A digital billboard with rotating messages has recently been erected near Harrisburg, PA. The messages question Louis Freeh's investigation, challenge Tom Corbett's handling of the Sandusky case, criticize the University's inaction to honor the late Joe Paterno, and calls for the resignation of the Penn State Board of Trustee
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s revised Penn State University’s credit outlook to negative yesterday, citing financial liabilities resulting from the Sandusky scandal as the primary reason for long-run credit concern.
As first reported by the Patriot News yesterday, former Penn State athletic director Tim Curley's contract will not be renewed when it expires in June. Curley is currently on paid leave from the University as he prepares for a January trial stemming from perjury and failure to report charges as a result of grand jury testimony he gave regarding the 2001 Sandusky incident reported by Mike McQueary.
Penn State University has officially begun settlement talks with at least 20 of Jerry Sandusky's child abuse accusers, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The number of accusers in those talks means that there are more than the double the number of victims that testified during the highly publicized trial, which came to a close this past week when Sandusky was sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in prison.
Yesterday, a letter written by Dottie Sandusky to the then-presiding Judge John Cleland was obtained by several media outlets. The letter, dated July 9th, 2012, about three weeks after her husband was found guilty of 45 counts relating to child sexual abuse, is filled with support for her now imprisoned husband.
In a letter penned by Jerry Sandusky to Judge Cleland, he did not ask for mercy, he did not ask for leniency, and of course, he did not acknowledge any of the crimes he's been convicted of. Instead, Sandusky denieed his criminal status and claimed that his victims have fabricated and exaggerated their assertions.