Settlements to Surface After Freeh Report, Attorneys Predict
The Legal Intelligencer
July 16, 2012
Penn State's board of trustees admitted July 12 it "failed" in its oversight obligations regarding the Sandusky scandal. Louis B. Freeh, the former FBI director and judge hired to investigate the university's handling of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, placed the bulk of the blame on the board and directly on four of the university's top leaders who he said "concealed" facts to avoid bad publicity. Full Text
Freeh Report Faults PSU Leaders in Abuse Case
The Legal Intelligencer
July 13, 2012
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
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July 13, 2012
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
Former University GC Baldwin's Role in Inquiry Outlined
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July 13, 2012
According to an investigative report, Penn State trustees said they felt former president Graham Spanier and former general counsel Cynthia Baldwin downplayed the seriousness of the grand jury investigating allegations that former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually assaulted boys on the university's campus. Full Text
Freeh Report Highlights Serious Governance Lapses at Penn State
Corporate Counsel
July 13, 2012
Where did corporate governance at Penn State go wrong? As top university officials concealed information about child abuse committed by former football coach Jerry Sandusky—who was convicted on 45 counts of criminal charges last month—the university’s Board of Trustees failed in its oversight functions, producing an environment that allowed officials to dodge the reporting of risks to school trustees, according to an internal investigation led by former FBI director Louis Freeh, which culminated in a 267-page report that was released Thursday.
Freeh Report Set to be Released Thursday
The Legal Intelligencer Blog
July 10, 2012
The findings of a team hired by Penn State to investigate university officials’ response to sexual-abuse allegations against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will be released on Thursday, the leader of the investigation announced Tuesday. Full Text
State Child Sexual-Abuse Cases Spur Legislative Response
The Legal Intelligencer Blog
July 3, 2012
As the attention in Pennsylvania to the incidence of child abuse reached a crescendo with dual verdicts in the Jerry Sandusky trial and the Philadelphia priest sex-abuse trial last month, a number of public-policy proposals are in the works or waiting in the wings in Harrisburg. Full Text
Using Mental Illness as a Criminal Defense
The Legal Intelligencer Blog
June 27, 2012
In the child sexual abuse criminal trial of Jerry Sandusky, the former assistant coach of the Penn State University football team, the defense made an argument that Sandusky had histrionic personality disorder, described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) as a disorder in which people act in a very emotional and dramatic way that draws attention to themselves, including acting or looking overly seductive and believing that relationships are more intimate than they really are. Full Text
Clock Running for Sandusky Lawyers to Inventory Evidence
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June 26, 2012
Attorneys representing convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky have 10 days to give a sworn inventory of all the evidence they shared with their own defense team and “any other person or entity,” the judge presiding over the case ruled. Full Text
Lawyers Await Freeh Report in Potential Civil Actions Against PSU
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June 26, 2012
Lawyers representing the victims of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky said an external investigation's results and Penn State's willingness to resolve each claim individually will affect the university's ability to avoid litigation related to the scandal. Full Text
Sandusky Guilty on 45 out of 48 Charges
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June 22, 2012
A Centre County jury has found former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky guilty on 45 of 48 counts of child sex abuse. Full Text
Defense Rests Without Sandusky Taking the Stand
Sandusky's Fate Turned Over to Jury After Closing Arguments
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June 22, 2012
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, on trial for allegedly sexually abusing several boys, sat and smiled as a state prosecutor made his final impression on the jury tasked with deciding his fate. Full Text
Defense Rests Without Sandusky Taking the Stand
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June 21, 2012
Defense counsel for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky rested their case Wednesday without their client taking the stand. The move answered one of the trial's most speculated-upon questions: whether the jury would hear the ex-coach deny the charges against him in his own words. Full Text
Sandusky Jury to Be Sequestered; Trial Could End This Week
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June 19, 2012
The jury deciding the fate of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will be sequestered during deliberations, the judge presiding over his trial said Monday. Full Text
Anguish and Scrutiny: For Observers, Surreal Nature of Sandusky Trial Takes Captivating Form During Witness Accounts
The Legal Intelligencer
June 19, 2012
At the beginning of last week, a seemingly endless fleet of national media, local press, and everyone in between came to Bellefonte, Pa., for one of the most anticipated criminal prosecutions in recent memory. Full Text
Commonwealth v. Sandusky (Case Digest)
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June 19, 2012
The common pleas court denied motions by several of defendant's alleged victims to use pseudonyms, denied defendant's motion for discovery of the commonwealth's juror background research and amended an existing decorum order to prohibit members of the media from using electronic devices to tweet or text during proceedings.Full Text
Jury Set to Hear From Defense as Sandusky Prosecution Rests
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June 18, 2012
The first thing Jerry Sandusky's lawyer told the jury deciding his client's fate was: "This is a daunting task." Full Text
McQueary Testifies He Saw Sexual Encounter Between Sandusky, Child
The Legal Intelligencer
June 13, 2012
It's an image even those remotely familiar with the Penn State sex-abuse scandal know about: the Lasch building locker room. Full Text
At Beginning of Sandusky Trial, Alleged Victims Take Center Stage
The Legal Intelligencer
June 12, 2012
Jerry Sandusky sat hunched over as prosecutors started his trial on 52 sex-related charges Monday by showing a packed Bellefonte, Pa., courthouse childhood photos of the eight men expected to testify against the former assistant Penn State football coach. Full Text
Charity's Insurer Need Not Cover, But May Have to Pay to Defend, Sandusky
The Legal Intelligencer
June 6, 2012
With jury selection under way this week in the criminal child sex-abuse trial of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach suffered a setback in federal court when a judge ruled that the insurance company from which he was seeking coverage is not responsible for indemnifying him for damages that may arise from the allegations. Full Text
Sandusky's Accusers To Be Named in Court
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June 5, 2012
The alleged victims accusing former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky of sexual abuse will be named in open court, the judge presiding over the coach's case has ruled. Full Text
Sandusky Loses Bid to Delay Trial
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June 1, 2012
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has denied an 11th-hour attempt from Jerry Sandusky’s defense to delay the trial of the former Penn State assistant coach, which is slated to begin next week. Full Text
Sandusky's Trial Still on as Scheduled
The Legal Intelligencer
May 31, 2012
A squall of rumors that Jerry Sandusky may be accepting a plea deal calmed Wednesday as the judge presiding over the embattled coach's court proceedings revealed that a private meeting among the defense, prosecutors and the judge late Tuesday was nothing more than a conference to settle another defense motion to push the trial back. Full Text
Penn State Hires New GC From Johns Hopkins
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May 24, 2012
Penn State has announced Stephen S. Dunham as its new general counsel, pending approval by its board of trustees in July. Full Text
Penn State Appeals Venue Decision in Insurance Dispute
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May 11, 2012
Penn State has filed a notice of appeal to a Philadelphia judge's decision that litigation between the university and its insurer will unfold in Philadelphia. Full Text
Sandusky Seeks to Delay Trial; McQueary Files Writ Against Penn State
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May 9, 2012
Jerry Sandusky’s attorney, Joseph Amendola, filed a motion for continuance Tuesday seeking to delay the start of his client’s sex-abuse trial. Full Text
Penn State Loses Venue Fight, Again
The Legal Intelligencer
April 26, 2012
A dispute between Penn State and its insurance company over who should cover the costs of a civil suit stemming from the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal is set to be litigated in the First Judicial District, following a Philadelphia judge's ruling the forum was not inconvenient for the university. Full Text
Judge Grants Motion to Bring Penn State's Lawsuit to Phila.
The Legal Intelligencer
April 13, 2012
A Philadelphia judge has decided to bring a lawsuit filed by Penn State against its insurance company to Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, after the insurer had filed its own lawsuit in the First Judicial District and the university countered with a separate action on its home field in Centre County. Full Text
Judge Slaps Gag Order on Sandusky Prosecution
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April 9, 2012
In response to the “unprecedented publicity” garnered by the prosecution of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, the judge presiding over the case has blocked those involved in the case from talking about it with the media. Full Text
Sandusky Attorney Won't Block Secret Tapes From Trial
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April 5, 2012
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
Sandusky Lawyer Asks Court to Dismiss All Charges
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March 23, 2012
In a move he forecast, the attorney representing Jerry Sandusky has filed a motion to dismiss all charges against the embattled former assistant Penn State football coach. Full Text
Lawyers: Sandusky May Get Accusers' Psych Records
The Legal Intelligencer
March 21, 2012
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
The Legal Intelligencer Blog
February 24, 2012
Cynthia Baldwin, Penn State's vice president and general counsel, has been subpoenaed to appear with a wide variety of documents before the federal grand jury investigating the university, former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky and Sandusky’s former charity for at-risk youth, The Second Mile. Full Text
Insurer Seeks to Bring Penn State Lawsuit to Phila.
The Legal Intelligencer
February 23, 2012
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
February 21, 2012
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
The Legal Intelligencer
February 16, 2012
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?
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