<>I’m not buying that Paterno didn’t know what was going on.<>
The Grand Jury did. It came down to Paterno and McQueary versus Schultz and Curley. The Grand Jury returned indictments against Schultz and Curley for perjury and failing to report the abuse of a child. To the very end these two were insisting that it was reported to them to be only “horseplay”.
And then human sexuality promoter President of PSU Graham Spanier, who had earlier ordered Paterno not to speak to the press, showed what side he had been on from the beginning. “After the charges came to light, former President Graham Spanier issued a statement in which he said Curley and Schultz had his unconditional support, and saying they “operate at the highest levels of honesty.”
What!!! No “unconditional support” for McQueary and Paterno, just the two cronies charged with perjury and failure to report child abuse???
<>Sandusky raped a child before the Alamo bowl using tickets given to him by Paterno.<>
That was 1999. Paterno told the Grand Jury that he had no knowledge of the 1998 incident, which incidentally was reported to law enforcement and fully investigated. If the Grand Jury believed him to be lying, why didn’t they charge him with perjury???
Freeh’s evidence indicting Paterno is an email from the none other than an indicted perjurer who has now lawyered up.Is that the best evidence that Freeh can find???
Finally there is this little tidbit. McQueary said that he reported the 2001 incident to the police. What??? What police??? Gary Schultz was THE POLICE. As Vice President of PSU, he was head of and had oversight over the PSU Police Department.
He had a meeting with Schultz and Curley after reporting it to Paterno. Why would anyone think that once the head of the PSU Police Department knew about the incident that it would get swept under the rug??? Why would anyone think that the head of the PSU Police Department would fail to investigate it from there???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State_sex_abuse_scandal
Freeh’s report didn't let anyone off the hook and in his public comments Freeh indicts all of Penn States heirachy and doesn't blame Paterno anymore than the board of directors.
The two things Freeh pins on Paterno is one that he didn't inquire into the well being of the victim and two that Paterno refused to adhere to the Clery Act.
I am not on a grand jury and this isn't a court of law. The burden of evidence in court is a lot greater than it is in my court. O.J. Simpson did not kill his ex-wife so said the court of law. I have stated before that Paterno reported the incident to his superior which was the minimal thing he had to do. Freeh’s report states this but he is also of the opinion that Paterno as a man of his statue and influence could have done a lot more for that child.
I believe that Paterno who coached with Sandusky for thirty years knew a little more about him than he has led us to believe. I also believe McQuery was given a full-time job at Penn State for keeping the shower incident “in house”. It appears that Penn State had a culture of fear as reported by the janitors employed there, created by Paterno.
This isn't over for Penn State or Spanier, Curley or Shultz. They will get their day in court. Paterno is dead and his lack of action is something he took to the grave. Paterno did not go to the police and there was no police report. Paterno went to people he could count on to keep things quiet.