On Tuesday, a Pennsylvania judge ordered three former Penn State officials to stand trial for their roles in a cover-up of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, per the Associated Press. Defense attorneys believe the trial could be set for next spring, according to Dan Wentzel of Yahoo! Sports.
Next Penn State scandal trial could start in spring 2014
Three Penn State officials could get their days in court early next year.
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At the end of a two-day preliminary hearing, District Judge William Wenner ordered former Penn State president Graham Spanier, former vice president Gary Schultz and former athletic director Tim Curley to face charges that they knew Sandusky was molesting children and failed to act in 2001. The three have maintained their innocence and last month requested that the charges be dropped due to a “cluster of errors.”
“Due to the grievous and unprecedented cluster of errors resulting in the structural breakdown of the grand jury proceeding, Mr. Curley’s grand jury testimony must be suppressed, Presentment 2 must be quashed and the criminal charges dismissed as fruits of the poisonous tree,” wrote Curley’s defense lawyer, Caroline Roberto, in a legal memo accompanying the motion.
Former Penn State quarterback and wide receivers coach Mike McQueary testified at the hearing Monday, saying ex-head coach Joe Paterno told him the school’s administration “screwed up” in its handling of the scandal. McQueary stated that Curly and Schultz “definitely knew it was a sexual act, a molestation act between Jerry Sandusky and a boy in the showers,” per the AP.
Curly and Schultz have said McQueary never told them about Sandusky’s actions, and Spanier said the two never relayed any information regarding Sandusky to him. The charges stem from a Sandusky incident in 2001, which the officials allegedly knew about but failed to report during a police investigation.
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