The prosecution of three former Penn State administrators for allegedly covering up the crimes of convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky will remain on hold pending the appeals of a ruling from January denying the defendants’ bid to drop the case.

Although Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Todd A. Hoover denied motions to grant an interlocutory appeal on five contested issues Wednesday, the defendants’ contentions that the conduct of a former Penn State general counsel violated their attorney-client privilege rights is still on appeal to the state Superior Court.