The Nittany Nightmare Continues: More Financial Incest At PSU- Accused Perjuror Gary Schultz Head of Nittany Insurance Pays First Victim Payout AND His Lawyers
State College, PA & Burlington, VT- In the latest example of financial incest involving PSU, The Second Mile, and a bevy of double-dipping board members and executives, we arrive at the first discovery between an accused suspect in the case and his principal interest in an insurance company that recently paid out a settlement to an alleged victim of Jerry Sandusky. As the filing has likely been sealed as a condition of it’s settlement, it is unknown if Schultz or anyone else within PSU in addition to Sandusky was named in the civil action.
Gary C. Schultz, interim Sr. VP for Finance and Business returned following previous retirement from PSU this past July.
His return to the PSU payroll around the time that a grand jury was meeting about his possible complicity, FOLLOWING his own alleged perjurious testimony begs the question-As Schultz knew he was under investigation as well as Sandusky and Curley-
Did Schultz come out of retirement in anticipation of incurring significant legal fees he did not want coming out of his own pocket?
You read that correctly.
Mr. Schultz, who along with Tim Curley were bound over for trial at their preliminary hearing on perjury charges and a misdemeanor failure to report summons last month, is being provided legal representation costs through Nittany Insurance Company, where he is a paid Director. According to Acting President Erickson, it will also be used to cover any civil settlements and judgements in the Sandusky debacle et al.
This would seem to be in violation of the Vermont Captive Insurance Regulations Section 12, or conflict of interest.
In a letter sent to Penn State Interim President Rodney Erickson, Senator Michael Stack (D) Philadelphia, expressed his concern that taxpayers and donors should not be footing the bill for the Universities necessary legal representation for the various civil and criminal issues and potential settlements.
In a response to Senator Stack, President Erickson assured him that such costs would be accommodated by it’s liability insurance. Nittany Insurance Company is listed as the professional liability insurance company of record on the PSU site as well as the provider for PSU students in programs including the Hershey Medical Center.
President Erickson did not reference Mr. Schultz’s directorship position within Nittany Insurance Company although www.blinkoncrime.com was able to confirm with the Vermont Secretary of State that as of this afternoon, there are no pending changes to its registration.
Gary Schultz’s co-director at Nittany Insurance Company, is Allan Anderson, Former VP and Chief Executive Officer for Hershey Medical Center.
While the captive insurance firm is self-administered, as Director, Schultz would be in a position to review, award, accept, negotiate or reject settlements within the framework of their contract with PSU and appropriate regulatory requirements. Captive insurance companies are often developed as part of a risk mitigation strategy and as an entree to the reinsurance market for payouts exceeding a fixed amount. Registered in Vermont, Nittany Insurance Company was formed in 1993.
It would seem a good starting point for questions on the regulatory and compliance matter might be how the bid is/was awarded for initial self-administered liability coverage directed by a potential party and what the premiums, which are deductible to PSU, were and are?
What adjustments to same have been made in relation to the known incidents and corresponding dates alleged against Sandusky, Curley and Schultz?
What else is Nittany Insurance funding it may have had ample heads up about?
Does Schultz have a poster of Ken Lay in the top of his humidor? Bernie Madoff?
www.blinkoncrime.com poster erose contributed to the research of this article.
Related Posts
Related Posts:
1,929 Comments
RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI
Seems odd that he won’t put in a few more months.
snips>
The district judge whose jurisdiction covers Bellefonte, Milesburg and surrounding townships will retire at the end of June…
For Daniel Hoffman, 62, working more than 40 years in public service as a State College police officer, a tour in Vietnam with the Marine Corps, and the past 18 1/2 as a district judge factored into the decision.
“It behooved to me go now,” said Hoffman, of Benner Township.
Hoffman’s last day as a district judge will be June 30. His office will be up for election in 2013, and the winner will be sworn in for duty beginning January 2014.
As for retiring after six months into the term, Hoffman said he wasn’t ready to retire last year.
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/04/30/3179885/longtime-district-judge-to-hang.html#storylink=cpy
@erose: What I’m looking to learn is whether IN GENERAL assistant coaches were discussed by radio/tv during play-by-play action or otherwise, including on radio call-in shows. We’d be going back to while Sandusky was coaching. PSU fans will know this, if they remember.
I want to learn whether Sandusky was selectively included–or, selectively excluded from football media coverage. And BY WHOM.
Just one of several “head” things I’m trying to get inside of. Because working from what’s visible isn’t getting me far in identifying other possible child molesters connected with Sandusky’s activities.
You know, if you’re benefitting from him, how do you treat him in your job? This is part of the larger question, “Was there a secret within the secret?” which would explain the coverup. (And, of course, I’m processing your thinking wrt the drug thing) TIA
I’m with Blink in looking at BJL in the category of possible confidential informant types.
@rose: “Anything to suggest this was more than a mood disorder and/or domestic situation?”
That’s what I’d like to know–as to why he was found dead in his car after 1 am on April 17, 2005. Buried 6 days later. “Police” have cleared him due to his path and Gricar’s not overlapping during, I SUPPOSE, the time after Gricar was last seen and BJL “committed suicide”.
All I’ve got to go on is rumors on the internet. Oh, and that Sporadic Gricar blogger’s commentary. Rumors: BJL is the one who left a suicide note (referred to in Ganim’s recent summary article) with mention (here is the rumor part) of Gricar’s “kidnapping”.
More internet rumor, same source (IIRC, Blink, you know of the lady the glass slipper fit). BJL had friends who told him, in once of his scrapes with the law, to not ask them to lie for him again.
And that the original CDT blogger, Pete Bosak had emailed a response to a forum poster indicating that he thought BJL shouldn’t be ruled out.
And like that. More in my next post–I tend to time out. I’ll give ya’ll some of the more credible links I’ve got.
IF truth therein, how do police clear someone whose friends are in the habit of lying for him. As in, “he was with me, and we was watching TV.”
Here’s the Sept 2004 “incident” where BJL shot his wife in the head. Posting just as I found it. Archived, from column format or some other reason sentences trail off. U have 2 interpret:
“HOWARD A Howard resi dent is in jail today after a domestic dispute turned According to the affidavit of probable Terry Leathers was shot in the back of the head outside 1775 Little Marsh Creek Boggs Centre Monday at 6 She identified her shooter as her hus Billy Joe before being airlifted to Geisinger police reports The affidavit said the described by a doctor as being from a small caliber entered and exited the womans Leathers was treated and released from the Her husband was charged with criminal attempt to commit Arraigned by District Justice Allen Sinclair of Leathers was to Centre County Prison in lieu of straight bond pending a preliminary hearing on State police at Rockview….”
From pg 8 of The Progress newspaper, of Sept 8, 2004, archived
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:CKdExifR4uwJ:http://newspaperarchive.com/the-progress/2004-09-08/page-8%2Bcentre%2Bcounty%2BDA%2B%2Bbilly%2Bjoe%2Bleathers&hl=en&gbv=2&ct=clnk
The outcome in my following post.
Can’t find the original Adam Smeltz was, and still is, a senior editor for the local publication, statecollege.com. Below is taken from another source, quoting him. [Material inside the brackets is beejay's personal reference notes]:
Posted on Sun, Apr. 17, 2005
Police: Man accused in domestic case commits suicide
By Adam Smeltz
“BOGGS TOWNSHIP — A Howard man accused of attempted murder last year was found dead this morning, the victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, state police at Rockview said. [Howard is a few miles NE of Bellefonte]
Billy Joe Leathers, 34, pleaded guilty in January to reckless endangerment, a charge stemming from a domestic-violence incident in September. He was not convicted of attempted murder, a charge filed in connection with the same incident.
Leathers served 17 days in jail and was ordered to pay a $250 fine.
He was found dead in his car at 1:23 a.m. today along South Eagle Valley Road, police said. [S Eagle Valley Rd intersects with/becomes I-80, near Milesburg; and the state route that continues northward changes to N Eagle Valley Rd. So, Leathers was found south of that I-80 intersection. ]
An investigation is continuing, but police said there’s no indication that the suicide is connected to the disappearance of District Attorney Ray Gricar. Gricar, last seen Friday, remained missing this afternoon.”
From a reader’s post at:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1385696/posts
_____________
My problem is I tense up in this case when i read the words “police” and/or “cleared”. Oh, and “suicide”.
More in next post.
This is from the trutv forum that for some reason known only to my IT guy I can’t ever get the link or even the very name of it to post–LOL!
Adam Smeltz, assuming this is a legitimate post by him, was participating in the trutv gricar forum. They wanted to know the names of that investigation team formed to review the investigative findings. It was/still is (?) a big secret. Here’s his post:
““All,
I’m a reporter at StateCollege.com, and just yesterday we posted an item that may be of interest to followers of the Gricar disappearance.
The district’s attorney’s office has denied an open-records request for membership info about the Gricar case review board.
Here’s a link to the blog item we posted: http://bit.ly/cERS8S
Feedback welcome: adam.smeltz@statecollege.com
Thanks –
Adam Smeltz”
__________
Here’s direct access to the article Smeltz wrote, that he provided the link to. But I wanted ya’ll to see that Smeltz did participate
in at least one forum devoted to Ray’s disappearance:
https://www.statecollege.com/members/profile/blog/detail.php?blog_id=185
I was all over the place yesterday (online) with the Lasch family and Smuklers and some others who are so devastated. One of the things that triggered my ire was this, from that altoona article, erose:
“In 2007, a year after Mildred died, Penn State Athletic Director Tim Curley guided the Smukler family for another tour through the $14.7 million facility.”
So, um, the pressure to bring in donation money is so great that PSU staff must start cultivating the offspring of the big donors–after a “decent” period of time after mom’s death. Constance’s husband is the one who advised Mildred Lasch after Louis’ death that tax-wise, the thing she needed to do was give away $ to charity. And he did/does head up the Lasch-Smukler charitable trust. (Don’t even try to see what they’ve given–rose, I know you will! It has a 900-something status that doesn’t have to report all that)
The Smuklers want the stadium named after Paterno, and I think they’ve already lost that battle.
JoePa was very, very close with the Lasch family. And the Bill Schreyer family. Tell me again why they needed Sandusky’s fundraising abilities so much????
This might sound OT, but if I may just put a little BOLO in everyone’s ear?
I learned recently of a clinical psychologist who finally had his license revoked, after 20-plus years of iffy-stuff with adolescent clients. (NOT in PA) One of his gambits that irks me most–and I think we need to look for–is the one in which he set himself up, with parents’ approval–as the person who ordered and monitored the drug tests for the adolescent. (kid got kicked out of a private school related to drug use). No juvie probation involvement that i can find, which isn’t surprising.
So, the psychologist fails to tell the kid’s parents that the drug tests show he’s STILL USING. And, in return, the kid fails to tell his parents that his psychologist is sexually assaulting him.
Takes the cake. Usually, esp with poor families, it’s a caseworker, mostly juvie court probation officer, who monitors the drug tests and they’re court ordered. So, whoever it is, is in a hugely powerful position with the kid. HUGELY.
This kid’s parents had no way to suspect anything of this upstanding, well-thought-of psychologist. At the time.
Old article, new thought. Why is Sassano (instead of someother agent) escorting Sandusky? Are there drug charges to follow? Also, arraignment done in Hoffman’s office (the now early retiring judge).
[If you click on article photo it will give details.] What is up?
http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/556075/Sandusky-jailed-on-newest-charges.html?nav=742
Another ruled out possibility was Mr. Billy Joe Leathers. Mr. Leather’s body was found early on 4/17/05. A very extensive investigation, including a time line compiled by the State Police, rule out his involvement.13 In this, my predecessor here, Pete Bosak, did extensive research on Mr. Leathers and reached the same conclusion. The police also looked at released criminals that Mr. Gricar had prosecuted14. No leads.
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2009/08/12/2396588/the-investigation-part-three-police.html#storylink=cpy
I noted that reference #13 does not have a link. It is in regards to the State Police investigation.
So prior to March 1992, sexual abuse was included? What prompted this exclusion? Someone get in trouble?
Penn State, insurer spar over costs in Sandusky case
April 30, 2012 12:00 am
However, that would come down to facts that have yet to be established in Doe A, namely whether the alleged abuse started before March 1, 1992, when the university’s policy changed to incorporate the abuse and molestation exclusion. That case would likely stall until the prosecution of Mr. Sandusky is closed.
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/legal/penn-state-insurer-spar-over-costs-in-sandusky-case-633688/
@erose: I’m thinking that Sandusky appeared in the appropriate court for the matters before it. Haven’t clicked on the photo yet, but in the article you linked (April 30 5:45pm) it says a diff judge conducted the hearing. Not Hoffman:
“The bail and conditions ordered Wednesday by Senior Magisterial District Judge Robert E. Scott were in contrast to the $100,000 unsecured bail Sandusky was granted last month.”
Am I missing the point?
PSU likely hasn’t published the reason why that exclusionary clause was added to their policy effective March 1, 1992. I did quickly access some PA court rulings; enough to tell me the insur co made a good decision simply on general grounds. Whether or not they had a PSU-specific basis–well, I doubt we’ll ever know.
However, here’s an interesting snip from a long discussion on related matter in general. There will be very technical legal questions about whether an insurer would have to cover Sandusky-type events anyway (those are mentioned way down in the linked article). But here’s a quickie, showing all the causes of action enumerated in the lawsuit at hand. I had no idea–wow:
” In the recently filed John Doe A v. The Second Mile, Gerald Sandusky and The Pennsylvania State University , the plaintiff asserts causes of action for sexual abuse and vicarious liability, negligence, negligent supervision, premises liability, negligent misrepresentation, negligent infliction of emotional distress, intentional misrepresentation and civil conspiracy. As such, claims that arise from sexual molestation allegations may trigger a variety of insurance policies.
General liability policies typically cover bodily injury. Beginning in the mid-1980s, many, but not all, insurance companies began to exclude sexual molestation from coverage. Subsequently, however, as is often the case in the insurance industry, insurance companies began providing molestation coverage through endorsements, typically for an added premium.”
http://www.offitkurman.com/news-events/press-release/abuse-and-molestation-claims:-insurance-issues-for-policyholders/
I have to add, that John Doe A suit asserts “civil conspiracy” among the causes of action. And, sorry PSU, but I fall soundly on any victim’s side. So, I dance around and sing those much-dreaded words for the defendants, “RICO, RICO, RICO”. Treble damages possible (triples what a court orders).
If that occurs, PSU staffers will have to hustle the alumni as never before to cover that, and stop building monuments to the donors. It will not go well for the common man in PA, unfortunately. As usual, not only will PA continue to put celery in their gravy, but the wealthy will find ways to rise above the pain from ego-assaults. And the victims will struggle to overcome the damage.
Off soapbox.
It would be interesting to see what was covered under the policy before 1992. Possibly, the coverage wasn’t specific in the area of molestation and sexual abuse before that time. Or…small town rumours made their way to PMA? Are they part of the Nittany Nightmare who found a way to cover their butts?
May 1, 2012 at 6:52 am
So prior to March 1992, sexual abuse was included? What prompted this exclusion? Someone get in trouble?
Rose might know more about this but I’m wondering about the timeframe of the Catholic church lawsuits–when they were at their peak?
But then, when I was in school, lots of profs were sleeping (not) with their students. Some rumors alleged the activitiy was for grade inflation. Hard to prove, none accused of abuse, rape crisis center was busy, however.
oops.
the May 1, 6:52 am attribution to erose didn’t come through–sry.
btw, did you all post that the second school district (Mifflin) wants Sandusky subpoena thrown out?
http://www.abc27.com/story/18008161/2nd-school-district-wants-sandusky-subpoena-thrown-out
Just found a list of those who “knew” and I think we should refine and expand that list. Right away I noticed that Jon Dranov was not listed. As a nephrologist/internist he wouldn’t be running into to many complaints from children, but he is still a mandatory reporter.
http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/manda.pdf
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439×2279174#2284451
I found the posts by a blogger ‘CoffeeCat’ especially germane.CC is informed and experienced in the field of abuse survivors. I ran into the posts under a thread called “I think that just applies to pedophiles with a sociopathic sense of entitlement.”
Last year I studied sexually motivated offenders. While I had some specificity in pedophilia, the range of offenders is so broad, I find one must study them in general, and then as a base level for escalation with violence attachment. This is mostly because the violence/abduction offender is so rare, but fairly static in certain areas. This is not going to be the place for discussion, however.
CoffeeCat absolutely knows their stuff and then some. That link is invaluable just as a study guide for anyone who wanted to have a better understanding of the disease.
The incurable disease of a sexual attraction to children, and it is that, imo. I am going to spend more time on your research at my first opportunity.
For those that cringe at the thought, and I DO NOT blame you, it is the most heinous crime their is, imo, to victimize a child-
Knowing how they think and “groom” will help you spot one, or a potential issue, as well as discuss it with your children.
B
Good find, beej. So it was a change in the mid-80′s to exclude general molestation liability, save for an added premium. Hmm. I wonder how many school districts are paying for that premium at this time?
Also, I was glad to see the claims in Doe A’s lawsuit. Well done.
Oh, hi Blink or mods! I saw a post of mine go through.
Sorry for all the work–scratch that. Thank. you. for all the work you do to keep our voices heard.
Now I’m going to post a very long comment; therapeutic for me, but delete if it’s not helpful to the group.
I just finished Game Over, which was a good review, without anything particularly new or startling. Local libraries seem to have a few copies, here on the west coast.
*******
I am reminded, haunted, though, by Victim 9, who screamed for help from the basement “at least on one occasion.”
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/111207_Sandusky-Presentment.pdf
What bothers me, also, is that Jerry took plates of food to the boy in the basement. Didn’t Dottie wonder about that, especially if they were used to having a lot of children around the table? Was Jerry afraid the boy might accuse him of something in front of her?
Snip>from the second set of charges, I believe.
“Victim 9 testified that Sandusky was a very affectionate person. The victim testified “I took it at first he was just a nice guy, like he went to church every weekend…and after awhile…he got used to me and stuff and started getting further and further, wanting — to touchy feely.” He further stated that, in the beginning, Sandusky started out with hugging, rubbing, cuddling and tickling. These contacts, initially viewed by the victim as simple acts of affection, escalated into sexual assaults.”
Details revealing the basement atmosphere:
Snip>
“Victim 9 testified that, during his overnight visits with Sandusky, he always stayed in a bedroom located in the basement of the Sandusky home. He stated that there were a number of bedrooms located elsewhere in the home and that at least two of these were not occupied. Victim 9 was always, without excpetion, (sic) told to sleep in the basement bedroom. Victim 9 testified that Sandusky specifically told him to stay in the basement unless otherwise directed by Sandusky. He ate meals in the basement and the food would be brought to him by Sandusky. Victim 9 testified that he spend overnights in the Sandusky home on numerous occasions between the ages of 12 and 15. …he had ‘barely any’ contact with Sandusky’s wife during his visits. He specifically testified that she ‘never’ came into the basement when he was there.”
And for three years (!) Dottie didn’t wonder why their basement guest had to eat his meals in the basement?
snip>
“Victim 9 desribed (sic) a pattern of sexual assaults by Sandusky over a period of years. Many of these assaults occurred in the basement bedroom of Sandusky’s residence. …forced him to perform oral sex on numerous occasions. Sandusky also attempted to engage in anal penetration of Victim 9 on at least sixteen occasions and at times did penetrate him. The victim testified that on at least one occasion he screamed for help, knowing that Sandusky’s wife was upstairs, but no one ever came to help him.”
Do we know if Sandusky’s computer, cell phone and home phone records, credit card and bank records have been processed?
snip>
“Victim 9 also testified that Sandusky would take him to a hotel in the State College area. At this hotel Sandusky would utilize the swimming pool, Jacuzzi and work out equipment. These visits often occurred at times when the pool was not occupied. Victim 9 testified that on one of these visits, when only he and Sandusky were in the pool, Sandusky exposed his erect penis to the victim. He stated that at other times Sandusky had him touch his erect penis and perform oral sex on him during some of these visits to the hotel.”
snip>
“Sandusky frequently told him that he loved and cared for him. He also told the victim to keep these things a secret.”
Sandusky never expected to be caught, I guess, after so many years of successful molestation. Yet, Gerrold Sandusky is not the founder of Molester U, as we know so frustratingly, sickeningly, well.
IMO, the judge is retiring because he is now part of the investigation.
IMO, Sassano must have a drug investigation/protection stake in Sandusky because IIRC, drug agents and SO agents are separate task forces, which makes this case unique as Sassano is listed on the complaint and involved.
IMO, PMA is content with the venue for their dispute with PSU, but PSU wants a Centre County court because the court is in their pocket.
IMO, elements, meaning certain individuals, of the Centre County, and surrounding area courts are corrupt.
IMO, Ray Gricar didn’t prosecute in 1998 because his investigation went beyond Sandusky and he spent the years thereafter building a case which he knew would have to be air tight. Regarding his behavior prior to his disappearance, I believe his investigation must have implicated someone that shook him to the core. And then he was killed, maybe by BJL, or someone just like him.
Please note, Beejay, I always reserve the right to change my opinion, lol. Thanks for letting me vent.
beejay says:
May 1, 2012 at 7:49 am
Maybe they should have gone ahead with the preliminary hearing. Seems like Amendola wants it both ways.
2nd School District Objects to Sandusky Subpoena
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/2nd-School-District-Objects-to-Sandusky-Subpoena–149744085.html
I think he better hold up on those Trojan Horse Plans.
B
what’s with all these overly broad subpoenas to school districts of much irrelevant material (ie grades)? http://mobile.philly.com/news/?wss=/philly/news&id=149741085
someone lock Jerry up already,
beejay, you erose blink and all are such a joy to read on research and theory.
Is this a Judge who can control this mudslinger??
Even if he was, he’d need 3 seasoned clerks to dig out of the irrelevancies
http://mobile.pennlive.com/advpenn/pm_111039/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=u78P2iwx
Here’s a question for Dottie:
Do you want to loose your home & life savings
to ensure Amendola lives well in his this year,
for a fairly certain loss as to some victims & further loss
of reputation? Wouldn’t a plea bargain be more manly of
Jerry?
@WordGirl,
TY for all of the posts, especially CC and Game Over. Seems Sandusky had plenty of time to hide stuff.
snip>
And Jerry Sandusky’s home was not searched until this summer — two and half years after the investigation began.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/special_report_why_the_jerry_s.html
Officials at the Second Mile, the charity for at-risk children that Sandusky founded and that prosecutors say he used to target victims, reported that several years of the organization’s records were missing and had perhaps been stolen. The missing files, investigators worry, may limit their ability to determine if Sandusky used charity resources — expense accounts, travel, gifts — to recruit new victims, or even buy their silence, according to two people with knowledge of the case.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/sports/ncaafootball/internet-posting-helped-sandusky-investigators.html?pagewanted=all
I agree with kudos to Beejay. My question is this. If in the ’80′s the industry changed, why the wait for PSU to 1992? and does this coincide with the 1993 formation of The Nittany Insurance Company?
Word Girl says:
May 1, 2012 at 6:03 pm
Good find, beej. So it was a change in the mid-80′s to exclude general molestation liability, save for an added premium. Hmm. I wonder how many school districts are paying for that premium at this time?
Also, I was glad to see the claims in Doe A’s lawsuit. Well done.
Anybody have any idea what they are talking about here?
Second Mile charity objects to Sandusky subpoena
The charity through which former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky allegedly met his accusers joined Tuesday in a growing chorus objecting to subpoenas issued by his defense attorney.
….and psychological evaluations on one of his client’s accusers, who attended school there. (Say what?)
….as well as a guest list and seating chart from the former coach’s retirement dinner. (Say what, again?)
The subpoena also references an agreement between the Second Mile and a specific donor….(Say what, what, what?)
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20120501_Second_Mile_charity_objects_to_Sandusky_subpoena.html
Runners get your mark.. get set…
(the 21 jump street version)
B
Wonder how many other back stories there are. She lost her case, but her timeline at PSU is interesting, and her mention of “Old Main” and “the good ol’ boy” culture, Spainer, BOT, et al . Who knows if she is legit, however, her motions were prior to public knowledge of Sandusky.
Judge refuses to link Penn State employee’s lawsuit to Sandusky case
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/05/judge_refuses_to_link_penn_sta.html
http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/pennsylvania/pamdce/4:2011cv00624/84732/25
This reads like the school system has a client, and the client has an accuser. Who is the client and who is the accuser? Did the client or the accuser attend school there? Seems like Knepp is representing a school psychologist and one of Sandusky’s victims is including the doctor in his accusations. What do you all think this means? Kind of poorly constructed, IMO, but maybe it’s just my comprehension.
snip>
Also Tuesday, the Mifflin School District filed a motion to quash another subpoena from Sandusky’s attorney, Joseph Amendola. School system attorney Orris C. Knepp III said that the lawyer had requested privileged information such as grade reports, disciplinary records, and psychological evaluations on one of his client’s accusers, who attended school there.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20120501_Second_Mile_charity_objects_to_Sandusky_subpoena.html
Q What surprised you the most when you started to do your research?
A Moushey: The stunning thing is the amount of people who encountered allegations against Jerry Sandusky and how many did not do enough to stop it.
Q With a negative story of this magnitude, it seems as though people almost blame the messenger. How is the book being received so far, particularly in Pennsylvania and the area?
A Dvorchak: There was so much raw emotion that was generated from this thing by its very nature. … You know when you go into something like this, you’re going to get some blowback, and there has been some of it. But I’ve been most heartened by the positive responses. People who say, ‘I’m a survivor of sexual abuse. Thank you for writing this.’ All we’ve done is encourage people to read it and make up their own minds.
Q The court of public opinion seems pretty well settled on Sandusky. More interesting is Paterno and what to make of his legacy. Do you have a summary of your thoughts on his culpability or how he should be thought of in all this?
A Dvorchak: I think Joe’s legacy lives on in the players he graduated who still speak about the grand experiment and want to pass that along. But the thing that lingers, and these are Joe’s own words: With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more. It was maybe that one thing he didn’t do. You can’t say one without the other, like it or not.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/149588105.html
I’ve just started reading the last night posts Blink put up, so I have to take them a bit at a time. I’m still back on the 1992 insurance change at PSU. Addressing that, just a bit:
“According to a grand jury report, it was the first week of March 2002 when a Penn State graduate assistant saw Jerry Sandusky allegedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy.
The Women’s Law Project sued Penn State on behalf of a former female student who went to police in 1999 to say that she was raped by two university wrestlers, identified as Jean Celestin and Nate Parker.”
http://www.wtae.com/Women-s-Rights-Group-Filed-Rape-Lawsuit-Against-Penn-State-In-02/-/9681798/7705896/-/71b44x/-/index.html
Now, Celestin got off on appeal due to lack of witnesses (both men stalked their victim and publicly derided her after the rapes). Yet he and Parker, both wrestling team members, were both allowed to remain on the team. Let’s see, Sandusky was fond of wrestling. His father, Art, founded Junior Wrestling in PA while at the Brownson House. Jer played golf in a tournament to solely benefit the PSU wrestling team. David Joyner and John Surma (verify that folks, I’m working off memory) were both on PSU’s wrestling team. Ira Lupert put a lot of effort into it and helped bring
Also, this is interesting, a snip and there’s more info at the link below the snip:
“This culture of “tolerating intolerable sexual abuse ” continued even after this review committee Ms. Frietsche reports was appointed in 2002. There were 2 additional complaints Pennsylvania NOW made after this 2002 incident calling for an apology and review in both 2004 and again in 2006.
In January 2006, Pennsylvania NOW asked Joe Paterno to apologize and resign from the University because of his ongoing insensitive statements over many years regarding domestic violence and sexual assault.”
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?hl=en&q=cache:JIhNeBPWHpIJ:http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D10150453964266060%26id%3D138118486059%2BJoe%2BPaterno%2Bmaking%2Binsensitive%2Bremarks%2Babout%2Bdomestic%2Bviolence%2Band%2Bsexual%2Bassault&gbv=2&gs_l=hp.12…2692.2692.0.3574.1.1.0.0.0.0.53.53.1.1.0…0.0.Z0LShyFvv9o&ct=clnk
Sorry, I failed to finish this sentence in the last post.
Ira Lubert put a lot of effort into it and helped put PSU wrestling on the map big time. Here’s one of many references to that:
” The more informed media speculation has focused on Joyner and fellow committee member Ira Lubert ’73 as the key figures in this search. That matters (or seems to) because Joyner and Lubert—former Nittany Lion wrestling teammates—are widely credited with convincing Cael Sanderson to leave his alma mater and take over the Penn State wrestling program. Sanderson, of course, is the biggest name in collegiate wrestling, and he led the Lions to a national title last spring.”
http://pennstatermag.com/tag/ira-lubert/
Last night I found photos of Sandusky at an informal celebration for the wrestling team held by Tim Curley and his wife. Will post if I can relocate. Also, while researching the wrestling team, esp wrt Sandusky’s role, an internet rumor (commenter at an article) said that PSU wrestling team gave Jer a championship ring “last year”, which would have been the first year (of two, most recently in 2012) they won the championship. Pretty recent, considering the events surrounding him.
Lubert served on the board from 1997 to 2000 and was appointed to the board by Rendell in September 2007. Mark Dambly was another Gov Ed Rendell appointee to the board (in 2010).
I got off on this tangent after thinking about why was he wearing a PSU wrestling jumpsuit when arrested. And, was it purposely chosen; if so, what was the message? All that head trip stuff.
OK, here’ some wrestling photos. I think you can find them larger at google images. A snip from the article they were in:
“Indeed, eight days before Ganim first broke the news of the Sandusky Grand Jury investigation in the Harrisburg Patriot-News, and a year after Patriot-News reporter Ganim first asked Spanier about his knowledge of the investigation, Spanier, Curley and Sandusky all attended a small reception at Beaver Stadium on March 23, 2011, honoring the Penn State wrestling team.
The modest gathering stemmed from a seemingly impromptu invitation sent out by Curley on March 22, 2011….
[Curley and Spanier were in several photos together at the reception on March 23, 2011. Sandusky and Pat Daugherty were in a photo together; Daugherty owns the renowned restaurant The Tavern, and I think is a sponsor for PSU wrestling.]
link:
http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/tag/Cael_Anderson
@erose: you asked, “does this coincide with the 1993 formation of The Nittany Insurance Company?”
IDK. But from personal and corporate experience, insurers really stick it to you with those optional riders. PSU was already, like most universities, being sued for student rapes. They probably decided it more cost-effective to self-insure for that exclusionary stuff. Because, as you know, they chose to incorporate it in VT, which was at the time the most liberal state as to where those insur cos could hold their investments. So, you make money on what you put into your own insur co–an attractive notion, as opposed to paying exorbitant premiums for something a traditional insurer doesn’t really want to write for you anyway. I’m sure it seemed like a good idea at the time. Or their only option? IDK
Maybe something will ring a bell with some of you guys here. Another photo captioned, “Second Mile founder and former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, and Don Marks arrive at The Second Mile’s 19th Annual Art Auction at the Ramada Inn in State College, Pennsylvania in 2008″
at google images:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports-sentinel-sports-now/files/2011/11/sandusky.jpg&imgrefurl=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports-sentinel-sports-now/category/joe-paterno/&usg=__mMAsKQN-UOtZjlswlbdxuq6mRr0=&h=509&w=768&sz=80&hl=en&start=17&zoom=1&tbnid=jQ7t_XEZ8JngcM:&tbnh=94&tbnw=142&ei=TCmhT5n7BY2w8ASlpNCFCA&prev=/search%3Fq%3D2010%2Bjerry%2Bsandusky%2Bto%2Bretire%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2Bsecond%2Bmile%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divnso&um=1&itbs=1
Can’t find the “no longer available” story from Fight On State The Magazine, but here’s what I can find. A promo of a 2007 golf tournament held ON CAMPUS to benefit The Second Mile:
“2007-03-28 Sandusky Second to None
The Second Mile Golf Tournament is scheduled at the Blue and White Golf Courses on campus and Lesch is still seeking more sponsorships. For the 18th year, its not really about golf. The money raised at the tournament helps fund the many Second Mile programs.
EDITORS NOTE: The following story is offered as a preview of the next issue of Fight On State The Magazine, which focuses on the Penn State athletics family giving back to the community.”
link:
http://www.onlygolfnews.com/comment.asp?Url=golf-news-world-magazine/golf-world-magazine-week-woods-sports-course-tennis-best-worlds-nation.htm&Content={1DA432F3-BAAC-460E-97F1-B9D31089336A}
Then, what I could find of an article at Fight On State, which previews that upcoming FOS, The Magazine article on Sandusky. This site is apparently owned by Fox on MSN; independent of PSU. You have to go view the on-screen image at the site. It’s a google image cached from wikia.com and my post at BOC won’t take if I include the url. So, here’s how I accessed it: Go to google images and search for: 2010 jerry sandusky to retire from the second mile. On pg 1 scroll down to The Second Mile: A Sanctuary. Click on it. It’s nothing but a preview; just to show what Jer, for TSM, was still being allowed to use PSU facilities for.
________________
Oh, and Word Girl, Sandusky informed TSM in 2008 that he was under investigation. His home wasn’t searched till summer of 2011. If he had ANYTHING electronic or otherwise at home, or anywhere else by that time then he’s far more stupid than I thought.
_________________
Reminder: the PA Governor, who oversees all PA charities, could have at any time reviewed any of their non-confidential files without a subpoena.
In one of those school quashing motions I read that anything between a school counselor and a student is protected by confidentiality laws.
Here’s the link to the actual Mifflin county schools motion to quash that subpoena. It gives all the cites for the relevant legal protections of those student records (victim 9). NICE work lawyers!!
http://www.scribd.com/doc/92010467/Sandusky-Motion-to-Quash-Subpoena
And, here’s a good article about it. And, I swear in one of the subpoenas I read recently there was a motion to quash, or in the alternative to issue a protective order!
http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/sandusky-case-motions-to-quash-subpoenas-keep-piling-up-1053070/
I have to be honest, as a former resident of that state, I had no idea the process for criminal rules and procedure is so “liberal” in comparison to others.
This entire case and its aspects with Good Ole Boy Judges and those sitting on similar charities hearing cases, blah blah- just outrageous how long this has gone unchecked.
B
I appreciate the nice compliments on my research. Any money you’d like to send (lol) should go to the VICTIMS designated for either their legal costs or their psychotherapy. TIA
LOL. You will get your money at the Big Bank In the Sky like me and the rest of us. Ask for the Blink Pay It Forward Account, lol.
You guys are fierce advocates- thanks for letting me hang out
B
TY, Blink. We’ll await our Heavenly rewards together. For now, we all do what we each can to right the hell on earth some are living.
@erose: If you thought I was disagreeing with you about the retiring judge, I wasn’t. Just noting that it was a diff judge who made the ruling referenced. Maybe I’m misunderstanding–no biggie.
Just want to let you know that, with you, I turn your thought over and over in my mind of who could it be. “I believe his [Gricar's] investigation must have implicated someone that shook him to the core.”
I’ve looked, in vain, into relatives of Patty’s as well. Or friends of Ray’s. Someone in the courts seems most likely.
If one of us today found THE definitive answer, who would we report it to? (Besides Blink, since she’d have the same question of who she trusts to report it to) I don’t know who up there is trustworthy. Really and truly.
I mean, I assume most of the guilty parties are known, by someone already. But how do we know they’ll ever be charged??
Trouble accessing Mifflin school motion to quash that subpoena?
Go here:
http://www.whptv.com/content/Archive/story/Mifflin-County-School-District-objects-to/DfcsyLaNM0Sc1fIOHC7i-A.cspx
then under Sandusky’s photo, click on the link. It’ll bring up the .pdf of the motion
This is from Amendola’s request of TSM, the part about that retirement party, etc:
K. All records that reflect “special guests” that Gerald A. Sandusky was authorized to invite pursuant to the retirement party protocol established by The Second Mile as host of his retirement party as well as the following:
1. Records that reflect any and all “special guests” returned an RSP
and were in attendance;
2. Any and all video or still photographs that would depict those in
attendance under control of The Second Mile and/or in storage;
3. Any and all seating placement by name, organization and special
guests that depict those in attendance
Link will be at the end. So, doesn’t this mean that TSM had a retirement party for Jer and that’s what the subpoena refers to?
Here’s where to find ALL the filings in Sandusky’s current case:
http://www.co.centre.pa.us/media/#postings
The listing is most current first. Then scroll way down the page, where the ink color on screen changes–those will be the links that bring up each legal filing. This is the first one shown (as of today’s date), listed as
SANDUSKY JOINDER MOTION OF THE SECOND MILE TO QUASH SUBPOENA 5/1/2012 4:19:00 PM
@erose: before we all go searching around the Hon. Hoffman, there are 2 of them, both Centre County Magistrates! Relatives? I’m giving this one back to you, okay?
Criminal Docket of Dec 7, 2011 show the judge assigned for Sandusky’s arraignment hearing was Magisterial District Judge Daniel R Hoffman, II.
And I think he won the interim election.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?hl=en&q=cache:cg6qEgSjiswJ:http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/documents/sandusky.pdf%2BCentre%2BCounty%2BDistrict%2BJudge%2BDaniel%2BR.%2BHoffman,%2BII%2Bson%2Bof%2BJudge%2BDaniel%2BA%2BHoffman&gbv=2&gs_l=hp.12…3198.18246.0.20425.30.1.0.29.0.0.80.80.1.1.0…0.0.YogkTPoPLQI&ct=clnk
Or, the .pdf at:
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/documents/sandusky.pdf
Beej, thanks for the Mifflin motion to quash. The attorneys are doing a good job to sling Amendola’s crap back at him.
Seriously? He thinks he can get FERPA, HIPPA, MHPA-protected information for his fishing pond?
I imagine Second Mile’s motion to quash will read much the same, but in some ways, I would have liked to see those records, especially those “lost” as you have reminded us, during the 2 1/2 year dalliance in this crucial investigation. (ty erose.)
The photo of Don Marks and the woman and Sandusky–only remarkable thing is Jer’s teeth don’t look as horrible and it is noted he is not drinking wine. Don Marks doesn’t ring.
The wrestling party hosted by both Tim and his wife leaves me creeped. I dunno. Why was Sandusky even invited? Ew.
Oh! and so interesting to have Pennsylvania National Organization of Women call on Joe Paterno in 2006 for “In January 2006, Pennsylvania NOW asked Joe Paterno to apologize and resign from the University because of his ongoing insensitive statements over many years regarding domestic violence and sexual assault.”
Perhaps more was amiss than we knew.
http://tinyurl.com/8xkh65e
Just was reminded at how super-frustrating the athletic department was for me as editor of my university newspaper. Arrgh!
The baseball team was away and involved in a fatal accident and it was kept very hushed…football player were required to coerce a certain dollar figure from their family and friends…all sorts of priveleges abused and a grand sense of entitlement.
They knew I had inside sources and they tried to find them but couldn’t. Still, stories stalled due to lack attribution/coroboration.
..oh, yes, I was nearly raped at age 18 on the 50-yard by a football player while ‘out for a walk.’
Will we ever get past all this secrecy and oppressive coverups?
A bit OT, sry.
‘cuse the errors above in conventions and dropped words/plurals…’typing too fast and furious!!
One last comment.
I’m reading Profilers: Leading Investigators Take You Inside the Criminal Mind, edited by John H. Campbell and Don DeNevi.
As Blink mentioned, the sexually motivated offender falls into many different categories.This book is intensely sorting that out for me.
Right now I’m bogged down in all the variations of sexual homicide, beyond organized and disorganized or mixed.
There are the murderers who rape and mutilate–it’s ugly to read, but helpful just the same. While we learn of those committing sexual homicide on elderly women, we only get a glimpse at the early cognitive mapping of the pedophile and homicidal pedophile.
Jerry wishes he was dead, sure. After he essentially took away the life of so many victims, I’d understand that feeling completely, if only he was telling the truth.
I want to skew your reading if the issue at hand is more “Jerry Based” as opposed to general study, lemme know. I also want to say this subject matter is not for everyone for general readers.
B
@Beejay,
I love you girl. I just needed someone to ask me one thing (anything)and off I went, venting, I couldn’t take the pressure of holding my suspicious thoughts any longer. (I might be a smidge too involved). All my IMO’s weren’t at you at all. I totally got what you said and saw that in the caption. I wasn’t sure if the AP was making a subtle point with that description or taking care to accurately describe the location, and it bothered me as to why they would have to use Hoffman’s office. (Doesn’t the other judge have one?) You were 100% correct and I should have acknowledged that to avoid any misunderstanding. You just blew my mind with the 2 Hoffman’s. I’ll take the assignment, though not sure I want it, lol.
I do not have a passive aggresive bone in my body, when I’m mad ‘everybody’ knows it, no guessing with me, lol, and I won’t get mad about being straightened out or a difference of opinion. I want you to know that because I don’t want you holding back. I need a friend to keep me from going down the wrong road from time to time. Great read from your work today, and I’ll spend some time tonight looking in to the Hoffman’s.
*ding like the intercom
Everything ok in Aisle J?
Press the red button in the middle should anyone need it?
Carry On.
B
http://www.co.centre.pa.us/media/#postings
TY as always Blink team, esp beejay for above url & others.
Gerry (and his home & savings) appear to be a one man
employment firm for paralegals & legal secretaries thruout the region, not merely
attorneys.
Do you know offhand the date of this TSM “retirement”" party beejay?
Nice of the organization to make the case for civil plaintiffs that he was an employee
and agent of TSM by publically affirming that with a party. I wouldn’t have known he
was employed there; don’t you think they helped him out with access to Ins? I’d love
to see his job title on the Program.
Don’t you think Amendola is also providing a discovery
guide to civil complainants about what’s in his co-conspirators’ files?
Seems to me Amendola is just threatening a victim by the specificity about the retirement party:
He’s saying, “You came to my TSM retirement party by rsvp wllingly and even sat next to
(or near) me after the date of events you
complain of. ” imo
.
@erose. kids are run thru a public school “psychologist” employee assigned to cover a local public school in their initial processing by a local school team for learning disabilities, which can include ED and ADD, not just LD, for the purpose of obtaining an IEP, or ADA accommodations, or ED support. These employees in my County are usually not professionally qualified by education or experience & tend to take this job with public schools due to inability to get other work. I don’t know anyone here who just relied on school testing; all go private first. But the school psychologist still has to interview the kid once & do a little writeup. It’s an indirect way to get private reports because the school psychologist will incorporate & refer to those reports. In Happy Valley, though, the poor would only have the public school psychologist to diagnose & code for LD or ED, not a private neuropsych, unless the kid was Court involved & the Court ordered testing, or had been hospitalized. Even then it sounds like at least one Gov’t contractor was completely incompetant re one victim’s sex abuse report to cps.
Blink & maybe Kiesling? Really and truly (sadly), I agree.
beejay says:
May 2, 2012 at 10:44 am
If one of us today found THE definitive answer, who would we report it to? (Besides Blink, since she’d have the same question of who she trusts to report it to) I don’t know who up there is trustworthy. Really and truly.
I mean, I assume most of the guilty parties are known, by someone already. But how do we know they’ll ever be charged??
——————————————————–
Re: the judges Hoffman. I failed. I can only find one. Did you maybe mean the Grines (father & son?).
http://www.courts.state.pa.us/T/SpecialCourts/MDJList.htm