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.
January 22, - A three-judge panel reverses the obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges against Spanier, Curley and Schultz, and the perjury charges against Spanier and Curley. May 4, - A new allegation purports Paterno knew that his assistant coach Sandusky was sexually abusing a child as early as , according to a new court filing. The ongoing lawsuit, filed in , seeks to determine whether Penn State or its insurance policy is liable for paying Sandusky's victims.
At least 30 men were involved in a civil settlement with Penn State, and the number of victims could be higher. May 6, - CNN reports the story of another alleged victim who explains how he was a troubled young kid in when Sandusky raped him in a Penn State bathroom. He says his complaint about it was ignored by Paterno.
July 12, - Newly unsealed court documents allege that Paterno knew about Sandusky's abuse and that he dismissed a victim's complaint. August 12, - In a bid for a new trial, Sandusky testifies at a post-conviction hearing claiming his lawyers bungled his trial. On the stand, Sandusky describes what he said as bad media and legal advice given to him by his former lawyer, Joseph Amendola.
That bad advice, he said, included an interview he granted to Costas on NBC. It's the largest fine in the history of the act. March 13, - Curley and Schultz plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of children in exchange for the dismissal of felony charges.
March 24, - Spanier is found guilty on one misdemeanor count of endangering the welfare of a child. Spanier was acquitted of more serious allegations, including conspiracy charges and a felony count of child endangerment.
June 2, - Spanier, and two other former administrators are sentenced to jail terms for failing to report a allegation that Sandusky was molesting young boys. February 5, - In response to an appeal for a new trial that also questions the validity of mandatory minimum sentencing, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania orders Sandusky to be re-sentenced.
The request for a new trial is denied. Spanier was set to be sentenced on the one count conviction, instead, the court ordered the conviction be vacated because it was based on a criminal statute that did not go into effect until after the conduct in question.
The state has 90 days to retry him, according to court documents. The following month, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro appeals the judge's decision to throw out the conviction. November 22, - Sandusky is resentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison , the same penalty that was previously overturned.
The initial sentence of at least 30 years in prison was overturned by the Pennsylvania Superior Court, which found that mandatory minimum sentences were illegally imposed. OCR completed the compliance review after it was initially launched in , and found that the University violated Title IX for several years, in various ways. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announces that the US Department of Education and the university have entered into a resolution agreement that compels Penn State to address deficiencies in their complaint process, reporting policy requirements, record keeping, and training of staff, university police and other persons who work with students.
She cited the long list of disciplinary infractions Sandusky has racked up during his prison stint. They ranged from refusing orders to hand over his dinner tray to being caught with smuggled medication in his cell. He filed a grievance this summer when prison guards refused to let a podcaster and documentarian interview him with equipment that had been banned under prison policy. There is no acknowledgment of guilt. Only evil. Skip to content Share Icon. In a page opinion, the appeals panel struck down argument after argument that lawyers for Sandusky, 75, had made in seeking a new trial.
His defense lawyer, Al Lindsay, said he was disappointed but will ask the state's highest court to reconsider.
Lindsay said he was unsure if the new sentencing is likely to result in a substantially different sentence. He called the case "one of the most profound injustices in the history of American jurisprudence. The U. Supreme Court has indicated that jurors must consider anything that could result in a longer sentence, and such elements must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
A judge, not jury, sentenced Sandusky. 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.
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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.
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