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Sandusky accuser: I told Paterno about shower assault in 1976
A man claims he told Joe Paterno and his assistant coaches the day after Jerry Sandusky allegedly molested him in a shower at a 1976 football camp, but Paterno brushed him off, saying he had a football season to worry about, according to newly unsealed court records.
"I was shocked, disappointed, offended. I was insulted," the man, who was 14 at the time. told lawyers for Pennsylvania State University's insurer in a deposition two years ago. "I was embarrassed."
The man later became one of dozens of Sandusky accusers paid millions by Pennsylvania State University. His testimony was released as part of a trove of records unsealed in an ongoing legal fight with its insurer over who should cover the costs of the millions of dollars Penn State has paid to end claims tied to Sandusky.
The documents include excerpts of depositions from accusers who say they reported abuse to Paterno or members of his staff in the 1970s and 80s. That's far before 1998, the point that an independent investigation had established as the earliest date Penn State's iconic coach and other school officials knew or should have known about reports to police that Sandusky had sexually abused a child.
"I was shocked, disappointed, offended. I was insulted," the man, who was 14 at the time. told lawyers for Pennsylvania State University's insurer in a deposition two years ago. "I was embarrassed."
The man later became one of dozens of Sandusky accusers paid millions by Pennsylvania State University. His testimony was released as part of a trove of records unsealed in an ongoing legal fight with its insurer over who should cover the costs of the millions of dollars Penn State has paid to end claims tied to Sandusky.
The documents include excerpts of depositions from accusers who say they reported abuse to Paterno or members of his staff in the 1970s and 80s. That's far before 1998, the point that an independent investigation had established as the earliest date Penn State's iconic coach and other school officials knew or should have known about reports to police that Sandusky had sexually abused a child.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160713_Judge_unseals_records_on_claim_Paterno_knew_about_Sandusky_abuse.html
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Why wait so long to tell anyone?
Joe Paterno, Bill Cosby, and Woody Allen it just goes to show that you really don't know
about who people.
Paterno was told about Sandusky and still let him take a little boy with him on
a bowl trip.
Penn State coach Joe Paterno was told by a teen boy in 1976 that Sandusky had molested him in the shower but responded that he did not want to hear about it and had "a football season to worry about," according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.
The man identified as John Doe 150 said in 2014 that other boys in a shower heard him yell that Sandusky had just touched him sexually. The man said he told several adults about it, then sought out Paterno.
"Is it accurate that Coach Paterno quickly said to you, I don't want to hear about any of that kind of stuff, I have a football season to worry about?" a lawyer for Penn State's insurance carrier asked the man. "Specifically, yes," the man replied.
"I was shocked, disappointed, offended, I was insulted," John Doe 150 testified. "I said, is that all you're going to do? You're not going to do anything else?"
He said Paterno then "just walked away."
The man identified as John Doe 150 said in 2014 that other boys in a shower heard him yell that Sandusky had just touched him sexually. The man said he told several adults about it, then sought out Paterno.
"Is it accurate that Coach Paterno quickly said to you, I don't want to hear about any of that kind of stuff, I have a football season to worry about?" a lawyer for Penn State's insurance carrier asked the man. "Specifically, yes," the man replied.
"I was shocked, disappointed, offended, I was insulted," John Doe 150 testified. "I said, is that all you're going to do? You're not going to do anything else?"
He said Paterno then "just walked away."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-joe-paterno-jerry-sandusky-abuse-20160712-story.html
