Posted on 11/20/2023 1:37:48 PM PST by Eleutheria5
Jets legend Joe Namath is akin to disgraced Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, covering 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 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.
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Everybody’s an “FN” victim these days.
Cue the Bongino rule. Wait 72 hours before commenting.
So 50+ years ago, Namath let his name be associated with a camp for young people. Now HE is responsible for something someone did? This is just a torpedo shot into the legal system hoping to make a buck.
What did Joe do to pi$$ off the Democrats?
“I admired Joe Namath, who apparently was just as bad.”
Based on what? The man says Namath “should” have known. Is that evidence? Maybe in the 13th century.
Guess it takes more than running, jumping, throwing, and catching stuff to be viewed as having value to todays audience
Good rule.
Met Namath on the sidelines at a UA game in the 80’s. Was in the MDB. He signed my glove before halftime.
Accused of being aware of something someone else allegedly did 51 years ago.
Sounds like a shakedown.
Good catch. There should be a countersuit for slander.
Very few people in the world get to be on top of the world without being a fundamentally bad person or compromised. Being compromisable is the gate to worldly wealth.
Namath and an old friend of mine used to run a football camp right at the end of my road. I met and ran into him many times. Decent guy but the partying was way over the top. I’m not saying I believe or dis-believe the accusation, I’ll just say when I knew him the partying was out of control.
Get bent, loser.
The Post should hang its head in shame that it has to print such crap. This belongs in the National Enquirer or such other trash publication if at all.
No molestation, it was at a Western Maryland college, everybody was professional.
I had worse experiences in my family home.
“Accused of being aware of something someone else allegedly did 51 years ago.”
He alleges that Namath was involved in covering it up. That’s a different matter entirely.
So this guy continued going to that football camp for another 2 years after the abuse. I don’t know what’s up with him but if I was 12 and some grown man came on to me I would have stopped him immediately in no uncertain terms. This guy apparently went along with it because he was receiving special favors. Now he wants to blame Joe Namath looking for money. It’s not Joe’s fault this little punk went along with his fag abuser. If anything he should have sued the abuser.
“Smith alleged that Namath’s negligence is analogous to that of the late Paterno”
From Smith: Namath should have known. Not analogous. Paterno knew and was active in the coverup.
51 Years ago??? This guy’s retirement nest egg must be depleted from Bidenomics!
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