The 267page, comprehensive report from judge louis freehs team. A woman called the penn state police department, saying she was troubled after her 11yearold son told her he. An investigator who looked into a 1998 complaint against former penn state university football defensive coordinator jerry sandusky says there wasnt enough evidence to take action then and he is sorry it took so long to bring charges against the man now accused of molesting eight boys from 1994 through 2009. He received assistant coach of the year awards in 1986 and 1999. He promised the police he wouldnt shower with boys but broke that promise in 2001. May 1998 sandusky assaults victim 6 in lasch building shower. Report says joe paterno knew of sandusky concerns in 1998. Beyond sandusky, the case opened up investigations into how much university. Nov 10, 2011 investigation of sandusky in 1998 raises questions.
Most of the 2000s seemed to have been rewarding for jerry sandusky. The report stated that the men knew about the 1998 incident but empowered sandusky to attract potential victims to the campus and football events by allowing him to have continued, unrestricted and unsupervised access to the universitys facilities and affiliation with the universitys prominent football program while the investigation was. Investigation of sandusky in 1998 raises questions. First, the ags office would have had to disclose the 1998 investigation. The penn state child sex abuse scandal concerned allegations and subsequent convictions of. On may 4, 1998, a year before sanduskys retirement from the university, the parent parent 1 of an 11year old boy participant 1 reported to the university police department for university park upd disturbing behavior by sandusky towards participant 1, and the upd initiated an. Sandusky said he had done this with other children in the past. Sandusky, 68, has been under house arrest since being charged with sexually abusing 10 boys for at least 15 years. This is a reconstructed timeline of the 1998 investigation of jerry sandusky, taken from an incomplete 1998 penn state internal police report. In 1998, sanduskys behavior would become known to law enforcement after victim.
Mar 27, 20 we can tell the exact time it struck the gricar case, 11. The lead investigator in his disappearance told the patriotnews last week that there was no evidence relating gricars fate to the sandusky case. For the last 23 of those years, sandusky was the teams defensive coordinator. Jerry sandusky was an assistant coach for the penn state nittany lions football team. Paterno was made aware of the 1998 investigation of sandusky, followed it closely, but failed to take any action, even though sandusky had been a key member of his. Notifications and updates to spanier, schultz, paterno and curley. Curley, schultz, spanier, paterno aware of 1998 sandusky. Jerry sandusky 1998 investigation business insider.
The list of people who knew about the 1998 investigation is quite long and i find it hard to believe that the psu bot was not made aware of it in some way. So close to an end for sandusky who interfered and why. But the university seemed to do nothing about sandusky in the wake of that report in 1998. Mar 26, 2012 nbc news has acquired the entire case file on sandusky from that 1998 investigation, however, and it is a pictureperfect example of how an investigation of seemingly obvious abuse can fall apart. Part 1 of this series, featuring the stories of matt, dustin, and brett, can be read here. Timeline of 1998 investigation of jerry sandusky centre. There is nothing on the record to say whether or not the bot was aware of sandusky s proclivities prior to 1998. Nbc news reports today that child sex suspect jerry sandusky had been confidentially to university police as a likely pedophile as early as 1998 sandusky has been charged with 50 counts of.
The grand jury conducted an investigation into reported sexual assaults of minor. Freeh report on penn states handling of jerry sanduskys. Jerry sanduskys next known victim was a talkative 11yearold named zach. Timeline of allegations in sandusky case this just in cnn. The exhibit demonstrates that schultz, spanier, curley, and paterno were not kept informed of the 1998 investigation. Report of the special counsel the of to the child sexual. The first sentence in the findings section of the freeh report download pdf. The report asserts that these emails demonstrate that in 1998 paterno knew of the investigation of sandusky, and followed it closely. Prosecutors allege that he met some of his accusers through second mile, a charity he created for underprivileged children. In 1998, officials at penn state, including its president and its legendary football coach, were aware jerry sandusky was being investigated by the universitys police department for possibly molesting two young boys in the football buildings showers. So close to an end for sandusky who interfered and.
Allegations of jerry sandusky s abuse date back to 1994, but it was only in 1998 that one came to the attention of penn state officials, and more importantly, the state child services department. By the end of 2011, sandusky had been arrested two separate times and charged with the abuse and sexual molestation of ten underage boys, which took place between the years of 1994 to 2009 chappell, 2012. Jul 12, 2012 the report makes no mention of ericksons defense of not knowing that penn state was involved in the sandusky investigation. Freeh investigation concludes joe paterno knew about 1998.
Jan 22, 2012 may 1998 sandusky assaults victim 6 in lasch building shower. Particularly damaging to paterno is the examination of the schools handling of a 1998 criminal investigation into a womans accusations that sandusky had inappropriately touched her 11year. Tom harmon and wayne weaver the supervisor who signed off on the 1998 police report were both on the penn state police force since the 70s. Before 1998, several staff members witnessed sandusky showering with.
Report of the special investigative counsel regarding the actions of. If the ag only went back to 2001 to pin sanduskys crimes on the psu officials, corbettlinda kelly new attorney general 2011 would encounter several problems. Paterno family report does little to diminish belief coach. Jul 12, 2012 particularly damaging to paterno is the examination of the schools handling of a 1998 criminal investigation into a womans accusations that sandusky had inappropriately touched her 11year. One of his attorneys has announced plans to appeal.
Schultz informed spanier and curley that the investigation of the matter was closed as such. The trial of jerry sandusky, the former penn state assistant football coach charged with child rape, is now under way sandusky, 68, has been under house arrest since being charged with sexually abusing 10 boys for at least 15 years. An investigation into penn states actions around sandusky found that penn state leaders showed total and consistent disregard for victims and covered up the assaults of a serial sexual predator as early as 1998. In june 1998, harmon emailed schultz to say officers met discretely with sandusky and his account of the matter was essentially the same as the childs. The timeline below is taken from a grand jury report pdf. In that investigation, university police compiled a nearly 100. The freeh investigation commissioned by penn state released its. In 1977, he founded the second mile in state college, pennsylvania, a charity formed to help disadvantaged youth.
Why it was so critical for louis freeh to link 1998. Call sparks investigation leading to a case by joseph r. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Sandusky investigation drew psychologists alert in 1998, report says. Sandusky continued access to university facilities. Involvement of university officials in the sandusky investigation a. Jun 11, 2012 the trial of jerry sandusky, the former penn state assistant football coach charged with child rape, is now under way. Former penn state football coach jerry sandusky was arrested saturday on charges that he preyed on boys he met through the second mile, a charity he founded for atrisk youths.
In 1998, he was investigated for child sexual abuse but no charges were filed. Gerald arthur sandusky born january 26, 1944 is an american retired college football coach who was convicted of rape and child sexual abuse. Clearly, sandusky acted inappropriately in 1998 when he admitted he bear hugged boys in the showers. They followed the investigation closely, updating one another along the way. But in 1998, when a sixweek police investigation took place on penn states campus after a boy now known as victim 6 and his mother told police that jerry sandusky hugged him during a shower. Aftermath of 1998 sandusky investigation raises additional. It demonstrated that sandusky had been accused of child sex abuse before in fact, 10 years before. In the freeh report, it states that investigators were not sure as when schultz became aware of the 1998 investigation. Sandusky is alleged to have touched the victim during a shower between 1996 and 1998, and the victim pulled away.
Paterno was made aware of the 1998 investigation of sandusky, followed it closely, but failed to take any action, even though sandusky had. Jerry sandusky was an assistant coach for the penn state nittany lions football team from 1969 to 1999. The inquiry broadened to penn state in 2010, after corbetts office discovered a 1998 child sexual assault investigation of sandusky. Sandusky was called likely pedophile in 1998 cbs news.
Sandusky served as an assistant coach for his entire career, mostly at pennsylvania state university under joe paterno, from 1969 to 1999. Jun 15, 2012 a 25yearold man known as victim 6, whose 1998 encounter with jerry sandusky was investigated but resulted in no charges, told jurors thursday that the former penn state assistant football. Jul 12, 2012 in june 1998, harmon emailed schultz to say officers met discretely with sandusky and his account of the matter was essentially the same as the childs. In 1998, the penn state campus police and local law enforcement authorities investigated an allegation that. Mcqueary testifies at preliminary hearing for tim curley and gary schultz. Former penn state football coach jerry sandusky was arrested saturday on charges that he preyed on boys he met through the second mile, a charity he. Case study penn state scandal page 1 of 5 penn state scandal in june 2012, jerry sandusky was found guilty on 45 counts of sexual abuse of 10 boys. Sara ganim and members of the patriotnews staff, harrisburg, pa. Finally the critique suggests that even if curley was speaking to paterno in 1998 about the sandusky investigation, it wasnt clear what he was telling joepa. Youtube the 1998 criminal investigation into jerry sandusky has taken a backseat to the 2002 incident involving mike mcqueary, joe paterno, and penn state brass. University officials do not notify the board of the.
Mar 24, 2012 the 1998 allegation was the first known complaint made to authorities about sandusky. Nbc news has acquired the entire case file on sandusky from that 1998 investigation, however, and it is a pictureperfect example of how an investigation of seemingly obvious abuse can fall apart. More questions about who closed the 1998 sandusky investigation. Jun 22, 2012 jerry sandusky, 68, a former coach with the penn state football program, was convicted june 22 on 45 of 48 counts related to sexual abuse of boys. Victim 6s mother reports the incident to the university police department, which promptly begins an investigation.
Jul 19, 2012 the 1998 situation was so very close to getting to the truth of jerry sandusky if lauro or gricar had known of chambers evaluation and the 2nd victim it would have all ended right there but. Sandusky was found guilty on june 22 on 45 counts of child sex abuse, including those related to the 1998 report. Analysis of the special investigative counsel report and. One day after spaniers grand jury appearance, on 4142011, harmon and an unnamed former psu police supervisor almost certainly wayne weaver testified to the grand jury about the 1998 incident. Pdf the jerry sandusky scandal erupted nationally in november. District attorneys decision to not prosecute sandusky e. Sandusky was an assistant coach of football at pennsylvania state university.
Jun 22, 2014 the report found that one aspect of the investigation that consumed time was investigators difficulty in obtaining records from penn state officials and second mile, sandusky s charity for young. Retired detective describes 1998 sandusky investigation. Mar 24, 2012 nbc news reports today that child sex suspect jerry sandusky had been confidentially to university police as a likely pedophile as early as 1998 sandusky has been charged with 50 counts of. Special investigative counsel report regarding actions of. The 1998 situation was so very close to getting to the truth of jerry sandusky if lauro or gricar had known of chambers evaluation and the 2nd victim it would have all ended right there but. The 1998 allegation was the first known complaint made to authorities about sandusky. Paterno was made aware of the 1998 investigation of sandusky, followed it closely, but failed to take any action, even though sandusky had been a key member of his coaching staff for almost 30 years, and had an office just steps away from mr. Call sparks investigation leading to a case joseph r.
There is nothing on the record to say whether or not the bot was aware of sanduskys proclivities prior to 1998. I agree with you that raykovitz should have at least talked to the boy involved in 2001 especially after sandusky told him it was a second mile boy. The report found that one aspect of the investigation that consumed time was investigators difficulty in obtaining records from penn state officials and second mile, sanduskys charity for young. A 25yearold man known as victim 6, whose 1998 encounter with jerry sandusky was investigated but resulted in no charges, told jurors thursday that the former penn state assistant football. Mar 25, 2012 sandusky investigation drew psychologists alert in 1998, report says. Sandusky investigation drew psychologists alert in 1998. July 12, 2012 by ken belson abuse scandal inquiry damns. Finally the critique suggests that even if curley was speaking to paterno in 1998 about the sandusky investigation, it wasnt clear what he was telling. Jun 09, 20 the list of people who knew about the 1998 investigation is quite long and i find it hard to believe that the psu bot was not made aware of it in some way. Summary of key points raised by former fbi director.
Jul 10, 2017 clearly, sandusky acted inappropriately in 1998 when he admitted he bear hugged boys in the showers. Analysis of the special investigative counsel report and the. That is why the 1998 investigation was the crucial starting point of the jerry sandusky scandal. Dec 29, 2012 sandusky victims in their own words, part 2. State didnt notify second mile about 1998 sandusky. The 1998 report was a huge crack in the investigation.