His attorneys say Sandusky sexually abused the victim "over one hundred times" and threatened to harm the victim and his family if he alerted anyone to the abuse. December 2, - A victim's attorneys say they have reached a settlement with The Second Mile that allows it to stay in operation but requires it to obtain court approval before transferring assets or closing. Because I'm attracted to young people -- boys, girls -- I December 7, - Sandusky is arrested on additional child rape charges, which raises the number of victims from eight to 10 people.
He is charged with four counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and two counts of unlawful contact with a minor. He also faces one new count of indecent assault and two counts of endangering a child's welfare, in addition to a single new count of indecent assault and two counts of corruption of minors.
He is placed under house arrest and is required to wear an electronic monitoring device. He is also restricted from contacting the victims and possible witnesses, and he must be supervised during any interactions with minors. December 13, - Sandusky enters a plea of not guilty and waives his right to a preliminary hearing. December 16, - A hearing is held for Curley and Schultz.
McQueary testifies he told university officials that he saw Sandusky possibly sexually assaulting a boy in Following the testimony, the judge rules that the perjury case against Curley and Schultz will go to trial.
The incident is later said to have happened in January 13, - Curley and Schultz enter pleas of not guilty for their failure to report child sex abuse and waive a court appearance scheduled for later this month. January 22, - Paterno dies at the age of June 11, - The Sandusky trial begins.
June 22, - Sandusky is found guilty on 45 counts after jurors deliberate for almost 21 hours. His bail is immediately revoked, and he is taken to jail.
June 30, - McQueary's contract as assistant football coach ends. July 12, - Freeh announces the findings of the investigation into Penn State's actions concerning Sandusky and child abuse. The report accuses the former leaders at Penn State of showing "total and consistent disregard" for child sex abuse victims, while covering up the attacks of a longtime sexual predator. Additionally, the school must vacate all wins from , and will lose 20 football scholarships a year for four seasons. August 24, - "Victim 1" files a lawsuit against Penn State.
October 2, - McQueary files a whistleblower lawsuit against Penn State. October 8, - An audio statement from Sandusky airs in which he protests his innocence and says he is falsely accused.
October 9, - Sandusky is sentenced to no less than 30 years and no more than 60 years in prison. During the hearing, Sandusky is designated a violent sexual offender.
Doe alleges that he would not have been assaulted by Sandusky if officials, who were aware he was molesting boys, had not covered up his misconduct. October 18, - Sandusky's lawyers file an appeal. November 1, - The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania files eight charges against former Penn State President Spanier in connection with the rape scandal. The charges include perjury and endangering the welfare of a child. January 30, - Judge John M.
Cleland denies Sandusky's appeal for a new trial. July 30, - A judge rules that Spanier, Curley and Schultz will face trial on obstruction of justice and other charges related to the Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. August 26, - Attorneys announce Sandusky's adopted son and six other victims have finalized settlement agreements.
This is the result of a November 13 court ruling that reversed a decision to terminate Sandusky's pension under a state law that allows the termination of pensions of public employees convicted of a "disqualifying crime. When they were sentenced in , judge John Boccabella castigated them for not reporting Sandusky to the police.
He did not spare Paterno. However, the NCAA retreated from the sanctions in after a judge questioned whether it had the authority to impose them. Penn State and the NCAA instituted reforms to fight child abuse, sexual misconduct and unethical actions.
Today, university officials stress the progress Penn State has made in improving safety, reporting expectations, background checks, and ethics and compliance. The board of trustees instituted a code of conduct that anyone remotely connected with athletics must follow. The Penn State football program has rebounded from the Sandusky scandal, although it has yet to be chosen for the College Football Playoff.
Penn State coach James Franklin rockets to the top of any coaching candidate list, but his link to a Vanderbilt rape case may raise questions at USC. He is Inmate KT, 77 years old and not eligible for parole for about 21 more years.
The damage Sandusky caused from his crimes is incalculable, starting with an unknown number of boys whose innocence he stole. In addition, the decision to fire Paterno caused deep divisions in the Penn State community. That is certainly the case in Centre County, Ard said. But we have to realize that there are still sexual predators out there and we have to be vigilant.
Donald Heller, vice president of operations and a professor of education at the University of San Francisco, taught at Penn State in and has consulted on higher education policy issues with university systems around the country. We wanted to see the leadership step up and comment in support of the victims and they did not. At the end of the fall semester, Heller left Penn State, making an already-planned move to Michigan State to become the dean of the College of Education there.
In , an investigation by the Indianapolis Star led to a physician from Michigan State who had long worked for USA gymnastics, Larry Nassar , being implicated in sexual assaults of girls and young women going back decades. Since then, sexual abuse scandals have emerged at other major universities, including in the athletic departments at Ohio State and San Jose State. Dave Bennett joined the Los Angeles Times in as a copy editor on the national desk, then moved to the sports desk two years later.
In , he became sports copy chief and held that job for eight years. Sandusky, 75, was convicted in of 45 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys through his youth charity, The Second Mile. At the hearing, Sandusky also declared his innocence, choking up twice in brief remarks to the judge and telling his supporters he loves them.
The hearing for Sandusky was ordered by a state appeals court after it ruled mandatory minimum sentences were improperly applied against him. The court, however, pointedly refused to order a new trial.
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