While coach Joe Paterno has not been implicated by the Grand Jury in their indictment, he still could face criminal liability if further investigation shows that he was made aware of a specific allegation of sexual abuse and he failed to report it to law enforcement. The testimony of this graduate student will be the key in determining the strength of the case against Sandusky, Curley and Schultz.
Curley has since been voluntarily placed on administrative leave, and Schultz has stepped down from his position.Īlthough details are still emerging, initial media reports indicate that a graduate assistant witnessed a specific sexual assault in 2002 and reported it to head coach Joe Paterno, who then reported it to Tim Curley. In addition to Sandusky, athletic director Tim Curley and Penn State vice president Gary Schultz are also facing criminal charges stemming from these accusations. Jerry Sandusky was coach Joe Paterno’s defensive coordinator until 1999. Unlike the investigations weighing down programs such as Miami and USC, the accusations of sexual assault on minors against Jerry Sandusky are criminal in nature. A scandal to end all scandals is rocking Penn State coach Joe Paterno’s football program, once vaunted for its stability in an era where new allegations of NCAA rules violations sprout up almost weekly.
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