismissed.

GARY SCHULTZ
Role: Penn State vice president for business and finance, now retired.
Background: Schultz told the grand jury that head coach Joe Paterno and assistant Mike McQueary reported the 2001 shower incident ''in a very general way'' but did not provide details.
Charges: Failure to properly report suspected child abuse and perjury for lying to the grand jury. He's not on trial with Sandusky, denies the allegations and is seeking to have the charges dismissed.

MORE....

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cast-characters-penn-state-trial-072130243--ncaaf.html

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the investigation at penn state continues...... (Original Post) spanone Jun 2012 OP
Yep, this shouldn't be swept under the rug after Sandusky. sadbear Jun 2012 #1
I am glad to see Corbett's name on that list... Spazito Jun 2012 #2
I want to see Corbett nailed in the Sandusky coverup meow2u3 Jun 2012 #4
Corbett became a member of the Penn State board of Trustees after he became PA Governor LynneSin Jun 2012 #9
My fondest dream MadrasT Jun 2012 #3
Penn State may become State Pen GreatCaesarsGhost Jun 2012 #5
I hope that everyone Aerows Jun 2012 #6
k&r n/t RainDog Jun 2012 #7
I hope Governor Tom Corbett is on that list too LynneSin Jun 2012 #8

sadbear

(4,340 posts)
1. Yep, this shouldn't be swept under the rug after Sandusky.
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 10:32 PM
Jun 2012

They need to get all who knew about it and didn't stop it.

Spazito

(50,404 posts)
2. I am glad to see Corbett's name on that list...
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 10:42 PM
Jun 2012

Corbett, as AG, was handed the case in 2009 and did nothing with it, assigned only ONE officer to investigate the allegations. It wasn’t until Frank Noonan took over as state police commissioner that seven more investigators from the state police and attorney general’s office were added to the case.

Corbett was also on the Board of Directors for Second Mile.

I hope he is not left out of any investigation wrt any attempted cover-up.

meow2u3

(24,766 posts)
4. I want to see Corbett nailed in the Sandusky coverup
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 11:19 PM
Jun 2012

His deliberate understaffing of officers reeks of coverups. I hope the AG (or acting AG) investigates Corbett for child endangerment.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
9. Corbett became a member of the Penn State board of Trustees after he became PA Governor
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 11:59 PM
Jun 2012

Which means for 11 months someone on Penn State's board of trustees did know about it but kept his mouth shut.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
6. I hope that everyone
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 11:30 PM
Jun 2012

who protected this creep get what is coming to them, too. I honestly think Dottie Sandusky should be charged. There is just no freaking way that she didn't know this was going on.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
8. I hope Governor Tom Corbett is on that list too
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 11:57 PM
Jun 2012

He knew about this since 2008 when he was the PA Attorney General and beginning of 2011 he became a member of the PSU Board of Trustees.

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