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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“Get bent, loser.”
I’m rubber. You’re glue. Everything you say bounces off of me and sticks to you. No changees. No nothing. Now run along and play.
It’s in multiple outlets.
I see a lot of folks here defending Mr. Namant, expressing doubt about the story, and wanting to see actual evidence before slamming him.
That’s all well and good. Even NFL scumbags deserve justice rather than kneejerk condemnation.
I urge “ALL” to remember the same desire for real justice when the accused is a member of a group you don’t like or of which you disapprove.
See #10 in this thread, and the plain text posted above.
“51 Years ago??? This guy’s retirement nest egg must be depleted from Bidenomics!”
And his PREVIOUS settlement with the camp!
“If anything he should have sued the abuser.”
He has already received compensation from an earlier lawsuit .
Okay not knowing anything But what this guy and his lawyer are alleging in court filings it is a large leap to conclude anything
Question is what did Namath know and when did he know it.
Penn State had zero ability to claim they didn’t know after the Rose a bowl
Incident… so any claims of ignorance are lies
I am not saying Namath did not know, but it’s a far cry from
Allegation in a civil suit seeking damages, and what actually was known.
If Namath knew and turned a blind eye, then he deserves to be castigated. However just because someone accusing him of knowing does not mean he knew.
“Flip was a cross dresser. /rimshot”
HE WAS NOT!/playing along
The story is very disturbing, considering how many people in the Camp worked together to allow certain things to happen, assuming that they ever did happen. I almost wish I hadn’t read it, but nothing in what I read directly implicates Namath.
He did a lot of favors for the football camp staff back then. Little things to adults, but a big deal to kids. Joe would throw a ball to certain kids during practice, he would invite some kids to the lunch table every so often and others maybe not at all. He would autograph photo of him in uniform. Joe would do these things simply because the Camp staff asked him to. Probably made no difference to him.
“He alleges that Namath was involved in covering it up. That’s a different matter entirely.”
No. He didn’t even allege that Namath was aware of it.
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/bill-cosby-supreme-court-appeal-conviction-overturned-1235197877/
Watch your mouth A-hole
“I am not saying Namath did not know, “
Smith said Namath should have known.
Yes and smith is the victim and was a child at the time
He is alleging Namath should have known. His entire lawsuit for damages needs to allege this or he has no case.
Him alleging Namath should have known does not make it so.
Yes notice all the hungry lawyer ads on TV of late.
51 years, eh? Seems a long time to wait. Why not report the pervert earlier? Might have saved some other boys. If it happened at all.
Why did the kid go back three years in a row?
Don’t look to Joe for deep pockets. He is making Medicare commercials now.
“Watch your mouth A-hole”
Vacated on procedure. Facts of the case were not challenged.
“Why not report the pervert earlier?”
The pervert was outed decades earlier and Smith received a settlement from the organization.
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