Penn State Sanctions

[Complex]

Feds probe possible Sandusky child porn ring

(CBS/AP) U.S. Postal inspectors are leading a federal investigation into whether former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky shared child pornography with other individuals, CBS News has learned.

Analyzing a computer seized from Sandusky, investigators are also looking into whether he sent "seductive letters" across state lines for sexual purposes. Some of these letters were said to be sent to some of his sexual abuse victims.

CBS News has learned that at the end of 2011, allegations were forward by the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. that Sandusky used the mails to seduce individuals to cross state lines for sexual purposes, with trips and gifts offered. Investigators are looking at 6-7 victims who might have gotten letters.

Also in March of this year, U.S. Postal inspectors were tasked to investigate The Second Mile charity, which was founded by Sandusky. That investigation is on hold, awaiting for documents to be released by the State Attorney.

A source has been told that child pornography was found in at least one of Sandusky's computers. According to the source, there is no evidence that the pornography was of his victims. There is also no mention of a ring or sharing of boys with others. CBS News investigative producer Pat Milton reports that a second source said that none of Sandusky's victims have indicated that there was shared sex with them, Sandusky and any other individual.

The investigation is being carried out of the U.S. Postal Inspectors office in Harrisburg, Pa. and the U.S. Attorney Office of the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

"I haven't heard a thing about this latest allegation," Sandusky's attorney Joe Amendola, told CBS News. "Jerry continues to maintain his innocence. We think the allegation is ridiculous."

Sandusky, Penn State's defensive coordinator during the program's best years, was arrested in November on dozens of child sex abuse charges. He was convicted in June of 45 criminal counts.

Meanwhile, Penn State's board of trustees will meet this weekend to consider whether to ratify a consent decree with the NCAA that imposed penalties for how the university handled the Sandusky child molestation scandal.

Board chairwoman Karen Peetz told fellow trustees Thursday in an email, which was obtained by The Associated Press, that said there was confusion about how Penn State accepted the sanctions and whether it was the "best course" for the university.

"We have heard from President (Rodney) Erickson and from our legal team," Peetz wrote. "We have had an opportunity to speak our minds. I appreciate everyone's candor and your sincere and heartfelt comments. However, it is now time to put this matter to rest and to move on."

The resolution before the board would say that it "wishes to and hereby does ratify" the consent decree.

"We are leaders of this university," Peetz told the trustees. "We need to lead."

A notice posted on Penn State's website said the 5 p.m. Sunday telephone conference would be broadcast live online.

The NCAA on July 23 barred the school from postseason play for four years, fined it $60 million and invalidated 112 of the football team's wins for the way school officials handled abuse complaints against Sandusky.

Penn State also was stripped of future scholarships, and several high-profile players have decided to transfer to other schools since the penalties were announced. The team opens play at home Sept. 1 against Ohio University.

The NCAA concluded Penn State suffered "an unprecedented failure of institutional integrity leading to a culture in which a football program was held in higher esteem" than its own values, those of the NCAA and higher education, "and most disturbingly the values of human decency."

Penn State acquiesced to the penalties, with Erickson signing the agreement. Two days later, the trustees met in secret before issuing a statement that called the sanctions difficult but the alternatives worse.

Some trustees, alumni and others have reacted angrily. The family of former football coach Joe Paterno, who died in January, and a trustee who said others supported him have sought to appeal the NCAA's decision, but the organization has said the decision is not subject to appeals.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-...ild-porn-ring/

[WCH]

Originally Posted by iowatreat54

So not really sure if this should go here, but this thread gave me a really good laugh.

http://bwi.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fi... =890&style=2

I noticed that they weren't ballsy enough to suggest leaving the Big-10.

[descendency]

Originally Posted by Complex

Feds probe possible Sandusky child porn ring


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-...ild-porn-ring/

Good to see them investigating what the internet was rumoring for ages.

[descendency]

Originally Posted by Philliez01

America really needs to re-teach students what communism, socialism, McCarthyism, and **** it; everything that ends with "ism" means.

The problem is that by the time you get to those chapters in the history books, it's time for the final exams.

[Smooth Criminal]

CNN reporting that Penn State's accreditation is in jeopardy. Won't happen of course, but another bad headline they have to deal with.

[Complex]

Witness: I Saw Sandusky And Penn State Booster Abuse Boys On Private Plane

A witness interviewed by federal authorities in the widening Penn State investigation claims he saw Jerry Sandusky and one of the school's prominent boosters sexually abusing boys on a private plane, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively.

The witness was interviewed by the U.S. Postal Inspectors with the FBI present. RadarOnline.com broke the news that a new investigation into a pedophile ring is now being conducted by federal authorities.

And while Postal Inspectors are also trying to determine if Sandusky shared pornography through the mail and sent seductive letters to his victims, the biggest bombshell is the allegation leveled by the witness who was interviewed within the past few weeks.

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That man, who has a strong tie to the booster he is accusing, says that Sandusky and the booster abused two boys on a private plane in Pennsylvania, a source close to the situation tells RadarOnline.com exclusively.

"The witness doesn't know if the boys are victims who have already been identified or not," the source told Radar. "He claims it happened on a private plane, with no pilot or crew around and that he was an eyewitness.

"His claim is being taken seriously by investigators. They have already asked another man who is connected to one of the victims if he knew anything about this. And they are following up with other potential witnesses."

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http://www.radaronline.com/exclusive...-private-plane

[descendency]

RadarOnline = internet tabloid. Proceed with caution.

[Complex]

Originally Posted by descendency

RadarOnline = internet tabloid. Proceed with caution.

They were the 1st to find out that the feds were investigating Sandusky pedoo ring.

[Philliez01]

Originally Posted by Complex

They were the 1st to find out that the feds were investigating Sandusky pedoo ring.

It's funny you write this, it's actually getting to the point where I expect TMZ to break a significant sports story before ESPN. I know we roll our eyes at these websites but more and more, they are breaking stories quicker than others.

[descendency]

Originally Posted by Philliez01

It's funny you write this, it's actually getting to the point where I expect TMZ to break a significant sports story before ESPN. I know we roll our eyes at these websites but more and more, they are breaking stories quicker than others.

They might have some inside information, but one thing I've learned over the years is that tabloid magazines (and sites) will run info on hunches and 1 source.

They get stuff right because of it, but then they get a fair amount of stuff wrong too or at least it isn't "right".

It's like shooting fish in a barrel with a Mac-10. Of course you'll hit a few.

[Giantsfan1080]

TMZ has a pretty high rate of always being first but also correct. I think they go for 2 sources. In fact I'm sure it's happened but I don't remember TMZ ever being wrong about a story.

[JoeJoeBrown]

Originally Posted by Giantsfan1080

TMZ has a pretty high rate of always being first but also correct. I think they go for 2 sources. In fact I'm sure it's happened but I don't remember TMX ever being wrong about a story.

I'd say that TMZ is far more accurate than ESPN. They are terrible.

[Complex]

GQ publishes excerpts from Joe Posnanski’s bio on Joe Paterno
Posted by Ben Kercheval on August 15, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
Sue and Joe Paterno AP

Joe Posnanski‘s biography on longtime Penn State coach Joe Paterno, titled “Paterno”, will be available in book stores Tuesday, Aug. 21.

Posnanski, a former senior writer for Sports Illustrated, was asked by Paterno last summer to spend the 2011 season writing the book. Then, the Jerry Sandusky scandal happened, and everything changed. Paterno later died in January after a battle with lung cancer.

The current issue of GQ has the a few excerpts from the book — the full preview will be posted on the publication’s website Monday — which you can read below.

Here they are without further comment, courtesy of GQ.com:

Paterno’s son, Scott, reads the grand jury case against Sandusky for the first time:

Scott Paterno was the first in the family to understand that the Pennsylvania grand jury presentment that indicted Jerry Sandusky could end his father’s career. This wasn’t surprising; Scott tended to be the most realistic—or cynical, depending on who you asked—in the family. He had run for Congress and lost and along the way tasted the allure and nastiness of public life. He had worked as a lawyer and as a lobbyist. He would sometimes tell people, “Hey, don’t kid yourself, I’m the asshole of the family.” When Scott read the presentment, he called his father and said, “Dad, you have to face the possibility that you will never coach another game.”

As the Sandusky scandal explodes, the Paterno family hires a high-powered PR specialist, Dan McGinn, to help navigate the storm:

This is when McGinn learned just how far Paterno’s influence and reputation had fallen. He asked [family adviser Guido] D’Elia for the name of one person on the Penn State board of trustees, just one, whom they could reach out to, to negotiate a gracious ending. D’Elia shook his head.

“One person on the board, that’s all we need,” McGinn said.

D’Elia shook his head again. “It began in 2004,” he whispered, referring to an old clash Paterno had with [university president Graham] Spanier. “The board started to turn. We don’t have anybody on the board now.”

That’s when McGinn realized that this was going to be the worst day of Joe Paterno’s professional life.

At Paterno’s house the day after he is fired via late-night telephone call from the Penn State board of trustees:

On Thursday, Paterno met with his coaches at his house. He sobbed uncontrollably. This was his bad day. Later, one of his former captains, Brandon Short, stopped by the house. When Brandon asked, “How are you doing, Coach?” Paterno answered, “I’m okay,” but the last syllable was shaky, muffled by crying, and then he broke down and said, “I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself.” Nobody knew how to handle such emotion. Joe had always seemed invulnerable. On Thursday, though, he cried continually.

“My name,” he told Jay, “I have spent my whole life trying to make that name mean something. And now it’s gone.”

LMAO JoePa

[JoeJoeBrown]

Originally Posted by Complex

LMAO JoePa

“My name,” he told Jay, “I have spent my whole life trying to make that name mean something. And now it’s gone.”

What a ******* loser. Crying about his name that he built up while covering for an active pedophile to protect his name.

So angry thinking about this jackass.

[Giantsfan1080]

'Highly Incriminating' Evidence in Jerry Sandusky Case Could Lead to New Charges:

Prosecutors in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case said they had a "great deal" of "highly incriminating" evidence they never brought up during Sandusky's trial, evidence that could be related to pending criminal charges.
The statements are part of a transcript released Thursday from a closed-door meeting held in June, after Sandusky had been found guilty of 45 counts of child sex abuse.

"We turned over transcripts of other potential victims and transcripts relating to the Penn State University and some of the potential events involving Penn State's connection with this case that I think would be highly sought by the media and that would not be in the best interests, again, of anybody, especially potentially ongoing matters to be disclosed," Fina said, according to the transcript.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/highly-incr...4#.UC026aAsFs4