Claim: Joe Paterno was told of Sandusky abuse as early as 1976

[joseephuss]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/us/penn-state-paterno-sandusky/


Claim: Joe Paterno was told of Sandusky abuse as early as 1976



(CNN)Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno knew that his assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was sexually abusing a child as early as 1976, according to a new court filing.

This date is 12 years before what had been thought was the earliest known allegation of abuse by Sandusky. The new allegation was revealed in a single line of a court document filed Wednesday-- a judge's order in an ongoing lawsuit brought by Penn State against its former insurance company.
Sandusky was found guilty in 2012 of sexually abusing 10 boys during the 1990s and 2000s. He used a charity he founded and access to the college football team to entice and abuse kids. Sandusky, now 72, was sentenced to a minimum of 30 years.
Paterno's family issued a statement Thursday saying the late coach's "reputation has once again been smeared with an unsubstantiated, forty-year-old allegation."

 

[Idgit]

"Paterno's family issued a statement Thursday saying the late coach's "reputation has once again been smeared with an unsubstantiated, forty-year-old allegation."

Whatever really went on, this grossness is so repugnant, I wish Paterno's family would just decline to respond in deference to the families who were affected by the abuse. That's so much more important than the reputation of a football coach in the first place, and in the second place, there's no getting around that fact that it happened on his watch. Whatever reputation he thought he had has already been tarnished by these horrible events. Can we stop pretending there's anything there to protect?

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Easy to make the claim now, JoPa is no longer alive to deny it.

Please Idgit, you actually want his family not to respond to these type of things? Say you died and then I claimed you had known and seen a guy abuse 50 kids. Do you think your family would let it slide.

 

[Idgit]

Easy to make the claim now, JoPa is no longer alive to deny it.

Please Idgit, you actually want his family not to respond to these type of things? Say you died and then I claimed you had known and seen a guy abuse 50 kids. Do you think your family would let it slide.

I do expect them to let it slide, yes. Whatever level of awareness he did or should have had, the predator was his friend and his coach that he hired and put in a position to victimize the kids. Did he know? Should he have known? I think the answer to both of those is probably 'yes,' but even if it's not, his family ought to be more concerned about the kids than the accusations and just take the highroad.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Your sentence implies he knew he was a molester and hired him to give him an opportunity to molest. He was not his brother's keeper and his legacy should not be tarnished because a friend did something to someone.

There was no reason for the new victim to do this other than of course to try and get money and spread out the possible sources of same. JoePa's family has to defend it or else his estate could be forced to cough up coin.

 

[joseephuss]

Your sentence implies he knew he was a molester and hired him to give him an opportunity to molest. He was not his brother's keeper and his legacy should not be tarnished because a friend did something to someone.

There was no reason for the new victim to do this other than of course to try and get money and spread out the possible sources of same. JoePa's family has to defend it or else his estate could be forced to cough up coin.

There are other reasons to do this. It doesn't always have to be about the money.

 

[visionary]

Your sentence implies he knew he was a molester and hired him to give him an opportunity to molest. He was not his brother's keeper and his legacy should not be tarnished because a friend did something to someone.

There was no reason for the new victim to do this other than of course to try and get money and spread out the possible sources of same. JoePa's family has to defend it or else his estate could be forced to cough up coin.

I on the other hand find it reprehensible and repugnant when JoPa defenders crawl out to defend the "honor" of a man who willingly allowed a child molester free access to college kids in a position of authority

It is difficult to imagine a worse crime

I wish he had remained alive to face the fruits of his labor

 

[Manwiththeplan]

Your sentence implies he knew he was a molester and hired him to give him an opportunity to molest. He was not his brother's keeper and his legacy should not be tarnished because a friend did something to someone.

No, but it does imply that Paterno was at best willingly ignorant to what was happening...which is very close to the truth imo.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

There are other reasons to do this. It doesn't always have to be about the money.

There is no other reason to sue in this case than $$$. Sandusky is in prison. They want money out of PSU and maybe JoPa's estate.

 

[joseephuss]

There is no other reason to sue in this case than $$$. Sandusky is in prison. They want money out of PSU and maybe JoPa's estate.

Where does the article state that the victim who made the claim bout Paterno knowing in1976 is suing Penn St or the Paterno estate?

 

[Manwiththeplan]

There is no other reason to sue in this case than $$$. Sandusky is in prison. They want money out of PSU and maybe JoPa's estate.

and if it's true, what's the problem? do you not realize the trauma that sexual abuse has on a child? do you not think PSU is at fault? not sure where the disconnect is...

 

[Yakuza Rich]

There's plenty of reasons for the victims to come out and make this allegation. If one of them is for money....so be it. Penn State served as a den for child rape and Paterno enabled it. Any victim that goes after Penn State and the Paterno estate for any reason has my full support.





YR

 

[MrPeanutbutter]

Yeah, it's about money. It should be. Lives have been permanently damaged by JoePa and his pet monster. There is NO WAY to find true closure for these victims. As best we can tell, money is the closest (but by no means sufficient) method for helping the healing process.

 

[Stryker44]

"Paterno's family issued a statement Thursday saying the late coach's "reputation has once again been smeared with an unsubstantiated, forty-year-old allegation."

Whatever really went on, this grossness is so repugnant, I wish Paterno's family would just decline to respond in deference to the families who were affected by the abuse. That's so much more important than the reputation of a football coach in the first place, and in the second place, there's no getting around that fact that it happened on his watch. Whatever reputation he thought he had has already been tarnished by these horrible events. Can we stop pretending there's anything there to protect?

Paterno is an icon and its a shame they try to smear his legacy.

 

[Idgit]

Paterno is an icon and its a shame they try to smear his legacy.

I hate it when rape victims try to smear a legacy like that. Like I said, the information is not publicly available yet re: how likely it was that Paterno was or should have been informed about what was going on, but at this point there are multiple victims that have come forward.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/us/jerry-sandusky-victims-paterno-penn-state/

"JoPa" is dead. His family is not even in position to effectively dispute the allegations. The whole thing is sordid and horrible. The right move fort the Paterno family is to publicly decline to comment in deference to the real victims in this story. Trying to paint them as the victimizers looks awful, and, if the allegations are true, it's adding a significant insult to the injury.

Like it or not, the multiple child rapes perpetrated by his staff at his institution on his watch have ruined Joe Paterno's legacy already. It's rightfully tarnished. The manure is not going back in that horse. It's disappointing to see his family doesn't have a better grasp of how to handle the perceptions.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Paterno is an icon and its a shame they try to smear his legacy.

He smeared his own legacy.

 

[JD_KaPow]

Paterno is an icon and its a shame they try to smear his legacy.

Who's "they"? People whose childhoods were ruined in part because the icon chose to look the other way and let it happen? Yeah, how dare they?

 

[DFWJC]

Shouldn't the topic of pedophiles be in the off-topic zone?
Unless someone is really twisted and thinks it's a sport

 

[Nirvana]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...id-6-penn-state-coaches-witness-abuse-n569526

Really disgusting how long this went on, and the denials by the Paterno supporters are equally so.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

Paterno is an icon and its a shame they try to smear his legacy.

It's a shame that he turned a blind eye to rape and molestation allegations in an attempt to keep winning football games.