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Penn State Abuse ScandalView a collection of articles featuring The Legal's coverage of the ongoing Penn State Abuse Scandal.2013-01-03 08:30:31 AM NCAA Sues Corbett, Row Officers Over Penn State Fine Legislation The NCAA has filed a federal lawsuit against Governor Tom Corbett and the treasurer and auditor general of Pennsylvania over legislation aiming to keep the NCAA’s $60 million fine against Penn State, related to the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal, in the state of Pennsylvania. Fu Ex-Federal Prosecutor Picked by Kane to Examine Sandusky Case Making swift moves to deliver on her campaign promise to investigate Governor Tom Corbett's handling of the investigation of child sexual-abuse accusations against Jerry Sandusky, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has tapped H. Geoffrey Moulton Jr. as the special prosecutor leading her office's examination of Corbett's pursuit of the case. Full Text McQueary Says There's No Need to Respond Substantively to Penn State's P.O.s Mike McQueary, who is suing Penn State for its handling of his allegations against convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky, has declined to comment substantively on the university’s preliminary objections to his lawsuit. Full Text Sandusky's Post-Sentence Motions Rejected, Setting Stage for Appeal The judge who presided at convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky's trial has rejected all of his post-sentence motions, ruling the former Penn State assistant football coach was not prejudiced by the amount of time he had to prepare for trial and that the court properly charged the jury. Full Text Federal Suit Filed By Victim 6 Against PSU, Second Mile A man known as Victim 6, whose allegations against convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky first launched an investigation in 1998 that resulted in no charges, has sued Sandusky, his charity and Penn State in federal court. Full Text Sandusky Agrees to Release State Farm From Defense Request Jerry Sandusky, the convicted serial child molester, has agreed that State Farm, which carries his homeowner's insurance policy, isn't on the hook for covering the cost of his defense on any claims related to the sexual abuse of minors.Full Text NCAA Agrees Not to Dole Out Any Penn State Fine Money for Now The NCAA has agreed to not dole out any of the $12 million Penn State has paid to it as part of the unprecedented sanctions the organization levied against the school for its handling of sex-abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky, the school’s former assistant football coach and a convicted serial child molester. Full Text Penn State Responds to McQueary's Whistleblower, Defamation Suit A lawyer representing Penn State has asked a Pennsylvania judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the university's former assistant football coach, Mike McQueary, asserting McQueary's defamation and misrepresentation claims are not supported by Pennsylvania law while the entirety of his claims, including a whistleblower count, lacks specificity. Full Text Corbett, Pennsylvania Sue NCAA for Penn State Sanctions Governor Tom Corbett and the state of Pennsylvania have sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association over sanctions it issued against Penn State University and its football program in response to the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal. Full Text Court Papers: Schultz Could Sue Ex-Penn State GC A former Penn State administrator facing criminal charges related to the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal has filed a praecipe for writ of summons against the university's former general counsel, Cynthia Baldwin, indicating he intends to sue her for legal malpractice. Full Text Court Weighs Admissibility of Baldwin's Testimony Can Cynthia Baldwin, the former general counsel of Penn State University, testify against two former Penn State officials in upcoming criminal proceedings? Full Text Former PSU President Spanier Charged in Sandusky Scandal Former Penn State President Graham Spanier engaged in a "conspiracy of silence" with two other university administrators to conceal allegations against Jerry Sandusky, state Attorney General Linda Kelly announced Thursday, bringing the first charges against Spanier and adding more charges, some felonies, to the administrators' existing dockets. Full Text Sandusky Files Post-Sentence Motions, Adds New Attorney Jerry Sandusky, the convicted serial child sexual abuser serving a lengthy state prison sentence for molesting 10 boys, is arguing the judge presiding over his trial denied him due process by failing to grant him several motions for a continuance before his June trial. Full Text
Sandusky Sentenced to a Minimum of 30 Years in Prison Before a jam-packed courtroom Tuesday, Jerry Sandusky, the convicted serial child sex abuser whose prosecution trained the national media spotlight on Central Pennsylvania and Penn State University, was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in state prison. Full Text
McQueary Files Defamation Suit Against Penn State Mike McQueary, the former Penn State graduate assistant who has long claimed he saw Jerry Sandusky rape a boy in 2001, has filed a lawsuit against Penn State. Full Text Sandusky Victims' Attorneys Angered at Release of Names Attorneys for a number of the victims testifying against former Penn State assistant football coach and convicted child rapist Jerry Sandusky said they were displeased with the court's decision to release the trial's transcripts on the Centre County website, complete with the victims' full names as they were read in court. Full Text
Attorneys See Tough Job for Feinberg in PSU Case If Ken Feinberg wants to add "quickly and successfully settled Penn State claims on the Sandusky sex-abuse scandal" to his resume, he's going to have to think outside the box. Full Text Judge Asks Superior Court to Toss Sandusky Attorney's Appeal The judge presiding over Jerry Sandusky's case has asked the state Superior Court to dismiss an appeal by one of the convicted serial child sexual abuser's attorneys over whether a protective order the judge slapped on the case may apply retroactively.Full Text Nationally Known Mediation Expert Brought on for Sandusky Settlements Penn State has hired Kenneth R. Feinberg, the man who ran the 9/11 victim fund and other major settlement programs, to resolve the university’s legal proceedings with the victims of convicted serial child sexual abuser and former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.Full Text Sandusky Sentencing Date Set for October 9 The sentencing of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach convicted of a slew of sex crimes, will take place on October 9 immediately following a hearing to determine whether he is a sexually violent predator. Full Text Pepper Hamilton Acquires Louis Freeh's Law Firm, Consulting Group After months of working with it on the investigation into Penn State's handling of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, Pepper Hamilton is acquiring former FBI director Louis Freeh's law firm, Freeh, Sporkin & Sullivan, and his consulting firm, Freeh Group International Solutions LLC, the firms announced Tuesday. Full Text Spanier Lawyers Slam Freeh for 'Reckless' Report The four lawyers for former Penn State President Graham Spanier, all either former judges, prosecutors or both, called out another former prosecutor and judge, Louis Freeh, for what they said was a "blundering, indefensible indictment" of their client.Full Text Considerations for Young Lawyers in the Wake of the PSU Scandal Ever since former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was charged in November 2011 with sexually molesting young boys, the school has remained a lightning rod for controversy, and after the recent sanctions imposed by the NCAA, some wonder whether the school's once-revered football program will survive. Regardless of where you stand on the university's handling of the incident, one thing is clear: much could have been done to avoid it.Full Text Attorneys Spar Over Motions at Ex-PSU Administrators' Hearing An attorney representing former Penn State athletic director Tim Curley argued Thursday that prosecutors had lodged an "unorthodox" perjury case against her client regarding a conclusion he made about allegations involving convicted serial child-sex abuser Jerry Sandusky. Full Text Phila. Judge Says Penn State Insurance Dispute Belongs in FJD Following the university's appeal of his decision, a Philadelphia judge has issued an opinion outlining why a dispute between Penn State and its insurance company, stemming from the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal, should be litigated in Philadelphia. Full Text Jackson Lewis Retained by PSU Trustee Seeking NCAA Appeal Two years after hiring former sports agent Gregg Clifton to build out its collegiate and professional sports practice, labor and employment firm Jackson Lewis has been retained by a member of Penn State's board of trustees to appeal National Collegiate Athletic Association sanctions levied against the school in the wake of the child sex-abuse scandal involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Full Text Representation of Sandusky Shower Victim Confirmed The formerly unidentified victim who Mike McQueary said he saw former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky rape in a Penn State locker room shower in 2001, long referred to in court filings only as "Victim 2," has come forward with plans to sue the university, his attorneys announced Thursday. Full Text PSU Insurer: Public Policy Bars Coverage in Sandusky Suits In light of the Freeh report's statement that Penn State officials allegedly concealed sexual-abuse allegations against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, the university's insurer has said it would be contrary to Pennsylvania public policy to provide the university coverage under any insurance policy it issued. Full Text Collateral Appeal in Sandusky Case Viable, Defense Lawyers Say As former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky awaits his sentence for a 45-count conviction of sex crimes, one of his attorneys has filed an appeal relating to a post-trial protective order the presiding judge issued to the defense. Full Text Spanier Pleads His Case With Penn State Board Former Penn State President Graham Spanier wrote a letter to the university's board of trustees Sunday to say the findings of Louis B. Freeh's investigation into the university's handling of allegations against Jerry Sandusky was fraught with factual errors. Spanier said his attorneys would confidentially share with the university the "many errors" contained in the 267-page Freeh report. Full Text NCAA Levies Steep Fines, Institutional Changes on Penn State In an unprecedented action, the National Collegiate Athletic Association on Monday made its response to the Jerry Sandusky sexual-abuse scandal by imposing sweeping sanctions on Penn State University that included gutting the university’s football program and demanding an array of ethics and compliance reform measures. Among those measures are an athletics integrity agreement and oversight by a third-party monitor for five years. Full Text State Farm Doesn't Want to Defend Sandusky in Civil, Criminal Cases State Farm has asked a federal judge to declare it does not have to defend former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky in his ongoing criminal proceedings and that it does not have to defend or indemnify Sandusky in a civil suit filed against him in Philadelphia last year by an alleged abuse victim.Full Text The Freeh Report: A Case Study in How People Rationalize Ignoring Evil After reading the Freeh report, there's no getting around it: Joe Paterno fucked up. I apologize for the bad language, but there's no other way to describe it. Besides, little kids aren't reading this, and if they do, I think it will be far more damaging to their psyche to learn that powerful and influential men could care so little for their welfare or fail them so badly. Full Text
On Jan. 22, 2010, former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Cynthia Baldwin became the first general counsel of Penn State University — more than a decade after allegations of child sexual abuse against former university assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky surfaced in the late 1990s. Full Text Settlements to Surface After Freeh Report, Attorneys Predict Freeh Report Faults PSU Leaders in Abuse Case Former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno, along with three of the university's top administrators, knew about abuse allegations against the football program's longtime defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky, as far back as 1998, but "repeatedly concealed critical facts" from police, the public and the university's board as Sandusky continued to molest children, a Penn State internal investigation has found. Full Text Freeh Report: Paterno, Top Admins Concealed Sandusky Allegations in 1998 Former University GC Baldwin's Role in Inquiry Outlined Freeh Report Highlights Serious Governance Lapses at Penn State Freeh Report Set to be Released Thursday State Child Sexual-Abuse Cases Spur Legislative Response Using Mental Illness as a Criminal Defense Clock Running for Sandusky Lawyers to Inventory Evidence Lawyers Await Freeh Report in Potential Civil Actions Against PSU Sandusky Guilty on 45 out of 48 Charges Defense Rests Without Sandusky Taking the Stand Sandusky's Fate Turned Over to Jury After Closing Arguments Defense Rests Without Sandusky Taking the Stand Sandusky Jury to Be Sequestered; Trial Could End This Week Anguish and Scrutiny: For Observers, Surreal Nature of Sandusky Trial Takes Captivating Form During Witness Accounts Commonwealth v. Sandusky (Case Digest) Jury Set to Hear From Defense as Sandusky Prosecution Rests McQueary Testifies He Saw Sexual Encounter Between Sandusky, Child At Beginning of Sandusky Trial, Alleged Victims Take Center Stage Charity's Insurer Need Not Cover, But May Have to Pay to Defend, Sandusky Sandusky's Accusers To Be Named in Court Sandusky Loses Bid to Delay Trial Sandusky's Trial Still on as Scheduled Penn State Hires New GC From Johns Hopkins Penn State Appeals Venue Decision in Insurance Dispute Sandusky Seeks to Delay Trial; McQueary Files Writ Against Penn State
Penn State Loses Venue Fight, Again Judge Grants Motion to Bring Penn State's Lawsuit to Phila.
As a grand jury continues to investigate former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, a Pennsylvania judge has said he would rule later on Sandusky’s request to have the sexual-abuse charges against him dropped. Full Text
State prosecutors may have to turn over psychological records of several individuals accusing former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky of sexual abuse, criminal defense attorneys said. Full Text Subpoena Issued to Penn State GC An insurance company for Penn State is trying to bring a lawsuit filed by the university in Centre County last week about 200 miles east to the First Judicial District, according to a motion it filed Tuesday in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court. Full Text Penn State Sues Insurer for Defense Costs, Asks for Jury The Legal Intelligencer Penn State University has sued its insurance company following the insurer's own legal action to limit its coverage in a lawsuit against the university stemming from the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal. Full Text
Questions Surround Penn St. GC's Role Before Grand Jury Following the news that Penn State University General Counsel Cynthia Baldwin was allowed into the grand jury proceedings of two former university administrators whom she now claims she was not individually representing, several criminal defense attorneys posed the same question: how?
Penn State Insurer Seeks to Limit Coverage in Sandusky Sex-Abuse Case An insurance company covering Penn State has asked a Philadelphia court to declare it should not have to provide coverage or cover the university's defense costs in a lawsuit stemming from the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal unless the abuse in the underlying case started in what appeared to be a narrow time frame. Full Text
Was Penn State's GC Counsel for University Officials? In-house lawyers understand that they're hired to represent the entity that issues their paychecks — not the company's executives and other staff. But as evidenced by the grand jury testimony of two Penn State University officials, sometimes there can be a disconnect between how a company's lawyers and constituents understand the relationship. Full Text
Prosecutors Seek Out-of-County Jurors For Sandusky Trial The Legal Intelligencer Blog February 1, 2012 Prosecutors have asked the Centre County Common Pleas Court to bring in jurors from outside of the county, while not moving the site of the trial, to decide the case of embattled former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky. Full Text Democratic AG Candidates Need to Check Facts Regarding Sandusky Investigation The Legal Intelligencer January 24, 2012 It is always challenging for statewide candidates to capture media attention, especially during a busy primary election season focused on the presidential race. Full Text Penn State Scandal Highlights Statute of Limitations Debate Although some of the lawyers representing accusers in the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse case have said the state's heavily scrutinized statute of limitations for child sex-abuse claims would not affect their lawsuits, they were hopeful the reverse might be true. Full Text Baldwin Ready to Hand Over Reins as Penn State GC The Legal Intelligencer January 18, 2012 Penn State's first general counsel has said she accomplished what she came to do two years ago - create a general counsel's office for the university and ready it to be led by someone else. Full Text Sandusky Case a Lesson in Media Approach, Lawyers Say The Legal Intelligencer December 27, 2011 Following two widely publicized television interviews with Jerry Sandusky, MSNBC news anchor Thomas Roberts invited Philadelphia criminal defense attorney Theodore Simon onto the air earlier this month for his take on the defense's seemingly unconventional strategy. Full Text McQueary Testifies, Ex-Officials Held for Trial in Penn State Case For two hours Friday, a key witness in the Penn State sex abuse scandal answered questions from a state prosecutor and attorneys for two ousted high-ranking officials - now both headed to trial — about his recollection of the scandal's most scrutinized allegations and his efforts to report them to the administrators. Full Text Hearings for Curley, Schultz May Test Key Penn State Scandal Witness The Legal Intelligencer December 16, 2011 For two former high-ranking officials implicated in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, today's preliminary hearing in Harrisburg will likely mark the beginning of a probe into just how much a key state witness knew and just how much that witness did in response. Sandusky Waives Preliminary Hearing The Legal Intelligencer December 14, 2011 Before the start of business Tuesday, former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky stunned a jam-packed courtroom with the decision to waive his right to a preliminary hearing. It was an abrupt departure from the defense's widely advertised strategy for the proceedings. Full Text Sandusky's Accusers Set to Testify Anonymously The Legal Intelligencer December 13, 2011 For Jerry Sandusky, the embattled former Penn State football assistant coach who has publicly maintained his innocence amid allegations that he sexually abused at least 10 child victims, today's preliminary hearing marks the first step in the country's most anticipated criminal defense. Sandusky Re-Arrested After Two Additional Accusers Come Forward The Legal Intelligencer December 8, 2011 Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has been re-arrested after two additional alleged victims testified before a grand jury that they too were molested by Sandusky when they were children. First Civil Suit Against PSU, Sandusky Filed in Philadelphia The Legal Intelligencer November 30, 2011 The first civil lawsuit against embattled former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky and the university itself alleging sex abuse and a conspiracy to cover it up was filed in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court on Wednesday morning.
Abuse and Molestation Claims: Insurance Issues for Policyholders The Legal Intelligencer November 30, 2011 Sexual molestation claims can be devastating to an organization. Often the resulting litigation names not only the perpetrator, but also the organization, board members, trustees and administrators, as well as other individuals in a supervisory role. Full Text 'May No Act of Ours Bring Shame': Lessons From Penn State's Scandal The Legal Intelligencer November 23, 2011 Two lawyers representing an alleged victim in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal have filed a complaint against The Second Mile, the charity through which the embattled former coach allegedly met several of his victims. Full Text Child Abuse Witness Legislation Proposed The Legal Intelligencer November 22, 2011 Teachers, coaches and other staff at educational institutions that witness child abuse would be required to report directly to police, under legislation introduced in the wake of the indictment of former Penn State football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky for child molestation. The law now says that the person must report only to a superior within the institution. Full Text Ex-FBI Director Tapped to Lead Penn State Investigation The Legal Intelligencer November 22, 2011 The Penn State University board of trustees has hired Louis J. Freeh, a former FBI director and former federal judge, to conduct an independent investigation into the university's policies and controls, along with who knew what and when, in the fallout from the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal. Full Text PSU Scandal Prompts Group's Call for Focus on Judicial Recusal A Philadelphia-based group that supports a selection system for Pennsylvania judges issued a statement calling for stricter guidelines involving judicial recusal. The statement stems from the actions of a magisterial district judge who granted bail to former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, indicted for 40 counts of child molestation. Full Text Centre County Bench Recuses from Sandusky Case, Cleland Appointed The entire Centre County Common Pleas Court has recused itself from the criminal proceedings of former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky to eschew the appearance of impropriety. Full Text Reed Smith Hired by Penn State to Advise Board Penn State University has hired Reed Smith to advise its board of trustees, which formed a special committee last week to conduct an internal investigation into allegations that former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused multiple young boys and that two top school administrators helped conceal his actions. Full Text Westmoreland Co. Judge Assigned to Preside Over Sandusky Hearing The state Supreme Court has approved the assignment of a Westmoreland County senior judge with "no known connections" to Penn State or The Second Mile charity to preside over the preliminary hearing of embattled former coach Jerry Sandusky, the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts announced Wednesday. Full Text Lawyer: Alleged Victim Intends to Testify at Sandusky Hearing Jerry Sandusky will hear from at least one of his alleged victims at his preliminary hearing, according to a lawyer for one of the people mentioned in a grand jury report in the case. Full Text 'Remarkably Unusual' Bail For Sandusky Raises Eyebrows The most recent development in a seemingly growing list of unanswered questions stemming from the Jerry Sandusky Penn State sex abuse scandal — the $100,000 unsecured bail given to Sandusky earlier this month - had some attorneys specializing in sex crimes nonplussed. Full Text A Campus Counsel's Nightmare: Penn State Sex Abuse Scandal Has University Lawyers Examining Policy Amid the explosive criminal allegations facing former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, seemingly inevitable civil action — which could possibly name the university as a defendant — and the dismissal of the winningest coach on college football's top level, several university general counsel have saidthey are taking strides to ensure something like this never hits their respective campuses. Full Text Lawyers Say Sovereign Immunity Won't Affect Penn State Abuse Suits Penn State University will not be able to invoke sovereign immunity as a defense in the wake of the child sex abuse scandal, lawyers have told The Legal, in what court watchers are calling inevitable civil action calling for massive amounts of money against the university. Full Text It's Open Season on Children in Pennsylvania In light of the Penn State sex abuse scandal, Pennsylvania really needs to change its nickname from the Keystone State to the Child Abuser State. Full Text Penn State Case to Test Failure-to-Report Law The prosecution trying the cases of two former high-ranking Penn State officials implicated by the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal might be facing an uphill battle on one of the charges lodged against the two administrators, some legal observers have told The Legal. Full Text |