He reported what he saw to Coach Joe Paterno, who in turn reported it to his supervisor, Curley. Jail time possible but unlikely as Curley and Schultz plead guilty in Sandusky coverup. The former Penn State officials pleaded guilty to charges carrying the possibility of five years in prison but it's unlikely they will face such a lengthy sentence.
Prosecutors said that none of the Penn State administrators who were told of the allegation reported it to law enforcement, childcare and youth services or made any effort to locate or identify the child. Curley entered his plea first, followed by Schultz.
Both mean answered questions posed by the prosecutor and the judge, but did not otherwise speak. The move comes just a week before all three men -- Spanier, Schultz and Curley -- were scheduled to stand trial on accusations they were criminally negligent in handling child-sex accusations against Sandusky in Prosecutors claim their actions, or lack of same, exposed several more boys to molestation by Sandusky. The case has been winding its way toward trial for four years, delayed in part to await a state Superior Court ruling that dismissed charges of perjury, obstruction of justice and other counts against the three defendants.
Those charges involved violations of grand jury procedures, specifically the use by prosecutors of testimony against all three men that was obtained from former university counsel Cynthia Baldwin. In the time that Spanier, Curley and Schultz have been awaiting trial, Jerry Sandusky was convicted of dozens of charges of child sexual abuse, former graduate assistant Mike McQueary won a millions in a civil case against Penn State, and the university has paid tens of millions to Sandusky victims.
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Jail officials said they will be evaluated for participation in work release while incarcerated. A co-defendant, former Penn State president Graham Spanier, 68, was convicted of the same offense and faces two months in jail. Spanier remains free on bail while he appeals to Superior Court. Spanier continues to be a tenured faculty member and is on administrative leave.
The three men received a complaint in February from graduate assistant football coach Mike McQueary, who said he was highly disturbed by seeing Sandusky appear to sexually abuse the boy late on a Friday night in a team shower. They told Sandusky not to bring children onto campus anymore, but prosecutors said the administrators had no plan to enforce that rule.
Police were not notified, and a criminal investigation into Sandusky did not begin until a Pennsylvania school district reported another complaint about him in Sandusky was convicted in of 45 counts of child sexual abuse. He maintains his innocence and is appealing, while serving 30 to 60 years in state prison. The scandal led the university to fire Hall of Fame football coach Joe Paterno, who was informed of the incident the next morning by McQueary. Paterno notified Curley but did not call police.
He died in , a few months after his firing, and was never charged with a crime. An anonymous email in led investigators looking into Sandusky to contact McQueary, and he proved to be a critical witness at the criminal trials of both Sandusky and Spanier.
At sentencing for Curley, Schultz and Spanier last month, Judge John Boccabella did not spare Paterno, saying he "could have made that phone call without so much as getting his hands dirty. Why he didn't is beyond me. He also questioned Curley's memory lapses while testifying for the prosecution at Spanier's trial. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Penn State Nittany Lions. Baylor's Oklahoma test, Purdue's upset chances at Ohio State and more to watch in Week 11's biggest games. Florida State Seminoles.
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