Jerry Sandusky Subject Of New BOMBSHELL Molestation Allegation: His Defense Attorney Joseph Amedola’s Nephew Jonathan- Federal Civil Suit Filed- Prank Or Prudent?
On Wednesday June 27th, the latest allegation against convicted child molester Gerald “Jerry” Sandusky hit the Northern Virginia Civil Courts. A Pro Se Federal personal injury suit was filed by a man certifying himself as Jonathan Amendola. He requests a restraining order based on fear of imminent bodily injury, and that Uncle Joe- does not care and never has.
Jonathan Amendola, an alleged nephew of Jerry Sandusky’s defense attorney Joseph Amendola claims Jerry Sandusky touched his crotch, kissed his earlobe while he was urinating and subsequently threatened him in 1991 while traveling with the football team as a “PSU” fan.
Courtesy of The Republic
The request for a restraining order reads, in pertinent part:
THE PLAINTIFF FACES IMMINENT DANGER AND BODILY HARM FROM THE DEFENDANT AND MOVES THIS HONORABLE COURT TO ISSUE AN ORDER FOR DEFENDANT JERRY SANDUSKY TO RESPOND. I’M THE NEPHEW OF ATTORNEY JOE AMENDOLA AND I’M IN DANGER BECAUSE JERRY SANDUSKY MOLESTED ME AND JOE AMENDOLA KNEW THIS BUT CONTINUED TO DE FEND JERRY ANYWAY FOR MONEY AND DISREGARDING MY PREVIOUS SEXUAL ABUSE FROMSANDUSKY.
IN 1991, I WAS A PENN ST. FAN ANDI TRAVELED WITH THE FOOTBALL TEAM TO WEST VIRGINIA TO PLAY THE MOUNTAINEERS, AND AT MOUNTAINEER STADIUM IN THE PUBLIC REST ROOM DEFENDANT TOUCHED ME ON MY CROTCH WHILE I WAS URINATING AND KISSED MY RIGHT EAR LOBE AND TOLD ME IF I TELL ANYONE HE IS GOING TO KILL ME. I HAVE BEEN SUFFERING EMOTIONAL DISTRESS SINCE AND I’M ESTRANGED FROM JOE AMENDOLA BECAUSE HE DOES NOT CARE FOR HIS FAMILY AND I’M SCARED SANDUSKY IS GOING TO ASSAULT ME,
I SEEK A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST HIM.
And Then…
As mysteriously as it appeared, Mr. Amendola faxed a request to withdraw the suit, and the motion was granted.
On June 28th, via fax, Jonathan Amendola filed to withdraw the suit, and it’s dismissal, which was granted by her Honor Judge Keeley.
JONATHAN AMENDOLA,
Plaintiff,
v. CRIMINAL NO. 1:12CV107 (Judge Keeley)
GERALD ARTHUR SANDUSKY, Defendant.
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO WITHDRAW SUIT [DKT. NO. 4]
On June 28, 2012, the pro se plaintiff, Jonathan Amendola (“Amendola”), moved to withdraw this lawsuit (dkt. no. 4). Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i), a plaintiff may dismiss an action without a court order by filing a notice of dismissal before the opposing party files an answer or a motion for summary judgment. Insofar as the defendant in this case has not yet appeared, the Court GRANTS Amendola’s motion (dkt. no. 4) and ORDERS that this case be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE and STRICKEN from the docket of this Court.
It is so ORDERED.
The Court directs the Clerk of Court to mail a copy of this Order to the pro se plaintiff via certified mail, return receipt requested.
DATED: June 29, 2012
/s/ Irene M. Keeley IRENE M. KEELEY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Now you see it, now you don’t. Uh, I mean, you still can. Without prejudice and stricken from the docket do make it invisible.
Early fireworks for the Independence Day Celebrations of the Amendola clan?
Or is this suit one of many pranks that appears to be filed by the same idiot who is not aware that receipt numbers for faxes and certified mail are tracked by the USPS and the FBI respectively?
If so, we will be sure to make his acquaintance in the near future facing Federal criminal charges.
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Blink–is this part of the prank filings? I just ran across this article (snips below). And now reading your publication of the actual wording, it sounds hokey and overblown to me. Have we all been had by someone as histrionic as Jer?
Pittsburgh judge addresses Sandusky prank filings
‘Patently frivolous actions’ may violate law
June 29, 2012 12:18 am
By Torsten Ove / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“A judge in Pittsburgh is the latest member of the federal judiciary to weigh in on prank court filings alleging abuse by Jerry Sandusky.
…The filing is similar to others filed in federal courts during the past two weeks in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin under such names as Jonathan Bollinger, Tom N. Jerry, Jonathan Paterno and Gino Romano.”
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/state/pittsburgh-judge-addresses-sandusky-prank-filings-642483/#ixzz1zQ8EtELi
Yes, this cat is in some hot water apparently. And, not that smart.
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My, my, my, the seeds of deceit come to roost. Even the mafia protects their own. What a sick sob.
Blink–nice save
my hypothesis is it’s someone in prison Amendola ineffectually represented
keep the FBI investigators busy on this & they have less manpower for real investigatory fallout (incl Gricar).
Someone, or org, is buying time while burying evidence imo.
2 comments on another PA child abused and 171 comments on Joe Paterno, same day:
http://www.pennlive.com/jerry-sandusky/
Sick State college system
There’ve been football cult coacing figures.
With my background, Darrell Royal & Tom Landry come to mind.
Here’s how JP differs. He sought to control all of the players’
lives (yes I just went & read Vicki T articles).
Without the molestation piece, that’s psychologically just like Jerry’s control
MO.
I read that article yesterday and dismissed it. Y’all drilled down and found that was the work of the Amendola’s, well his nephew, anyway? OMG..Have I got this right? He filed under ficticious names? and is now withdrawing under his legal/birth name? Am I on track? (Still reeling over the emails.)
There is a Johnathan Amendola located in Phila, but I doubt that is real.
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Ka-pow! Coulda, woulda, but it’s a sicko–do we think it’s more than one person or just one nuthatch?
Actually, I know a man who was using the urinal in a bathroom during the break at a very high-caliber lecture. Imagine his surprise when the lecturer came in and stood at a 90 degree angle next to him, clothing touching, just to talk. Ahem.
Women have sense enough to shut. the. door.
Every day the relevant conversation changes. I can feel the truth coming as nothing is making total sense as it evolves, which to me means that things are more complicated than I am comprehending, so the truth is coming down in pieces of a puzzle one revelation after another revelation after another revelation. It is better to see how they fit, then to try and make them fit. BTW, anyone else notice the minute TSM is the focus, another leak comes out? Is that a coincidence?
I have to put the Amendola sitch to the side, as I’m not sure what is going on. Regarding the emails, and the knowledge that these men had at-the-time, why would they continue letting Sandusky roam the showers? Even if they didn’t go to authorities, is it because he had the goods on them? What else could it be? Madden’s part 2 might have been on target.
And what to make of Gricar the top law officer in the county at the time. Was it safe to be carring the hammer in Paternoville? I don’t see how Paterno’s reputation will come out of this in tact. Did this come down to Paterno v Gricar? Did Gricar have the goods, too?
You hit it erose, imo. And Abraham will not be issuing a report.
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Top Pennsylvania State University officials held a three-hour meeting to discuss Jerry Sandusky in 2001 over concerns about the former coach’s behavior with a boy in the football showers. A law-firm billing record from that conversation describes a “report of suspected child abuse,” according to a person with knowledge of an independent investigation into the matter.
Defending the Program
Letters and e-mails that one former top Penn State administrator provided to Mr. Freeh’s investigators show that Mr. Spanier and Wendell V. Courtney, the university’s general counsel, repeatedly intervened on Coach Paterno’s behalf in an apparent attempt to quash problems.
[IMO the $$$ question]
“If Joe Paterno wanted to interfere, why did he report the incident immediately” to university officials? Mr. McGinn told the Times, adding that he was disturbed by what he called the “selective leaking” of the e-mails. “You are only seeing a piece of the puzzle.”
I have to agree with that. Release them, release them all, to leak is inappropriate, imo.
Joe Paterno did not “do” email.
Believe it or not, I have a hugely successful friend who is a criminal defense atty and he refuses to email or text, lol.
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http://chronicle.com/article/Records-Raise-More-Questions/132725/
Back to Amendola. This cat isn’t an Amendola, or a Paterno, or the nephew of an ex-NFL football player, or anyone else in these phony law suits, so who the heck is he? Does anyone know?
Not yet, but they will.
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Un-freakin-real. This just causes more damage to the true victims in this mess and other victims from other messes with creeps like JS. Shame, shame, shame.
having read today’s Daily Beast article, a memory bank was jogged for me where I saw a similar humane lookaway in the 70s. the men involved would say they handled it discretely for the scumball’s wife and children. Don’t underestimate the intent of a “failure to report while getting counseling” being directed at the protection of the perp’s family rather than to protect Sandusky.
The emails could be like Horman’s, in need of validation. The difference is her content has not been disclosed but Spanier, Curley, Schultz have been verbatim read to CNN. Who has them but for Freeh’s team & the AG’s Office?
CurSchultz has them and is leaking them, imo. It is exactly what I would do 10 days before trial if I were representing them.
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law firm billing record in a 2001 consultation on a sex abuse report?
Now there’s a bomb–for the attorney involved.
Blink, I think all the current issue with JP is he said all he did was report it & left all the rest to higher ups, when in fact he had at least one further conversation on the disposition, whatever he said.
I bet Schultz kept them. We know Spanier did not.
Here is the link I forgot to post from “The Chronicles of Higher Education” re:the meeting w/the lawyer. McQuaid – Blasko? Courtney? If so, wth was TSM thinking after that meeting? Like Blink said, we will not be seeing a report from Abraham.
http://chronicle.com/article/Records-Raise-More-Questions/132725/
The football and other athletic programs were JoPA’s entire life’s work. IMO he was not about to let any type of scandle see the light of day if he could prevent it. I think we will see his influence on these events in many ways.
Just noticed..Beejay, you are on a roll! Keep going, we’re learning, and appreciate all of your hard work.
Go Blink Go !!
Dig deep and shine the light of truth on ALL those who KNEW that innocent little boys were having their souls stolen from them.
Reminds me of switching on a light and watching the cockroaches scramble.
Bless you Blink for your continued coverage – not letting one scum-bag try to hide their sorry ass participation in the activities and cover-up. !!
Snipped from HLN News …
“Emails allegedly sent between university administrators appear to show that famed Penn State football coach Joe Paterno played a key role in not reporting the incident to authorities.”
“In one alleged email, Schultz writes: “This is a more humane and upfront way to handle this,” instead of contacting the police about the alleged abuse.”
(me)WTH??!!??
A more humane and upfront way to handle “this” (little boys being RAPED!) would have been to stand up and shout out to LE and to the world the TRUTH the minute they knew.
Vulnerable little boys were being handed over to a known skank pedophile rapist to be abused for years.
Reporting the illegal + immoral activities the very moment they became aware would have saved so many other little boys from the hell that Sandusky (and likely many other men in his pervert circle) put Lord only knows how many other innocent little boys.
But … Oh no, these eff-heads were/are always more concerned about their own sorry asses and the reputation of PSU football.
And this snip also from the link below:
“Two sources with knowledge of the case say an email from Spanier said the school could be “vulnerable” if the men decide not to report the alleged child abuse.
“The only downside for us is if the message (to Sandusky) isn’t ‘heard’ and acted upon, and we then become vulnerable for not having reported it,” Spanier allegedly writes.”
(me) Again another WTH??!!
These pompous a-holes only concern is that DOWNSIDE FOR THEM was that they might be vulnerable for not having reported the RAPING of young innocent boys for decades.
All of them were/are more worried about their precious Penn Sate Football program than the lives and souls of innocent children.
When I think I can’t be any more disgusted with this saga … each day brings more sick details of how deep this runs and how many are involved.
How can any of the people live with themselves ??
The Sandusky trial and verdict is just the beginning.
The world is watching – and every last one of these morally bankrupt creeps will go down as more details come out.
(snips from)
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/07/02/do-emails-indicate-paterno-played-role-cover?hpt=hln10_1
If all of those little boys who were victimized by Jerry Sandusky had big-time dono-daddies, there would be no doubt they’d receive Joe/Gary/Tim/Graham’s protection and support.
They were expendable. For the love of God, why?
Where is Ganim, anyway? Vacation? Nothing byline-filed since 6/26?
Some legislators in Harrisburg are still questioning how the Sandusky investigation was handled by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office.
Recently a state house member proposed a legislative investigation into why it took so long to file criminal charges against Sandusky.
Close to 30 other state representatives supported the measure, but it has yet to reach the house floor or even emerge out of committee for a vote.
There have been allegations of political arm twisting and strong lobbying against lawmakers who have raised questions.
http://www.wjactv.com/news/news/pa-legislators-questioning-penn-state-and-governor/nPkZM/
Paterno family wants FBI to release all PSU records
Sollers says it’s clear someone in authority was not interested in a thorough investigation, given the leaks of selective emails.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/football/ncaa/07/02/paterno-family-penn-state-records.ap/index.html#ixzz1zVSKePEt
“The question that needs to be asked is why this breach of confidentiality, which seeks to preempt the Freeh report and undermine the courts, is not being objected to or otherwise addressed by those in a position of authority,” Sollers said. “It should not be the responsibility of the Paterno family to call for an honest, independent investigation.”
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8124223/penn-state-nittany-lions-joe-paterno-family-wants-emails-records-released
Agree.
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ganim had dark eye circles & looked ill by then.
I thought the Russia trip took it out of her.
The way I see it, Curley & Schultz were likely the least culpable,
so charged first. Need to roll over but maybe have good ol boy local Counsel dishing
PS party line advice. The bigger fish are Spanier & Courtney. I think Curley/Schultz are grouped together so they can corroborate those 5 way conversations together.
It is obvious to me if Courtney GC’d PS for 28 years, he didn’t make 30 because
the Exec Comm of the BOT got a high sign of stuff to come & put Baldwin in for 3 reasons:
1) inhouse Counsel’s duty of loyalty was to PS period
2) past State Supreme thought to be the best shield
3) F – over employees like Curley & Schultz while sitting in on their grand jury appearances
Damn straight JP knew to get his own attorney.
curley & schultz need to plead, back each other up while recounting the truth of their conversations with Courtney, Spanier, Joe P, and Sandusky and Raykovitz. They each need to get a Counsel arms length from State College. Call Judge McC’s clerk for criminal defense attorney ideas, change lawyers, postpone trial, and plead out.
I believe at least one will plead.
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and I bet that one Schultz.
But imo they need to do it together
for mutual corroboration,
if truth strikes both.
as far as preempting the Freeh Report goes, who was going to
rely on that particular political animal, now a megabucks Corp animal, anyway?
Maybe once angling for Santorum’s Atty Gen,
what would Romney promise?
Imo Freeh’s cachet is a setting sun.
But for the billing statements to PS BOT
Who lit this fire? The report will be released a month or two early.
“I expect the release of the Freeh report before the end of July,” Mr. Erickson said Monday. “Don’t have a date yet.” The report is being prepared by the Freeh Group, led by former FBI Director Louis J. Freeh.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/state/penn-state-expects-report-soon-on-scandal-internal-investigation-643057/#ixzz1zXIhlXk5
Great work erose and all, do you folks eat and sleep??
For those of us old enough to remember the Watergate story a summer
40 years ago, well …… you know where I’m going with that.
The fat lady has not even warmed up yet – let alone sung her song.
This case, fingers crossed, is going to uncover the culture of
molestation and corruption that is going on not just at PSU, but
also other college sports programs (Syracuse) as well as the cover
ups that hide it.
I liked the roaches scurrying away from the light analogy, LOL!
Every day that this case stays on the front burner, we are getting
one step closer to finding out who had Gricar “disappeared”.
And that, IMO, will be at the real power center of this scandal.
Because whomever had the resources and power to knock off a DA,
had the power to be pulling a lot of other strings in this
scenario, i.e. – money+politics+PSU+TSM+blackmail+favors+coverup.
Who was Mr. Big? Certainly not Sandusky. Only a pimp who was allowed
to continue his activities because of what he provided to others
in the network of corruption.
Sherlock
I guess I don’t get why people think the Curley and Schultz camps would want to leak these e-mails. The e-mails bury them — both criminally and especially in the inevitable civil actions — IMO, as they show they knew enough about the 1998 and 2001 rapes to think they should report sandusky to child welfare and then didn’t. The word use and lack of any concern for the “subjects” will infuriate juries (I am assuming the contents are as reported of course). Being encouraged/told to do the wrong thing by paterno, if that is what happened, in no way exculpates them — in fact it makes it worse for them.
@Word Girl: fear not. Miss Sara is alive and well. She’s tweeting from North Royalton, Ohio. I believe she has relatives there. Otherwise, I’d be REAL excited to see her there, a twenty minute drive from Gricar’s old stomping grounds in Cuyahoga, OH.
you can keep up with her on her twitter. Just click here; if your screen comes up blank, give it some time to load:
http://twitter.com/#!/sganim/
I’m sure there are some important clues in the court filings for the Curley-Schultz case. But they’re beyond me. I keep trying to figure out what is being referenced in the AG’s lengthy argument requesting the court deny the C-S non-Brady-materials retention.
What I really want to get at, though, is who all the AG might be hinting at in the separation-of-powers arguments. They culminate on pgs 24-25, including dragging in the workings of an ARD. That, especially, seemed extraneous to me. So, I figure I just don’t get it and there’s some huge secret meaning there.
Here’s the document I’m going bleary-eyed over; then the link to all the C-S court filings. I’m thinking some of these items are still under discussion in status conferences in the interim.
http://www.dauphincounty.org/_files/3412.pdf
Find all the filings here:
http://www.dauphincounty.org/court-departments/curley-schultz/
Back to the topic of this thread. Wrt one of the apparently-faux filings, this one by someone supposedly from Philadelphia, claiming to be related to a former Wisconsin Badger football player:
“UPDATE: The return address listed on the motion is that of Helium Comedy Club on Sansom Street….a manager said that there’s no residential apartments or anything that share their address….”
Oops! Won’t post with the link.
Is this article yet another prank? IDK
Article titled:
Philly Man Thinks Jerry Sandusky Is Going to Kill Him [UPDATE]
By Mike Bertha 6/27/2012
Yes, and the subject of this piece return address is One Rittenhouse, I doubt our guy is a resident.
B
From: phillymag
Finally, an argument I can follow! As to why Curley might fall on his sword rather than personally let the blame fall on Paterno. (Not that Schultz/Spanier won’t point at Joe).
First you need to read the explanation about the legalities of why Paterno should be blamed as the REAL/ringleader culprit. Long article, but I’ll snip the rationales for the 2 possible ways Curley might go. It’s worth the read, but i’ll try not to butcher it in the cutting:
“Curley has every legal reason to turn on Paterno. So why wouldn’t he? …Curley has lung cancer treatment bills to pay and a family to take care of…and he prefers the Penn State endowment or estate of Joe Paterno pay the Sandusky victims instead of him.
…the only reason I think Tim Curley would fall on his sword is if someone promises to take care of him. If Curley throws Joe Paterno under the bus, he throws Penn State under the bus — and he throws the primacy of Nittany Lions football under the bus….the Sandusky victim civil lawsuits could have the same effect on Penn State that similar cases have had on the Catholic Church. [loss of prestige, followers and money].
[PSU football]…needs to show that, unlike the church, its failures weren’t systemic and were contained to a few individuals….
And that’s where the boosters come in. They’d rather not take their chances in front of the legislature, where only three of the 203 members of the State House represent Centre County, home of Penn State. The boosters could instead offer Curley incentives (a legal defense fund, cushy jobs for his kids, etc.) to take the blame. If Curley maintains that he was the one who ordered the cover-up, then the football program would not be implicated and can continue to operate from a position of relative power.
Further, State College, where Curley has spent most of his life, is a small town….[he and his family have to continue to live there, etc.”
link:
http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2012/7/3/3134523/joe-paterno-penn-state-scandal-trial-tim-curley
_________________________________
It does look to me, from the leaked emails to date, that Curley could still play it either way. If the idea is to solicit a wealthy “booster” at this late date, he still has the option to fall on his sword, and testify that Paterno’s input was NOT the determining factor in his change of mind. Because if there’s one person who was pivotal in the change of plans, organizational structure aside, it’s either Curley or Paterno (so far as we know now). If that writer is correct in stating the law will look for that one main person.
I have no idea what’s really going on. Lol!
imo the leaker is most likely a BOT member whose motivation is to confine culpability & personal liability to 1 or more of the Consultative 5. Tho I think Schultz’ job cried out for an email retentive personality; and, owning the correspondence, he can dish it. I feel sorry for Curley, a now ill peon. He was in the AD job because he’d do as told. Beejay, I don’t think he’d fall on the sword for care for his kids. I think he’ll sing (within his insular worldview) for a legacy for his kids
This morning I was behind a mini van sporting a Penn State sticker, a classical radio station number, and another (Christian?) sticker.
Interesting. The van and 30 more cars were stopped by a very long and apparently, stuck, train.
I was able to make metaphors and consider analogies shattering at their breaking point. The bandaid brown van had been hit in the right rear door, fairly low. It was not repaired. And now, certainly less traumatic, the van was stuck.
But! Dear Van was in the lead and there was an open street to the right. Many vehicles, faint-hearted as they were, turned around, yet Dear Van remained stationary, still in the lead.
WordGirl drives a sports car and she was parked behind Dear Van.
Finely freedom beckoned and WG knew to pull around the left side of DV–most illegally–and took the road less turned upon.
Without hesitation, DV followed tightly, all the way to the open lanes of highway hell.
WG took the truck lane while DV bobbed and weaved and stuck close to the next car in the lead. Word Girl was a little sad to lose her muse but said, “What’s the hurry Dear Van? You and I both know the Spaghetti Bowl comes next.”
@Sherlock, I get time for a snack and a nap, lol, but I have no idea how Blink snacks and naps with school + kids, plus husband, + location trips, + radio, + several other threads like this and who knows what else. Not only that, but she keeps this all in that head of hers, and I think she once said she gets her mani-pedies (while reading an ebook, I think.) Talk about multi-tasking. I’m a slouch comparatively (and older, lol.)
I agree with what you said, especially the need for this case to stay on the front burner, so we can find out what went wrong, how to stop it from ever happening again, and maybe find out what happened to Mr. Gricar, who deserves a decent investigation. I have read a few of the MSM blogs today, and some people are calling for a special prosecutor in to this mess. I’m thinking it’s not a bad idea.
@Beejay,
Thanks for the link to the SB article. If I understand, the only motivation for Curley to throw the blame on Paterno is to avoid civil judgement. IMO, he and Schultz are going to be convicted of perjury, unless they plead out, and if I understand, they can’t be convicted of the 2001 failure to report due to the statute. Even their lawyers have back peddled on their original statements, essentially admitting they knew, but they did their best, or some such nonsense. It would seem their plea deal has to offer up someone that will progress the investigation. I’m not sure Paterno would. JMO.
What defies logic to me is that this article states that the NCAA doesn’t consider PSU and in this instance as a repeat violator. I think every time Sandusky paraded around a child in their midst, and they knew and we know they did, it should be considered as a repeat offense. That said, the NCAA was not designed to deal with criminal cases, so their approach should be from the ethical perspective, which IMO is a higher standard than the legal standard.
“We have here a president on the one hand saying he was not aware of this [incident] being of a sexual nature, and on the other hand talking about the [consequences] if the activity gets out, and the liability of the administrators,” Gurney said, referring to statements reportedly in the emails. “Well, if it wasn’t of a sexual nature, what else could it have been? It defies logic.”
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/07/jerry_sandusky_case_ncaa_inves.html
Happy Fourth of July! Celebrating our freedom to question, speak openly, enjoy a system of laws, challenge our own government–and all that great stuff!!! (And personally, unfettered access to my electronics while the working world takes a break)
Nothing new in this, just a good PR critique of how PSU handled this mess. Really my excuse to direct anyone who wants some fun and validation. See
Penn State’s PR train wreck
by Carolyn Thomas at:
http://ethicalnag.org/2012/06/26/penn-states-pr-train-wreck/#more-9403
But for fun, though OT, you can visit her All the Nags. Here’s my FAV so far:
Thomas’ article: Why you should put that damned phone away
Which starts,
“In the wise words of comedian Amy Poehler as she addressed young graduating Harvard University students last May:
“The answer to a lot of your life questions is often in someone else’s face. Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people’s faces.””
At:
http://ethicalnag.org/2011/11/03/put-the-damned-phone-away/
One of the best piece’s on the PR mess I have read to date. I note Ms. Thomas used my “man behind the curtain” phrase, lol. Thanks Beejay.
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TY for the reading, esp PR article. Welcome back to electronics.
Sitting in the sun at a hot hot parade (daughter in last unit) which beats the hot hot house. While hotel rooms were sold out around here by 7 am last Sat, I was told at numerous stores cell car chargers were gone by noon. My daughter’s summer job (a preK) just bans them.
Erose, yeah, Curley wants to avoid that longer window available for civil suits. The plaintiffs will go after–whoever–on the reasonable care/negligence aspect. I can see it going diff directions. The article was just a way diff slant than I’ve seen elsewhere.
@Word Girl: Ganim is alive and well and still tweeting. Just from out of town. Click to follow her twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/sganim
OK, I think all the lawsuits were pranks. Although I’d believe a victim of Sandusky’s, not yet come forward, could’ve done it. So, I haven’t looked into them all.
But. I just want to whisper that Barry Alvarez was a linebacker in the 1960s under Bob Devaney at Univ Nebraska-Lincoln. Which we’ve discussed in another context earlier. So, if there is actually anything meaningful going on with this prankster, he’s hitting some interesting connections.
And on another note, I can get from Amendola to Rittenhouse Square in less than 6 easy steps, via Ed Rendell. And we’ve talked about a problem out of Rittenhouse Square earlier here. It was decades ago.
And I’m not done with Amendola personally.
Ganim really bugged me when she started off her Amendola piece saying how local attys respected and envied him for his ability to win cases AND to get deals. That no one else could get.
“Some attorneys would grumble when he would flit into former District Attorney Ray Gricar’s office, or the office of Gricar’s successor, Michael Madeira, and come away with deals that no one else could get.”
She bugged me because she never answered the question she implied in her lead paragraph: just how come Joe could do that?
Just reporter hyperbole?? Or did she mean to plant that question in our minds? And, if so, does she know the answer to it?
link:
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/06/jerry_sanduskys_defense_attorn.html
@Rose. Buy a spray bottle and squirt as necessary. Put a few washcloths in a cooler and put it on the back of your neck.
@Beejay,
The PR article was interesting, and made me wonder if the dozen or so firms all gave roughly the same advice and PSU chose not to take it.
I don’t think Ganim does anything by accident; visiting her family in Gricar territory, what she said about Amendola and the article I posted awhile back about the little foster boy that went missing on his way back from buying candy years ago. I think she has some of the answers (more than we do, anyway) and she is looking to confirm.
At some point during the trial I ran across a daily account of in-court events, written by Roxine and SwedishJewfish of a newly-formed survivors advocacy group, TreeClimbers.
There was much more detail than we got even from that reporter whose trial notes were later linked to here. IIRC, at least one of the authors is herself a victim. And, so, if you read her accounts, you’ll see a friendly warning to fellow-survivors, like “Triggering”. A warning to decide whether or not to read what’s next.
Anyway, I’m an in-person gal, and her accounts gave more of the “soft” data from a good people-observer, as well as some of the “hard” data I wasn’t seeing elsewhere. If anyone wants to read, grab a hanky and follow the links:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/07/1098048/-Tree-Climbers-In-Judges-Chambers-with-Jerry-Sandusky
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/12/1099245/-Tree-Climbers-Day-One-of-Testimony-Jerry-Sandusky-Trial
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/13/1099489/-Tree-Climbers-Bearing-Witness-The-Trial-of-Jerry-Sandusky-Day-2
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/14/1099855/-Tree-Climbers-Bearing-Witness-The-Trial-of-Jerry-Sandusky-Day-3
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/15/1100158/-Tree-Climbers-Bearing-Witness-The-Trial-of-Jerry-Sandusky-Day-4
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/18/1101187/-Tree-Climbers-Bearing-Witness-The-Trial-of-Jerry-Sandusky-Day-5
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/20/1101440/-Tree-Climbers-Bearing-Witness-The-Trial-of-Jerry-Sandusky-Day-6
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/20/1101694/-Tree-Climbers-Bearing-Witness-The-Trial-of-Jerry-Sandusky-Day-7
Rose, and others caught with no A/C in the heat wave: For next time, and there will be one, you might consider a permanent emergency power generator with automatic switchover. If applicable to your housing situation.
We installed one here in Georgia a decade ago. Not so much for winters, when we have had week-long power outages and iced-in conditions. But more for summer power outtages. I’ll take a generator anyday over an ocean cruise. Real estate developers are onboard too; makes it easier to sell houses.
Till then, I do feel your pain. 105 here recently.
Thanks for the two links beejay
In regards to the PR for Penn.State: One would think that since PR is taught at the university, those in charge would call on these people to help them in a time of crisis. Then, one has to think about the fact that those in charge did not want the problem to surface and chose instead to keep it among themselves. This IMO is a big problem
at a lot of schools and it isn’t just related to sports.
The piece about the social media is interesting. These young people are so caught up in the “now” with their friends that they do not realize how rude or dangerous their behavior has become. They don’t pay attention to anything happening around them.
We have lost four teenagers in auto accidents in the area because the driver was texting or talking on a cell phone. The fact that there is a state law against this behavior is just ignored.
Saturday afternoon I was driving from the post office to get gas when I noticed a young female walking on a side street in the direction of the street where I was driving. There was another vehicle approaching the intersection from the opposite direction. This youngster never looked up and walked across the intersection forcing both vehicles to slam on our brakes to keep from hitting her. She never looked up and just kept walking. Total oblivion. We are going to loose a lot of these youngsters until they learn not to be distracted.
In regards to Amendola, this guy IMO is a first class smoozer. He talks to the courts and the District Attorneys in order to get things done in the background so he can look good. There are people who do these things in every area of life.
I wish everyone a wonderful 4th in whatever activities you choose. I’ll be playing an hour and a half concert with the band. This is the second one since friday.
p2 of Wash Post had an op-ed piece on Paterno today.
Not favorable.