Posted on 11/20/2023 6:33:35 AM PST by Red Badger
Jets legend Joe Namath covered up sexual abuse at his facility, according to court papers filed by a man who says he was assaulted there 51 years ago.
Philip Lyle Smith, 64, recently told The Post about his horrific ordeal at a Joe Namath Instructional Football Camp, speaking publicly for the first time about claims he detailed as “John Doe’’ in an ongoing Brooklyn lawsuit.
Smith said his alleged sexual predator was well-known Brooklyn Poly Prep Country Club football coach Philip Foglietta, later revealed to be a serial pedophile who abused scores of students at the tony school.
Foglietta, who died in 1998, was allegedly allowed to repeatedly sexually attack Smith at the camp starting when the boy was just 12, said the married Florida real estate broker in court papers — claiming to The Post that Namath and other lawsuit defendants were “enablers and the pedophile protectors.”
“Back in those days, Joe Namath was my idol,’’ Smith told The Post. “And he went from my hero to a zero in my life.’’
Smith alleged that Namath’s negligence is analogous to that of the late Joe Paterno, who was accused of knowing that trusted assistant Jerry Sandusky had sexually abused young boys.
“This case is equally about the many adults in positions of power at the [camp] including Joe Namath and [ex-Jets defensive back and camp partner John] Dockery, who were aware of, tolerated and covered up known sexual abuse at the camp, abuse that had a lasting effect on Doe,’’ according to allegations in amended court papers filed in 2021.
Smith’s lawsuit claims that while Foglietta groomed and abused him, he received special perks at the camp, including involving the Jets Hall of Famer.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
This is what happens when you end the Statue of Limitations and allow ‘repressed memories’ to come to light...
Does that mean we won’t be seeing him on every commercial break pushing Medicare supplementals?
Or false ones, which it is I don’t know.
Sounds like Smith is trying to grift onto whatever money 80 year old Namath might have.
What a POS.
51 years ago. the guy must be built like Dwayne “the rock” Johnson ( whos a douchbag) to carry all that baggage for that long../s. Im gonna give this guy a capital “ L”.
“Or false ones, which it is I don’t know.”
Same here, which is why I left my posting vague.
[Blank] legend [Blank] accused of allowing [Blank] at [Blank]
Fill in the [Blanks], find an ambulance chasing lawyer and cash in, 50+ years after the fact!
*SPIT*
Dear Chief of Police:
I would like you to know that Coach C is a pedophile....
Football players tend to be quite strong and should be able to stop any assault upon themselves.
Now I do not know his situation, but is this was a tony program as he described it as being, he couldn't have been in a family that would refuse to support him, I would think.
>>>>Joe Namath and [ex-Jets defensive back and camp partner John] Dockery, who were aware of, tolerated and covered up known sexual abuse at the camp
>>That would have to be proven - wouldn’t be easy after all these years.
The guy is hoping they’ll offer a settlement to make him go away. That way he doesn’t have to prove anything, the accusation is enough for a payday.
Yep, new law...new opportunities to cash in. Is it really any different than having to risk World War 3 in Ukraine because Stalin was mean to Victoria Nuland’s grandparents?
Sounds like Mr. Smith is after some retirement money.......
“The [Poly Prep Country Day] school was the subject of a federal lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn in 2009 centering on the sexual assault of students by Philip Foglietta, the head football coach from 1966 to 1991.
“The allegations surfaced during Foglietta’s first year at the school, during the tenure of Headmaster J. Folwell Scull, who was the head of Poly Prep from 1949 to 1970. They persisted during the tenure of William M. Williams, who was the headmaster from 1970 to 2000. Despite ongoing accusations of rape and molestation, no action was taken for 25 years, until Foglietta’s contract was not renewed in 1991. However, even then, the school announced that Foglietta had decided to retire and made no mention of the abuse.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly_Prep
If the fella is lying, then he needs to know that God condemns “bearing false witness” agaisnt others in the strongest possible terms, and he will have to stand before God someday and explain why he so viciously destroyed an innocent man’s reputation and life.
Well, that certainly sheds more light on the topic. Thanks for sharing.
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