Police confirm investigation into allegations against SU assistant coach Bernie Fine

[Tx4obama]

Police confirm investigation into allegations against SU assistant coach Bernie Fine

SYRACUSE -- Syracuse Police have confirmed to CNY Central they are in the very early stages of an investigation into allegations made against Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine.

Police would not elaborate on what those allegations are, but ESPN.com is reporting that those allegations involve molesting a team ball boy. Syracuse Police say the information came to the department today.

According to ESPN.com, the alleged abuse started in the mid-1980s and lasted for more than a dozen years. The alleged victim told ESPN's Outside the Lines that he was entering the seventh grade at the time it started.

We have put in several calls to the Syracuse University Athletics Department. So far, no calls have been returned.

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http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=688021#.TsW2flat21d

[Mojeoux]

1. 7th grade, that's like 12 or 13

I despise these peds. They need to live on the moon.

[Tx4obama]

2. Update

@BreakingNews Breaking News
Clarification: Syracuse University says in 2005 it launched an investigation into allegations against assistant coach bit.ly/rqHPwS
15 minutes ago

http://twitter.com/#!/BreakingNews/status/137344856916897794

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Statement from Kevin Quinn, Senior Vice President for Public Affairs, Syracuse University

November 17, 2011

“In light of the new allegations and the Syracuse City Police investigation, this evening Chancellor Cantor asked Director of Athletics Dr. Daryl Gross, to place Associate Head Coach Bernie Fine on administrative leave.”

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http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2011/statement-11-17.html

[Tx4obama]

3. Bump. n/t

[RainDog]

4. I would imagine that finally making the pedophile case at Penn State

will give a lot of people courage to come forward in similar places and situations, like the church scandal did - in that case, it spread across nations.

I would not be surprised at all to see others come forward as well.

And the institutions have to respond to these complaints now because they have no choice. They can't try to protect the institution - not that that would be everyone's response, but this moment takes away the value of doing so.