You legalistic defense in unimpressive. Paterno was the law in his shower rooms. He didn’t need a court order to tell Sandusky that he wasn’t welcome there.
Good, because I wasn’t trying to “impress” anyone, as you imply. I agree with your statement (he could have taken effective action unilaterally) and I was asserting that he could ALSO call the police to have an investigation commenced. So-called “hearsay” doesn’t prevent that.
Yes, alas, unimpressive but true.