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Today’s Less-Than-Surprising Revelation of Bad Behavior

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Rur-roh:

Philadelphia County judge Gary Glazer’s opinion today in a lawsuit between Penn State and its insurance company revealed that witnesses testified Joe Paterno knew about Jerry Sandusky’s abuse of children as early as 1976. Other witnesses in the case report members of the coaching staff observed “inappropriate contact” in 1987 and sexual contact in 1988 while another 1988 incident alleged a child’s report of being molested was referred to Penn State’s athletic director. All involved Joe Paterno’s assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky.

Despite these incidents, Sandusky remained involved with the Penn State football program until a week before his arrest. He was convicted of 45 sex crime-related counts in 2012.

Throughout most of the Sandusky scandal, Joe Paterno claimed that he was unaware that his assistant coach was sexually abusing children; 2012’s Freeh Report showed that Paterno was aware of a 1998 incident and told Sandusky he could keep coaching. Today’s opinion from Judge Glazer—relying on sworn deposition from numerous witnesses—holds that Paterno knew about Sandusky’s behavior much earlier.

Wetzel:

So did Joe Paterno know about Sandusky in 1976 and do nothing? Did an assistant coach know in 1987? Did another claim of abuse come to the AD in 1988? If so, how could Paterno not have heard about those two accusations?

What about the police investigation into Sandusky and a State College boy in 1998? No charges were filed, but the investigation was intense; Sandusky even admitted making a “mistake.” State College is a small town and Sandusky was a big figure. Paterno never heard? What about the email chain about the situation involving three Penn State administrators, including the athletic director, Tim Curley, who wrote he had spoken to “the coach” about the situation? If Paterno isn’t “the coach” then who else could have been the coach?

Essentially, there is this: How many allegations can there be that Paterno was told something, only for his supporters to keep claiming he didn’t know anything?

That Paterno has apologists outside of his family before this was pretty egregious. If they still are…I don’t even know what to say.

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