Respectfully, he didn't immediately take it to his boss. He immediately called his father from a phone in an office in the athletic building. It sounds as if he didn't have a cell phone on him. That was 9:30 on a Friday night. He went home and discussed it with his father.
I don't know how late it was by that time, but they didn't call Joe Paterno that night. They waited until Saturday morning. The graduate assistant called Paterno and Paterno asked him to come to his home. That's when Paterno found out.
Paterno waited until Sunday to notify the AD.
So the rape that took place on Friday night was reported by the grad assistant to his father immediately, but wasn't reported to Paterno until Saturday morning, and wasn't reported by Paterno until sometime on Sunday.
sigh.....
I just finished reading the presentment.
The grad assistant allowed that boy to remain with his rapist that night.
Of course, the GA would have known the rapist - and that has to enter into his degree of shock.
Nethertheless....the child remained with the rapist, and it is fair to assume, was taken from the site of the crime by the rapist and returned to his home.
That right there is extremely bad judgement.
Yes - he reported it, but not in the way you would hope most reasonable people - people who would be concerned for the welfare of a child/victim - would report it.