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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And speaking of theme songs…
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Happy Valley is a badly flawed place. The area’s theme song for the Sandusky scandal should be “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.” Life goes on.
http://www.timesonline.com/columnists/sports/mark_madden/in-wake-of-scandal-penn-state-needs-time-out/article_1e834a17-6f8c-5a8b-97d5-36171e79e249.html
Great questions and intersects in my upcoming piece in a few areas. Madden did not get his due with his work on this case, imo.
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erose
I was just having fun about the reference to Shakespear. I really do have the books and they really are in the garage along with about 2,000 others. My first cousin who was four years older than my mother was a librarian and she introduced me to Shakespear at age twelve.
Thanks for the link. This article raises the same points I did regarding the football program and what should happen to it. The article even uses the same reference to SMU and its sanctions. However, money talks and we will see just how even handed the NCAA can or will be regarding punishment. If they don’t sanction this program, they will loose all respect as the keeper of the rules.
The NCAA part of this story leaves me torn, as I do not want the innocent people punished, however, we can not afford yet another institution to look the other way on this. It’s tough all the way around, especially when we know all the sports programs at PSU will suffer, not just football. Glad it’s not me making this decision.
erose says:
July 9, 2012 at 4:12 am
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Great questions and intersects in my upcoming piece in a few areas. Madden did not get his due with his work on this case, imo.
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A Texas Grandfather says:
July 9, 2012 at 9:52 am
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However, money talks and we will see just how even handed the NCAA can or will be regarding punishment. If they don’t sanction this program, they will loose all respect as the keeper of the rules.
1. They cannot look past it because it is not even over and I don’t give a rats bippy, the NCAA does not want to make that call until they know how deep the well is.
2. In light of the NFL Bountygate- I seriously believe sanctions will happen in this case, and I believe it will be most unfair to players and anyone else who was NEVER given the decision making ability to not eff up royally.
3. The caveat- who gets implicated in TSM may be an olive branch and oasis combo.
B
Maybe they should let PSU continue the program, and sanction them by taking all profits for X years and donating them to abused victim’s advocacy, or some such (I hate to use the word) charity. Win/Win?
Word Girl says:
July 8, 2012 at 10:19 pm
lizzy, thx for jumping in with that info about Spanier saying in the next article that the soul of his profession is ‘the family and its well-being’.
Wow. It just blows my mind that he could not see how sick the family at Penn State had become.
I’m hoping you will bring us a literary quote to sum up this mess. Got any handy?
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Word Girl,
Sorry if I wasn’t clear. I meant the next article in that journal, BY ANOTHER AUTHOR. It seemed to be almost a counterpoint to Spanier’s article. His looked within the members of their profession for its soul, and the other looked outside to those the profession was supposed to serve. I find an echo of that thinking in the decision-making regarding JS.
Well, how about a G.K. Chesterton quote:
“I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.” Generally Speaking
Or perhaps, just for the Penn State “decision-makers,” concerned about being humane:
“Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.”
Post Of The Day Goes To Lizzy.
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erose says:
July 9, 2012 at 4:12 am
And speaking of theme songs…
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Happy Valley is a badly flawed place. The area’s theme song for the Sandusky scandal should be “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.” Life goes on.
http://www.timesonline.com/columnists/sports/mark_madden/in-wake-of-scandal-penn-state-needs-time-out/article_1e834a17-6f8c-5a8b-97d5-36171e79e249.html
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Happy Valley’s greatest flaw is perhaps how easy it is to become complacent.
However, please remember that my friends on the jury also call Happy Valley home. While certainly human, they acted neither in a flawed or complacent manner, imo. And I believe those citizens represent the significant majority of the residents here.
That is an excellent point. I would also like to point out that the Senate Committees within PSU are responsible for the fact that the Freeh Report will be available to all upon release, no prelim to the BOT and no advanced copy. The Senate was heard- I do believe that until the head of the best is off it will continue to loom- but this jury deserves my respect and they have it.
B
erose–you may think your state song is Louie-Louie, but maybe Oregon has it covered with its One More Time Around Again marching band–check this out ATG–you will luv it!
Actually, I think the state song should always be This Land Is Your Land, This Land is My Land.
Especially the 5th verse.
http://www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/This_Land.htm
by LaVar Arrington
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I’m thinking these e-mails were leaked to draw attention away from what could be a very ho-hum final report. It seems like with Sandusky being convicted and civil suits on the way, the university is looking to isolate the blame. After all, assigning blame to individuals is easier than doing so to an entire institution. So one isolated piece of evidence released now can influence how the public will receive the final report when it’s eventually released.
It makes me wonder: Are any Penn State trustees implicated in this report being compiled by Freeh? If all of this information has been around for years, where were they? Tom Corbett failed to bring allegations against Sandusky when he was state attorney general all those years ago; now, he is the governor of Pennsylvania and a member of the Penn State Board of Trustees. I would assume an entire section of this report will be dedicated to discussing his role in the matter.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/hard-hits/post/penn-state-scandal-thoughts-on-the-latest-developments/2012/07/09/gJQANtoWYW_blog.html
Since erose brought up one of those photos in Touched, I revisited something. Remember when we talked about Dominic Toscani’s family-related private foundation, Caritas Foundation?
Did we note that foundation’s charitable gifts/grants? Just for starters, go look at pgs 20 and 21 at this 1999 IRS filing. You’ll find CF gave grants to both The Second Mile and to Matthew Sandusky Association (listed as a Public Charity). IIRC, 1999 was the first year that Jerry was a Director of Toscani’s company Paris Business Forms.
link:
http://207.153.189.83/EINS/236802982/236802982_1999_00043846.pdf
Here’s where the links to all the subsequent Caritas IRS filings can be found:
http://www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NPO.Form990&EIN=236802982&Year=2012
And his first year of retirement. Matt was out of college or near same in 1999.
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Love it!!! Will use it over and over.
“Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.”
Post Of The Day Goes To Lizzy.
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@Lizzy,
Yes, the jury did a great service to the community and for the reputation of the community. My whole state is effed up with CPS, LE and so many other headline stories that bring us shame, ie Josh Powell, but we still have a lot of good people.
I know there are many great citizens in Happy Valley, and most only saw the PSU administrators from a distance. I think what happens is the football fans, SOME football fans, are so vocal about their opinions, it seems to be the voice of the entire community. I can’t speak for Madden, but for myself, I do not think everybody in HV, or anywhere else should be lumped together.
You are so right. Again. The NCAA has to know, needs to know exactly what they are dealing with, otherwise they will end up like the BOT, firing the coach, before all the facts were in.
Regarding TSM, I have it in my head that the reason we aren’t hearing anything is this is the case being handled by the feds. This is the case where we wake up one morning and read about the multitude of indictments, and see the guys in expensive suits on the perp walk. Am I wrong?
erose says:
July 9, 2012 at 12:27 pm
1. They cannot look past it because it is not even over and I don’t give a rats bippy, the NCAA does not want to make that call until they know how deep the well is.
2. In light of the NFL Bountygate- I seriously believe sanctions will happen in this case, and I believe it will be most unfair to players and anyone else who was NEVER given the decision making ability to not eff up royally.
3. The caveat- who gets implicated in TSM may be an olive branch and oasis combo.
B
NNNNNNOOOOOOOOO. You are not. Al Capone style or other, fraud is fraud and solicitation of public funds changes everything. Will it unmask the reality? That, I cannot say, but if Linda Kelley believes a child, that child was part of TSM.
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Oh Beejay! I knew you had been there. That whole year reeks of back room deals.
beejay says:
July 9, 2012 at 1:41 pm
I love you Blink, but I am really wanting to see something other than Sandusky’s ugly face when I peek at your web site. lol I wish we had a status on little Issa.
Unfortunately, as much as I hate to, I am going to disappoint you this week. But I will try my best not to have that mug on the fp. Schedule permitting, I hope to be caught up by 7/23 for some family time and a professional court commitment. Hugs
B
ATG, did you mean NCAA should penalize the team in some manner to keep the respect they have as keeper of the rules? Primarly, sanction, as a noun or verb, means to authorize or give permission. It also means, in its further definitions, a ‘penalty.’ Isn’t the English language grand?
4. Law. a.) provision of a law enacting a penalty for disobedience or a reward for obedience.
b.)
the penalty or reward.
“If they don’t sanction this program, they will loose (sic) all respect as the keeper of the rules.” 7/9/12, 9:52am
I agree with you, btw. It would be outrageous for no penalties to come about, but I also struggle finding a meaningful punishment to fit the crime. I would like to see a huge service effort from Penn State administrators and students. And don’t call it anything stupid.
Punishment fitting the crime: Did the football players know? When? What did they do about it?
(Always my motto as a parent–e.g. “you hit your brother with a stick. You will need to pick up all the sticks in the yard and you will need to make his bed everyday for a week.”)
Penn State has a lot of sticks on its grounds. Time to get them out of the mud.
@Lizzie. love that Chesterton.
I have never met a gov’t report that was not watered down and pablum.
To get thru my education years I typed & AA’d at for Gen Accting Office which was the best Fed agency in those days but analysts wrote to a formulaic outcome kmo; IRS, OEO, DHS, Congress’ Office of Technology, & later had a law internship at SEC. Husband’s been a govt employee writing govt reports for years. Reports are always written with the consumers’ (upward agency supervisors) objectives in mind.
Freeh was a govt employee. He’s got govt-speak in his blood imo. The language will
be only revelatory enough to advance whatever goal & outcome (action items) he wants to advance imo.
And that’s why the leak too. Call me a cynic, sorry.
Lengthy company history on Paris Corp. a joint venture with Xerox.
Has Rose’s iphone melted? Miss her posts, and as of late they were sounding like a “cry for help” or at least a “cry for cool.”
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/paris-corporation-history/
Oooohhhh! That’s what Ganim’s doing up there.
Anybody know how Jon Sandusky happened to get his job with the Cleveland Browns?
Here is an article with some interesting insight into the beginnings of the NCAA. http://www.makingtherules.com/EXCLUSIVE
I could see the NCAA using this as a power grab by instituting new policies which the college sports community will accept over fear of having another equally disturbing crime, feeling this will circumvent the probable loss of revenue.
Silly me! I thought Spanier only wanted those recovered emails, like he said, “Spanier states in his suit that he asked Penn State officials for a chance to review his old files before speaking to investigators with the Freeh Group…”
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/05/former_penn_state_university_p_1.html
But, since the Freeh report will be out before his now-scheduled August hearing on the matter, it’ll be too late. Guess he wants them for other reasons.
“A court order dated Friday scheduled argument on the matter for Aug. 17 in the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte.”
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/07/penn_states_ex-president_graha.html
“We’ve only just begun…” (song title; hit by the Carpenters)
Yeah, to get out of appearing before the gj.
O my, the Carpenters are involved. Sigh. Top of the World .. Lookin.
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No matter who is at fault for creating a coverup decision, there will always those that are hurt because of it when it comes time to “pay the piper”. Yes, the players were responsible for very little of this, but if the NCAA does invoke sanctions it is the players who will pay the big price.
My suggestion would be that the NCAA place a set of full time monitors in the athletic department for five years so that nothing happens without their knowledge. That would be the lightest and fairest to the players and the student body.
Based on Blinks statement of “how deep the well”, we may find that things are a lot worse than we now know. If that is true, the NCAA may do a lot more.
Yes Word Girl, “This Land is Your Land” is one of my favorites. A new instrumental favorite is “A Nathan Hale Trilogy”. This is a three movement piece honoring Nathan Hale with a beginning fast movement followed by a slow movement and then another fast movement. The arrangement is gorgeous with beautiful chords and traded themes between the instrumental sections.
As long as we’re being silly, I’ll tell something. Awhile back I was visiting relatives and friends in the Phillie area. Inlaws are Italian-American. My best friend, now deceased, lived with her daughter in Wynnewood PA –one of those ritzy old Main Line Phillie neighborhoods. Not far from Wayne, where Caritas Foundation, is located, since we were discussing it.
Having nosed around a bit there, some dear folks shipped to me, awaiting me when I got home, this darling stuffed severed horses head. Which I thought enormously funny. Mr. Beejay, of Italian descent, was not so amused.
This looks like the one I have:
http://kropserkel.com/horse_head_pillow.htm
As soon as the lights went out at night, Sandusky’s fellow inmates at the Centre County Correctional Facility serenaded him with a chorus from Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”:
“Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone!”
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/jail-inmates-serenaded-sandusky-with-hey-teacher-leave-those-kids-alone-2012-6#ixzz20CTjZFlO
Well this was ironic, and I am disgusted, and in agreement.
@Beejay, I think Jon Sandusky followed Heckert, Jr. from the Eagles to the Browns, his dad Heckert, Sr. was a football coach in Michigan and then a scout for the Browns and in personnel for the Dolphins. Sr would be a Jerry Sandusky contemporary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Heckert,_Jr.
Tom Heckert has made his first hires from the Eagles’ scouting staff, hiring away Jon Sandusky and John Spytek. Both were given promotions with the move.
As expected, new Browns general manager Tom Heckert is bringing members of his staff with the Eagles to Cleveland. Heckert hired Jon Sandusky as director of player personnel and John Spytek as personnel executive. Sandusky spent nine seasons with the Eagles, the last two as the pro personnel director. Spytek was with the Eagles for five seasons, the last three as a pro/college scout.
http://www.igglesblog.com/iggles_blog/2010/01/eagles-front-office-now-accepting-resumes.html
Sandusky played high school football at State College High School, where he was a teammate of Mike McQueary, the Penn State assistant coach who testified before a grand jury that eventually filed charges against the senior Sandusky.
http://www.csnphilly.com/blog/eagles-talk/post/Sanduskys-tenuous-connection-to-Eagles?blockID=592548
@ erose. our Town had a big transformer explosion Sunday, it is said.
So elec went again. Not only that a/c never revived; awaiting new compressor.
Probably from the beginning being 2 blocks from the “never appearing in the neighborhood” (except
at the country club) Chief Roberts would have gotten
attention, but no doubt he decamped to ME. Can’t keep up here when hot.
Poor Rose, I hope you get a break soon. I will think cool thoughts for you.
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Rose
I am sorry to learn of your A/C problems. A transformer exploding on the power line means they had a direct short to ground when they powered the circuit. That is also the source of your compressor outage. Probably the result of bringing the line up on the wrong phase which usually results in some destroyed equipment at customer locations. The next problem is to get them to admit an error so they become responsible.
I’ll send you some 75 degree temp. from Houston where I am today. Never thought I could make that statement in July.
I am laughing at Word Girl trying to determine just which meaning I meant regarding the use of sanction. Either one would work in this case because we don’t have any knowledge of the information they have collected.
Steve
I am sure you are aware that football programs at the major schools generate at lot more than TV and radio revenues. Most of the big schools also generate millions of dollars from sales of shirts, caps, sox and other things such as mugs, sun glasses. The University of Texas earned 95 million last year in just that area alone. Penn. State is certainly up there in the millions as well.
The collateral damage from criminal behavior to an organization is going to be huge most of the time. Happy valley is not the only place that will feel the effects. All the other campuses will feel it too.
Lyrics to the J. Sadusky serenade cited by erose, above:
“We don’t need no education
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it’s just another brick in the wall.
All in all you’re just another brick in the wall.”
Pink Floyd, “Another Brick in the Wall”
I agree Texas grandfather. I don’t believe the NCAA is any more altruistic than the sports programs they “oversee”
“Since November of last year, when he resigned his presidency, (Spanier) has wanted the Freeh Group to create an accurate report and has been determined to assist in any way he can,” his attorney said.
“Selected leaks, without the full context, are distorting the public record and creating a false picture. At no time in the more than 16 years of his presidency at Penn State was Dr. Spanier told of an incident involving Jerry Sandusky that described child abuse, sexual misconduct or criminality of any kind, and he reiterated that during his interview with Louis Freeh and his colleagues,” said Spanier’s Philadelphia-based attorney, Peter Vaira.
http://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/penn-st-nittany-lions/2012/7/10/3149698/penn-state-scandal-graham-spanier-jerry-sandusky
I am confused. I thought he needed emails in order to meet with Freeh’s investigators.
Did he think president was a synonym for ostrich?
Seriously none of these humps whatsoever are going to take accountability as an obligatory duty to their professions as educators or administrators?
B
I just had an interesting email experience, and I think it is an example of how emails can be misinterpreted. I am not sticking up for Spainer or Paterno or any one else, and I hope I can properly convey my experience, and sorry if I bore you with the details.
The background: Our company has a client, with federal money that is approved for a project, but bonding companies find the client, not our company, less than desirable, because they have immunity in the federal, state and county court system. (Yes, they are Native Americans, and wonderful to work with, and I feel like a part of the tribe). I have had to convince them to give up tribal immunity for this project and I have been dealing with the tribal attorney, the facilities director, the bonding company and of course our guys on the ground. The tribe dragged their feet for two weeks, and finally consented, but now the project is facing a two weeks delay.
I tell you this because I had a series of emails going back and forth between myself and the bonding company, where I start out saying that I now have the waiver, which is what they wanted, but I had other issues to resolve (a two week extension) which benefits my company and is ultimately in the best interests of the bonding company, who wants us to be successful.
Now here is the important part, yesterday, I left a voice mail for the bonding agent saying it is in our mutual benefit to secure an extension before the bond is issued. He emails me back that we need an extension, not simply that he agrees with me, but that, word for word, he needs the extension.
If you follow the email exchanges, bottom to top, no where in this communication does it say I wanted this extension, because I did so over the phone. Additionally, when the topic came up today, the agent said he doesn’t even remember why he was prompted to write that, and he wrote it yesterday. I knew it was a direct result of my voice mail, and when I told him so, it triggered his memory.
My point is that just because there are email communications, that does not mean they were fluid and exclusive. Paterno and Curley could have met in the building and further discussed the situation. Spainer and Curley could have spoken on the phone. There are many variables that can mislead what is a seemingly exclusive conversation via email. IMO, I think email should legally be considered the same as a conversation, as the context can be deceiving, as was just proven to me.
In my situation, no harm done, it was just an interesting example. With PSU, and no Paterno to dispute the story, I’m not sure even with the full release, that I will bank on the “evidence” reflecting the whole truth.
“The hiring of the Freeh Group is the single most important action the board of trustees has taken,” the family’s statement said. “Joe supported this decision with the hope that it would result in a thorough, balanced and thoughtful assessment of the Sandusky tragedy. Unfortunately, recent events have raised questions about the fairness and confidentiality of the investigative process.”
The Paterno family was referring to reports about e-mails that appeared to show that Paterno played a greater role than previously thought in Penn State’s handling of a 2001 report that Sandusky sexually assaulted a boy in a shower at a university athletic facility.
http://blinkoncrime.com/2012/07/01/jerry-sandusky-subject-of-new-bombshell-molestation-allegation-his-defense-attorney-joseph-amedolas-nephew-jonathan-federal-civil-suit-filed/comment-page-4/#comment-1935907
LOL, the BOT paid to find out what they know. Are they kidding us here? I realize what they are trying to say, but when worded this way, it sounds ridiculous.
The university trustees who paid for the probe, led by former FBI agent and federal judge Louis Freeh, will pore through it on Thursday to see what it says about university employees, recommendations for policy changes and even their own knowledge about rumors Sandusky had abused children on campus.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/football/ncaa/wires/07/11/2060.ap.fbc.penn.state.abuse.1st.ld.writethru.1644/index.html#ixzz20IQ93D00
When reading the protests of the Paterno family coupled with the adamant denial of knowledge from Spainer, it makes me wonder what is really going on here. If Paterno’s family is right about Sandusky’s deception then no one, or hardly anyone knew. Goes against everything we have thought.
Full statement from the family of Joe Paterno
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Over the last nine months Joe Paterno has been praised by some in near saintly terms and criticized by others as a villain. He was neither.
•The sad and frightening fact is Jerry Sandusky was a master deceiver. He fooled players, coaches, law enforcement officials, child service professionals, Penn State Board members, University leaders, neighbors, donors, staff and supporters of Second Mile and his family.
•With respect to the email from Tim Curley which stated, “After giving it more thought, and talking it over with Joe yesterday – I am uncomfortable with what we agreed were the next steps,” the media spin that this is proof of some sort of cover up is completely false. When the facts come out, it will be clear that Joe Paterno never gave Tim Curley any instructions to protect Sandusky or limit any investigation of his actions.
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/07/10/3257491/full-statement-from-the-family.html#storylink=cpy
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/07/10/3257491/full-statement-from-the-family.html#storylink=cpy
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/07/10/3257491/full-statement-from-the-family.html#storylink=cpy
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/07/freeh_report_on_penn_state_rel.html
while the full Board gets the written report with the public, imo salient points and recommendations likely were shared orally by Freeh with the Exec Committee. The Paterno family statement is well-crafted. It does seem odd no member of the Freeh team interviewed the wife, or son. Not appropriate to give them the report to read, but just do an interview for their POV if only as a courtesy.
TY ATG – sent your engineering paragr on to our mayor our electric co negotiator.
zapped a 1 yo fridge too. awake, at 79F.
I will feel progress when Curley/Schultz cases are closed out successfully and the resolution of the disposition of TSM assets protects victim interests.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Lawyers for the former Penn State administrators charged with lying to the grand jury investigating Jerry Sandusky are scheduled to meet privately Wednesday afternoon with a Dauphin County judge.
Former athletic director Tim Curley and retired senior vice president Gary Schultz are not expected to attend the meeting Wednesday at the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/07/10/2191189/attorneys-for-former-penn-state.html#storylink=cpy
Outrageous statements by Graham Spanier’s lawyers on 7/9/12, 2 days from the Freeh report is released, stating that he NEVER heard of ONE incident of child molestation by Jerry Sadusky in his 16 years as President at Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania. Outrageous! WG is Yelling here! Steaming and fuming! Off the Hook, here!!!
“Spanier’s lawyers on Tuesday broke a months-long silence to deny suggestions that he participated in a cover-up with the image of Penn State and its powerful and lucrative football program at stake. They said Spanier was never informed that Sandusky may have been abusing children.
“At no time in the more than 16 years of his presidency at Penn State was Dr. Spanier told of an incident involving Jerry Sandusky that described child abuse, sexual misconduct or criminality of any kind, and he reiterated that during his interview with Louis Freeh and his colleagues,” said attorneys Peter Vaira and Elizabeth Ainslie.”
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/football/ncaa/wires/07/11/2060.ap.fbc.penn.state.abuse.1st.ld.writethru.1644/index.html#ixzz20L9oP4V8
Puh-lezze. It’s downright sinful, Graham. And you freaking know it.
word play. Really? How “soulfull.”
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*2 days before Freeh report* *Hook=word play for that news agency*
self editing even more–I may have to go for a run.
ATG LOL. I was just wondering why we use the 4th definition of a word like sanction (any relation to sanctify family?) for penalty.
I mean, we do, but why? Just floating my flotsam and jettsam out there. hee. (Ain’t those spiffy words, too?!)
With the results of the probe due to be released Thursday morning, FightOnState.com has learned that Mike McQueary — the former Nittany Lions assistant coach who served as a key prosecution witness in the criminal case in which Sandusky was convicted on 45 counts of abuse — has not been interviewed by Freeh’s investigators.
A source close to McQueary’s family, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said McQueary made multiple offers to speak to the Freeh investigators but they did not follow up.
http://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/penn-st-nittany-lions/2012/7/11/3151907/penn-state-scandal-mike-mcqueary-not-part-of-freeh-inquiry-according
Text of letter Joe Paterno wrote in December 2011
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/football/ncaa/07/11/joe-paterno-letter-penn-state.ap/index.html#ixzz20MhVQfch
besmirched and dictated. That is a fat lie.
Coach was a bright guy, and he was a brilliant coach. He was.
He did not pen or dictate that letter, I just want the jockeying to stop.
This is a dead heat of nothing already.
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I hope somewhere Sollers has a letter that speaks to the allegations. If Paterno wrote this, one can only hope he went on the record with regards to Sandusky and what he knew and when.
well, erose, leaving out McQueary is crazy as hell. interviewed Dranov instead? maybe Dad?
The only motivation for Freeh Group imo to omit him would be to preserve his testimony, without their documenting possible human observations, variations in a Report, for the perjury trial against Schultz/Curley. Which would mean by their very interview agenda the Group had predecided the fall guys.
@Blink,
I read this was released by a former player. Is this the pro-Paterno camp? Is this his family? WTH is going on?
Pro Paterno, not by family, but a supporter. Coach did not write it, although it was issued by his office.
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same writing style, Blink, as that lawyer who’s the family
spokesperson getting “out in front” all the time. Lately imo
doing them no service (ie publicizing asking to see report in advance)
@Word Girl. I think it’s entirely possible Spanier was in the dark as to allegations.
Curley/Spanier could’ve just told him JS was too friendly with a young boy and made McQ uncomfortable.
The flaw was Spanier’s legal counsel arrangement. Courtney preceded him at PS
and no doubt thought he’d outlast Spanier.
All depends on whether Courtney identified his interests as Town or Gown. I believe the former. JS was really the ultimate Townie, and someone in an insular environment 16 years had hardly arrived in Town yet.
Spanier should’ve selected & hired his own inhouse Counsel. That he stuck with Courtney
shows imo Courtney had more informal power in Town than Spanier.
I am interested Freeh Group went back to 1975, the time Sandusky got his job I think.
LOL at Town OR Gown
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Crazy is right. Predecided the fall guys, exactly. I feel like we are watching a snowball fight, in the middle of a white out. (I used an analogy that would make you think of cooler times.)
Dranov and Dad should be going down with everyone else, and I do not understand why the focus has never been on them. If we are to believe what we are told, they should have received the raw, uncut version since they were first to hear about it.
Rose says:
July 11, 2012 at 9:35 pm
well, erose, leaving out McQueary is crazy as hell. interviewed Dranov instead? maybe Dad?
The only motivation for Freeh Group imo to omit him would be to preserve his testimony, without their documenting possible human observations, variations in a Report, for the perjury trial against Schultz/Curley. Which would mean by their very interview agenda the Group had predecided the fall guys.
@Blink. It strikes me there was a whole lotta Gown: Spanier, Faculty Senate, distinguished faculty, students, etc.
But then there was a whole piece of PS, the dominant piece … inbred Town …. & from the region bred: Sandusky, Curley, Courtney, Dranov etc. The local social/political/financial crew. Imo they really had the campus stitched up in terms of process. Enough control on the BOT. Gown/Town worked as long as financial & political interests were together. Now they are not. And informal social power has shifted. Paternos were the rare birds on both sides of the aisle imo.
Right you are, Rose. I’ve lived Town and Gown. Sixteen years and
cue the music
“You’ve only just begun…to live…..”
“We’ve only just begun to live
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck and we’re on our way
We’ve only begun
Before the risin’ sun, we fly
So many roads to choose
We’ll start out walkin’ and learn to run
And yes, we’ve just begun
Sharing horizons that are new to us
Watching the signs along the way
Talkin’ it over, just the two of us
Workin’ together day to day, together
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/c/carpenters-lyrics/we_ve-only-just-begun-lyrics.html ]
And when the evening comes, we smile
So much of life ahead
We’ll find a place where there’s room to grow
And yes, we’ve just begun
Sharing horizons that are new to us
Watching the signs along the way
Talkin’ it over, just the two of us
Workin’ together day to day, together, together
And when the evening comes, we smile
So much of life ahead
We’ll find a place where there’s room to grow
And yes, we’ve just begun”
Written by Roger Nichols (music) and Paul Williams (lyrics) and first released in a television commercial in 1970.
1975 isn’t an arbitrary date. I believe it’s due to mandatory reporting law:
“Since 1975, Pennsylvania law has mandated that persons who, in the course
of their professional work, come into contact with children are obligated to
report suspected child abuse to ChildLine or law enforcement.”
http://www.protectpachildren.org/files/childabuseFAQ1252012.pdf
If you are by any definition a “Penn Stater”—and I am: an alum, a football season ticket holder, and a university employee—these past eight months have been horribly surreal, and more than a little personal. For the rest of the world, it’s just been a Really Big Story. I’m writing this piece for Deadspin (anonymously, because speaking bluntly about all this while on the university payroll doesn’t seem the best way to keep my job and feed my kid) largely because it’s Deadspin, where sport’s biggest shitheads go to get the scorn they deserve. Certainly there’s no bigger shithead in the history of American sports than Jerry Sandusky, and plenty of other characters in this saga have played the villain to varying degrees. Of the peripheral bad guys, Paterno is the only one whose culpability and legacy matter to anyone other than lawyers, prosecutors, and their own friends and family. I imagine Paterno is the only reason most people are still paying attention.
I’m making the case for the overwhelming majority of Penn State fans and alumni, many of whom have made themselves look like fools over these past eight months with maudlin arguments in Paterno’s defense. Most aren’t fools, and no one I know is a conscious apologist for a guy who appears to have been covering for a child rapist. They’re simply stuck somewhere in the first two stages of grief, unable to grasp the apparent truth, livid at a larger world that berates them for ignoring what seems obvious to everyone else.
http://deadspin.com/5925143/joe-paternos-defenders-arent-crazy-just-blind-heres-how-they-got-that-way?tag=pennstatescandal