1 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: Welcome back to playing dirty sports Scandals. I'm Jay Harris, 2 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: your hosts with the most shocking SIPs ever, Ready to 3 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: delve deep into the dark side of sports Today, I've 4 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,760 Speaker 1: got unsettling revelations on tap as we continue to explore 5 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State. More than any 6 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: other narrative in recent times. This unpalatable tale profoundly shook 7 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: the foundations of college football and laid bare the questionable 8 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: integrity of those at the sports helm. Got to cleanse 9 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: your palette while you still can, because we're diving back 10 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,319 Speaker 1: into the thick of it. Last week, we explored how 11 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of children went unchecked for years, 12 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: and how this rightfully led to serious questions about oversight 13 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:04,559 Speaker 1: and more responsibility within Penn State's esteemed football program. All 14 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:08,119 Speaker 1: eyes turned to legendary Nitney Lyons head coach Joe Paterno, 15 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: who had built a six decade long legacy on the 16 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: cornerstones of hard work, integrity, and honor. What was Joepa's 17 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: fan base to think now, Surely the legendary leader of 18 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:24,320 Speaker 1: men should and could have done more to protect vulnerable 19 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:29,759 Speaker 1: children from his longtime colleague Jerry Sandusky. After two thousand 20 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: and two, when graduate assistant Mike mcquery alleged that Jerry 21 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: Sandusky raped a ten year old boy in the Penn 22 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: State football locker room showers, it seemed like a no 23 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: brainer for the university to take immediate action to ensure 24 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 1: the protection of children on their campus and throughout Happy Valley, 25 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: but instead, they decided not to report Jerry to the authorities. 26 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: In fact, Penn State Athletic Director Tim Curley even personally 27 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: assured the Second Mile Charity that the information of the 28 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: shower incident had been internally reviewed and that there was 29 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: no finding of wrongdoing by Jerry Sandusky. As a result 30 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: of Penn State's gross negligence, Jerry continued to prey on 31 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: children throughout the mid two thousands. According to CNN's Crime 32 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,519 Speaker 1: Timeline Report, around two thousand and five or two thousand 33 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: and six, Jerry Sandusky befriended a young boy whose subsequent 34 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: allegations would form the foundation of a multi year grand 35 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: jury investigation. The boy, who has since been identified as 36 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: Victim Number one, explained that he'd grown up with his 37 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: mother and siblings, but without a father. When he met 38 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: Jerry Sandusky at the Second Mile Foundation. It seemed like 39 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 1: an opportunity for wholesome male guidance, but the dynamic between 40 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: Jerry and Victim number one quickly devolved. At first, he 41 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: would kiss me on the forehead good night, Victim number 42 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: one would testify. Then he is kissing me on the cheek, 43 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: then rubbing my back and cracking my back. Ultimately, Victim 44 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 1: number one told authorities he was compelled by Jerry to 45 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: engage in oral sex. I spaced, Victim number one said, 46 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 1: I didn't know what to do. Of course he didn't. 47 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 1: He was just a kid. It was so brave of 48 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: him to come forward, and it was also an incredibly 49 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: meaningful step for the investigation because it inspired others who 50 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: had been abused by Jerry Sandusky to speak up. Victim 51 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: number one's account of Jerry's behavior was soon corroborated by 52 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: Joe Miller, a wrestling coach at Central Mountain High School, 53 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: where Jerry Sandusky was volunteering. Joe testified that in two 54 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: thousand and six or two thousand and seven, he surprised 55 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: Jerry and a boy lying on their sides in physical contact, 56 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: face to face on a mat in a cramped weight room. 57 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: According to Joe Miller. Jerry jumped to his feet and 58 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: explained that the two had had just been working on 59 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: wrestling moves. But as the victim in this incident, a 60 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: boy named Aaron Fisher later revealed that was far from 61 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: the truth. Jerry had also taken him to sporting events 62 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: and given him gifts including golf clubs, a computer, cash, 63 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: and clothes. During this period, Jerry Sandusky allegedly performed oral 64 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: sex on Aaron more than twenty times and coerced Aaron 65 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: to perform oral sex on him once. So consuming was 66 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 1: the relationship between Jerry and this miner that Aaron's mother, 67 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: Don Hennessy, got wise to the situation, ensure that contact 68 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,359 Speaker 1: between her son and Jerry was abruptly ended, and reported 69 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 1: the sexual assault to Central Mountain High School in two 70 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: thousand and eight, And on November twenty, two thousand and eight, 71 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: at last, a school official did something by the book. 72 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: Faced with a shocking abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky from 73 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: Aaron Fisher and his mother, Dawn, Central Mountain Principal Karen 74 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: Probs promptly called local authorities. However, it's worth noting than 75 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: in a twenty thirteen PennLive dot Com article journalist Charles 76 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: Thompson wrote that even Principal Probes seemed initially reluctant to 77 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: go after Jerry Sandusky. Behind closed doors. Down Hennessy alleged 78 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: that Principal Probes cautioned them to think long and hard 79 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: about the complaints they were making, causing her son, Aaron Fisher, 80 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 1: to sob aloud, saying, they don't believe me. They don't 81 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: believe me. But the football coach and assistant principal at 82 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: Central Mountain High School, Steve Turketta, did believe Aaron Fisher. 83 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: As the appointed go between for Central Mountain High School 84 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: students and Jerry Sandusky's the Second Mile charity, Steve had 85 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: become increasingly suspicious of Jerry's behavior, and Aaron's allegations confirmed 86 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: his worst fears. As reported by pen Live, Steve Turketta 87 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: would later admit to grand jurors that it was not 88 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: unusual for him at Jerry Sandusky's request to get students 89 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 1: out of an activity period at the end of the day. 90 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 1: Steve Turketta told the grand jury he knew of several 91 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 1: students who were left alone with Jerry Sandusky, including Aaron Fisher, 92 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: and he called Jerry Sandusky very controlling within those relationships. 93 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 1: Steve Turketta said he witnessed shouting matches between Jerry Sandusky 94 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: and some of the Second Mile students because Jerry wanted 95 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: more time than the teenagers were willing to give. Steve 96 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 1: Turketta reported the allegations that had been made by Aaron 97 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: Fisher against Jerry Sandusky to the Second Mile Charity. Promptly, 98 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: Jack Rakovitz, the president and CEO of the charity at 99 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 1: the time, confronted Jerry Sandusky about the allegations, and on 100 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: November twenty fifth, two thousand and eight, Jerry admitted that 101 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: he had been accused of something inappropriate by a boy. Mission, 102 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 1: albeit a watered down admission, led to Jerry's immediate removal 103 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: from all activities involving children at the organization by Jack Raykovitz. Next, 104 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: Jerry Sandusky lost his clearance from Childline, which is Pennsylvania's 105 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: state sex abuse registry and reporting center. At this point, 106 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: Jack Rakovitz told Jerry that if he did not resign 107 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: from the Second Mile that he would go to the 108 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: executive board members and have them do it on his behalf. 109 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: This part of Jerry's facade had come to an end. 110 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: By September twenty ten, he was entirely ousted from the 111 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: organization he'd founded. Not only that, but his actions and 112 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: the actions of the nonprofits leaders forever tarnished the Second Mile, 113 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: which would fold by twenty sixteen in the wake of 114 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 1: the scandal. An investigation into The Second Mile by Hungry 115 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: journalist Sarah Gannum at the Harrisburg Patriot News later revealed 116 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: a number of dirty players in the mix at the charity. 117 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: For example, while the charity was run by the husband 118 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: and wife team of Jack Rakovitz and Catherine Genevis, many 119 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: of the board members didn't know they were married, and 120 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: reported being put off by their closed management style and 121 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: lack of transparency. Even more upsetting and Sarah Gannam's report 122 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: was a revelation from Bonnie Marshall, who was Second Miles 123 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: development director. She claimed that Jack Raykovitz had been informed 124 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: by Penn State Athletic Director Tim Curley about allegations against 125 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: Jerry Sandusky in two thousand and one, that seven years 126 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: prior to Aaron Fischer's abuse allegations. Apparently, Jack's stomach churning 127 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: response to the information from Tim Curley had been to 128 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 1: opt for ignorance. At that point, I didn't particularly want 129 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 1: to know any more, and Tim Curley didn't volunteer anything else. 130 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: Jack Raykovitz would later say, imagine running a nonprofit for 131 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: children and not caring about an allegation of rape by 132 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: your organization's founder. Also damning was journalist Sarah Gannam uncovering 133 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: shocking information about Katherine Jenoviez's equally apathetic response to the allegations. Apparently, 134 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 1: a Children and Youth Services official informed Katherine that she 135 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: needed to sever a relationship with Second Mile because of 136 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: the situation with Jerry Sandusky. According to multiple sources, Catherine 137 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: apparently responded by telling the official that, quote, We've had 138 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: to tell him to back off certain kids before. Really, 139 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 1: and finally, Sarah Gannam exposed some seriously dirty political playing 140 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: with financial string pulling by the nonprofit. Governor Tom Corbett, 141 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: who was Attorney General during the first couple of years 142 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: the Jerry Sandusky investigation, benefited from hundreds of thousands of 143 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: dollars in campaign contributions from Second Mile staff and board members, 144 00:09:54,600 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 1: both before and after Jerry was under investigation. It had 145 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: taken a ridiculously long time for society to finally act, 146 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: but After the two year grand jury investigation concluded, on 147 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: November fifth, twenty eleven, Jerry Sandusky was arrested, arraigned in 148 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: district court, and faced with twenty one felony counts related 149 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: to the sexual abuse of young boys over a fifteen 150 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: year period from nineteen ninety four to two thousand and nine. Still, 151 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 1: the Jerry Sandusky circus, while rained in, was far from over. 152 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: Jerry was released on a one hundred thousand dollars unsecured 153 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: bond by Judge Leslie Dutchcott despite prosecutor's request for a 154 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: five hundred thousand dollars bail and an ankle monitor. Why 155 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 1: was there such a discrepancy between the prosecutor's ask and 156 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: Judge dutchcotch determination. Well, while we can only speculate as 157 00:10:55,480 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: to Judge dutchcotch motivation, we do know that she volunteers 158 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: he heared for the Second Mile Charity several times in 159 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine. We 160 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:09,439 Speaker 1: also know that her decision immediately raised eyebrows, given how 161 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:14,359 Speaker 1: serious Jerry's alleged crimes were and how many victims were involved. 162 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:19,319 Speaker 1: Christopher Malyos, an attorney with Equitas, part of the Pennsylvania 163 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 1: Coalition Against Rape told ABC News that the fact that 164 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:28,439 Speaker 1: Jerry Sandusky's bond is unsecured at all is extremely unusual 165 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: since we're dealing with pretty serious crimes. Even if the 166 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: allegations were just involving one victim, it would be unusual 167 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: for a defendant to get unsecured bail, But with multiple 168 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 1: possible victims and ongoing investigations and out of state investigations, 169 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: I'm shocked, Attorney Malyos said. He further expressed to ABC 170 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: that in his work in the Philadelphia District Attorney's office, 171 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: they were always conscious of ensuring that a defendant who 172 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: had a position of authority within the community or financial 173 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:06,319 Speaker 1: means would not receive preferential treatment. Clearly upset that Jerry 174 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: Sandusky was making a fool of the justice system, Attorney 175 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: Mallios emphasized, we don't have two courthouses, one for the 176 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: rich and one for the poor, or one for white 177 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: people and one for black people. Jerry Sandusky's bail just 178 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 1: seems out of proportion for the crimes. On the same 179 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: November fifth, twenty eleven, that Jerry Sandusky's arraignment was challenging 180 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:34,199 Speaker 1: legal norms, fifty seven year old Tim Curley, Penn States 181 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: Athletics director, and sixty two year old Gary Schultz, Penn 182 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:42,319 Speaker 1: States Vice president, were forced to face the dawning realization 183 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 1: that their failure to protect children from their former employee 184 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: would cost them dearly. Each was charged with one count 185 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: of felony perjury and one count of failure to report 186 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 1: abuse allegations, and rightfully so, because every state in the 187 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 1: US has mandated reporting law. This means that those who 188 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: are in a position to protect children, such as people 189 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: working in youth serving organizations, have a legally enforceable obligation 190 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 1: to report suspected abuse. At Penn State, Tim Curley and 191 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: Gary Schultz had been confronted by credible eyewitness allegations. The 192 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 1: law clearly required them to report the allegations to either 193 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: Child Protective Services or the cops. They did neither. Within 194 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,559 Speaker 1: twenty four hours of the charges against Tim and Gary, 195 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: both men had resigned to focus on their legal defenses, 196 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 1: even though their crony, Penn State University President Graham Spaniard, 197 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 1: was swift to issue a statement supporting them, saying Tim 198 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: Curley and Gary Schultz operate at the highest levels of honesty, integrity, 199 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: and compassion, there was no rolling back their culpability. In fact, 200 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 1: Graham Spaniard himself was forced to resign by the school's 201 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: board of trustees on November ninth, twenty eleven, in large 202 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,679 Speaker 1: part because of his public support for Tim Curley and 203 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:06,559 Speaker 1: Gary Schultz. Ultimately, Graham, Tim and Gary would all serve 204 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: prison time for their collective role in enabling Jerry Sandusky's 205 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 1: sexual abuse of minors on Penn State's campus. At their 206 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: formal sentencing, six years after the initial charges, Senior Judge 207 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: John Baccabella would pass judgment saying why no one made 208 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: a phone call to the police is beyond me, while 209 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 1: mister Sandusky was allowed to continue to use the Penn 210 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: State facilities is beyond me. What was also beyond everyone 211 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: was the illustrious Joe Paterno's alleged role in Jerry Sandusky's crimes. 212 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: The very same day Tim Curley and Gary Shultz resigned 213 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: from Penn State, Joe paw issued a public statement reflecting 214 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: on the report he'd received from Mike mcquarie back in 215 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: two thousand and two about Jerry Sandusky's sexually abusive behavior. 216 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: Joe expressed sadness over the out life delegations, but reiterated 217 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: that in his view, he had fulfilled his duty by 218 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: reporting the incident promptly to his superior while I did 219 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: what I was supposed to do with the one charge 220 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: brought to my attention, Joe said, like anyone else involved, 221 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: I can't help but be deeply saddened these matters or 222 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: alleged to have occurred. Three days after his initial statement, 223 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: Joe Palm made a second announcement of his intention to 224 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: retire at the end of the twenty eleven football season, 225 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: citing the need for the university to move forward without distractions, 226 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: and adding I wish I had done more regarding Jerry 227 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 1: Sandusky's predation. At this point, however, the Penn State Board 228 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: of Trustees decided immediate action was necessary, so that night, 229 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,479 Speaker 1: the very same night they dismissed university president Graham Spaniard, 230 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: the Board of Trustees dismissed longtime Nitney Lyons head coach 231 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: Joe Paterno. Apparently, the dismissal was a deep shock to 232 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: Joe and came via a phone call, which was hardly 233 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: the mark of deep respect he'd anticipated after so many 234 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: years of service. As reported by the BBC, Joe Paterno 235 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: addressed his players in the auditorium of Penn State's football building, 236 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: breaking down in tears as he told his team he 237 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: was leaving. He said he wanted the team to finish 238 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: the season with dignity and determination. The players gave him 239 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: a standing ovation when he walked out. The reaction from 240 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: the Penn State community to Joe Paterno's sudden forced departure 241 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: was immediate and intense. Students organized demonstrations, some of which 242 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: turned into significant civil disturbances. This unrest reflected the strong 243 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 1: support still held for coach Paterno by most of the 244 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: student body. Twenty year old Justin Muir, a junior studying 245 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: hotel and restaurant management, told The New York Times, Joe 246 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: Paterno's dismissal isn't fair. The board is an embarrassment to 247 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:06,120 Speaker 1: our school and a disservice to the student population. Catherine 248 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 1: Simpson mirror Justin sentiment, telling reporter Nate Shrubber, I'm here 249 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: because I just need to be with the rest of 250 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: my school right now. This is devastating for us. On 251 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 1: November twelfth, twenty eleven, the Nitney Lions football team played 252 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 1: its first game in sixty one years without Joe Paterno 253 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: at the Helm. It was a poignant moment for Penn State, 254 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: particularly as the Nitney lions seventeen to fourteen loss to 255 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: Nebraska that day was witnessed by over one hundred and 256 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 1: seven thousand attendees. On November eighteenth, twenty eleven, Rodney Erickson, 257 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: who had been acting as interim president in the wake 258 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: of Graham spaniards dismissal, was officially confirmed as Penn State's 259 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 1: new president by the Board of Trustees, But this news 260 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: was overshadowed by Scott Paterno, Joe Paterno's son, announcing on 261 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:04,159 Speaker 1: that same day that his father was diagnosed with a 262 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: treatable form of lung cancer. Scott shared a hopeful outlook 263 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 1: from doctors regarding Joepa's cancer, but even so the news 264 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 1: came as yet another upset to the Happy Valley community. 265 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: Former Penn State quarterback and now NBC broadcaster Todd Blackledge 266 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:24,159 Speaker 1: told ESPN that in a week or so of many surprises, 267 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: this was another one. Joe Paterno's health continued to decline, 268 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 1: and he would tragically pass away just over two months 269 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: later on January twenty second, twenty twelve, His funeral procession 270 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 1: through Penn State attracted thousands. While he officially died from 271 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: lung cancer, many of his fans believe he died of 272 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: a broken heart, devastated by the scandal, his part in it, 273 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: and his ignominious dismissal after so many decades of service 274 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: to Penn State. But are they right? Sports Illustrated reporter 275 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,439 Speaker 1: Joe Posnanski spent time with the coaching legend in his 276 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 1: hospital room during the last weeks of his life and 277 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: insists this just isn't the case in every life. Joe 278 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 1: Paterno told Joe Posnanski, there have to be some shadows. 279 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 1: Look at me. My life has been filled with sunshine, 280 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:21,160 Speaker 1: a beautiful and caring wife, five healthy children. I've got 281 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: to do what I loved. How many people are that lucky? 282 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 1: I made a lot of mistakes in my life, but 283 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: I thought people could see that I tried my best 284 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 1: to do the right things. I tried to do the 285 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: right thing with Sandusky too. Mary Kay Perterno, Joe's daughter, 286 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 1: agreed with Joe Posnansky's Sports Illustrated article. My father did 287 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: not have a broken heart. She said. His heart was 288 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 1: too strong. It couldn't be broken. Joe Paterno's passing did, however, 289 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 1: break many hearts at Penn State. Students felt they needed 290 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 1: Joe PA's leadership more than ever, and now he was 291 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:02,199 Speaker 1: gone forever. And n reported the campus grief, writing that 292 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: students braved freezing temperatures to attend the vigil for Joe 293 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,959 Speaker 1: Paterno on the lawn of the old main building on 294 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 1: Penn State's campus. They held candles, locked arms, and sung 295 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,360 Speaker 1: the school's alma mater to say goodbye. And while Penn 296 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: State's administration acknowledged the gaping loss that had been left 297 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 1: in their community since Joe Paterno's departure and then sudden death, 298 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: nothing stopped the Jerry Sandusky scandal's momentum. It had to 299 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,160 Speaker 1: be addressed internally as well as in the courts of law, 300 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: or the university could never recover. So Penn State commissioned 301 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: an independent investigation into what had happened, led by former 302 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 1: FBI director and federal judge Louis Free. The inquiry's purpose 303 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 1: was to thoroughly investigate allegations of sexual abuse at the university, 304 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 1: some dating as far back as nineteen seventy five. Additionally, 305 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: the university's faculty called for a separate, independent probe that 306 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,119 Speaker 1: would include an examination of the actions of employees and 307 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 1: board members, as they were concerned Louis Free might feel 308 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: beholden to Penn State's administration for his employment and skew 309 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: the findings in some way. The investigation by Louis Free 310 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 1: was extensive, involving over four hundred interviews and the review 311 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,159 Speaker 1: of millions of documents related to Penn State's handling of 312 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: the Jerry Sandusky allegations. His findings, which came to be 313 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 1: known as the Free Report, were damning and concluded that 314 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: key figures at Penn State, including former head football coach 315 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: Joe Paterno, former president Graham Spaniard, former vice president Gary Schultz, 316 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: and former athletics director Tim Curley, had failed to take 317 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: sufficient action to protect the welfare of children after being 318 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: informed of allegations against Jerry Sandusky, for the faculty that 319 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: had been uneasy about Louis Free skewing his findings for 320 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: the university's benefit, while let's just say that they needn't 321 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: have worried. One of the most significant conclusions of the 322 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: Free Report was that these leaders at Penn State had 323 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: exhibited a quote total and consistent disregard unquote for the 324 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: victims of Jerry Sandusky's abuse, instead choosing to conceal their 325 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: colleagues's devastating activities from the board of Trustees, the university community, 326 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 1: and authorities. The report stated that the actions of Joe Paterno, 327 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:31,360 Speaker 1: Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, and Graham Spaniard were motivated by 328 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:35,640 Speaker 1: a desire to avoid the consequences of bad publicity, which 329 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: could have had a negative impact on the image of 330 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:42,639 Speaker 1: Penn State, its football program and its lucrative financial revenues. 331 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 1: Louis Free further slammed Penn State University's overall culture, which 332 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: was described as one where reverence for the football program 333 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: led by Joe Paterno had created an environment where allegations 334 00:22:56,000 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 1: could be brushed aside in favor of maintaining the status quo. 335 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 1: Needless to say, the release of the Free report had 336 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 1: profound consequences for Penn State. It led to significant changes 337 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: in governance and policy. The report's findings also contributed to 338 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: a national dialogue about institutional responsibility and the protection of children, 339 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: influencing policies at universities and organizations across the country. But 340 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: Confronted by the brutal due diligence of Louis Free's reporting, 341 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: Penn State's stunned student body demanded that even greater action 342 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 1: be taken. Gone were the riots in favor of Joepah. 343 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: A wave of students mounted a demand to remove the 344 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,919 Speaker 1: bronze statue of Joe Paterno, which stood prominently outside of 345 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: the Nidney Lions Beaver Stadium, and Penn State President Rodney 346 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: Erickson heard them loud and clear. President Ericson declared Joe 347 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: Paterno's statue would be removed because it was a recurring 348 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,920 Speaker 1: wound to the multitude of individuals was across the nation 349 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: and beyond who have been the victims of child abuse. 350 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:09,399 Speaker 1: The statue's sculptor, Angelo di Maria, meanwhile, told NBC that 351 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: he felt like a part of him was being taken 352 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: down with Joepa's sculpture. When things quiet down, if they 353 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: do quiet down, I hope they don't remove it permanently 354 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:23,120 Speaker 1: or destroy it. Angelo de Maria said Joe Paterno's legacy 355 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 1: should not be completely obliterated and thrown out. He was 356 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,679 Speaker 1: a good man. It wasn't that he was an evil person. 357 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: He made a mistake, but, as the Free Report had uncovered, 358 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 1: Joe Paterno had made a big mistake, exercising terrible judgment 359 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: at the expense of innocent children, and so the removal 360 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: of his statue was carried out early on July twenty second, 361 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 1: twenty twelve, a Sunday morning, reflecting both the university's sensitivity 362 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,120 Speaker 1: to the issue given Joe Perterno's death just months earlier, 363 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: and the desire to avoid yet another public spectacle. The 364 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: act was met with mixed reactions across generations of Penn 365 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:11,159 Speaker 1: State students, graduates, faculty, and fans. While most felt it 366 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:15,639 Speaker 1: was necessary to step towards accountability and healing, others viewed 367 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:19,880 Speaker 1: it as an unjust erasure of Joe Paterno's substantial positive 368 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: contribution to the university and Happy Valley community. Naturally, the 369 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 1: statue's removal also sparked broader discussions about how institutions honor 370 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 1: legacy figures who are later found to have been flawed 371 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: or complicit and wrongdoing. How should society strike a balance 372 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: between recognizing historical contributions and acknowledging the sometimes terrible consequences 373 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:47,680 Speaker 1: of those actions. This is an ongoing debate with more 374 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: complexity than a carrot, orange and pineapple juice blend, and 375 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 1: it's well worth sipping on as you reflect on Jerry 376 00:25:54,680 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 1: Sandusky's crimes and countless other scandals throughout history. But the 377 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: removal of Joe Paterno's statue, while symbolic, certainly did not 378 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 1: mark the end of this sad chapter for Penn State. 379 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 1: In a sweeping and unprecedented move, the NCAA imposed severe 380 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: sanctions on the university, signaling the gravity with which it 381 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: viewed the institution's role in the Jerry Sandusky scandal. On 382 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 1: July twenty third, twenty twelve, the very day after the 383 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:32,400 Speaker 1: statue's removal, the nc DOUAA announced a series of punitive 384 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: measures intended to hold the university accountable and serve as 385 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 1: a deterrent against future institutional failures in collegiate sports. The 386 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: penalties included a sixty million dollar fine, which is equivalent 387 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: to the entire annual revenue of the Penn State football program. 388 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: This substantial sum was earmarked for external programs dedicated to 389 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:59,439 Speaker 1: preventing child sexual abuse or assisting victims, ensuring that the 390 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: funds would contribute to rectifying the broader social issues highlighted 391 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: by the case. Additionally, the nc DOUBLEA imposed a four 392 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: year ban on postseason play for the Nitney Lyons football team. 393 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 1: This sanction crippled the Penn State football program's competitiveness and 394 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 1: appeal for Perhaps the most symbolic of the sanction's levy 395 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: by the nc DOUBLEA was the vacating of all Penn 396 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:28,959 Speaker 1: State football victories from nineteen ninety eight to twenty eleven, 397 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: the period during which the worst of Jerry Sandusky's abuses 398 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:37,639 Speaker 1: had occurred and gone unreported by key figures at the university. 399 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:42,639 Speaker 1: By erasing these wins, these wins under Joe Paterno's leadership, 400 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: the NCUBA stripped Jopa of his status as the winning 401 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:50,959 Speaker 1: as coach in major college football history. It was a 402 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 1: powerful message about the impermanence of anyone's legacy when it 403 00:27:55,320 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 1: is overshadowed by wrongdoing. Following the NCAA's unprecedented sanctions and 404 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 1: the arrests of faculty and administrators Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, 405 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 1: and Graham Spaniard, Penn State paid out fifty nine point 406 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:16,680 Speaker 1: seven million dollars to settle claims with twenty six victims 407 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 1: of Jerry Sandusky. The federal government got in on the act, too, 408 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 1: imposing a then record additional two point three million dollar 409 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 1: fine on Penn State for failing to accurately report statistics 410 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:34,160 Speaker 1: surrounding campus crime. Recognizing its great failure, Penn State paid 411 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: the fine without contesting it. We cannot undo what has 412 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: been done, but we can and must do everything possible 413 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: to learn from this and ensure it never happens again 414 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: at Penn State. University President Rodney Rickson stated, and these 415 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 1: weren't idle words. Penn State independently undertook a series of 416 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 1: sweeping changes to ensure better oversight and stricter adherence to 417 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: ethical standard. Child protection and ethics training became part of 418 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 1: every Penn State employee's on boarding process as the campus 419 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 1: aimed to improve its reputation and become a leader in 420 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: these critical areas. And importantly, Penn State's actions in the 421 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 1: wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal prompted a nationwide reevaluation 422 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: of how institutions handle allegations of sexual abuse, hopefully ensuring 423 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 1: that future generations will be better protected. The NCAA restored 424 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: Penn State's football scholarships in twenty thirteen and reinstated the 425 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: Nitneylyons wins from nineteen ninety eight to twenty eleven and 426 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. These actions were seen by many as an 427 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: acknowledgment of the positive steps Penn State had taken towards 428 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 1: rectifying past wrongs, but for others, they stirred debate about 429 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: the appropriateness and impact of such nc DOUBLEA sanctions in 430 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: the first place. Michael Bonnie, a lawyer for one of 431 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: the victims who testified at Jiry Sanduski's trial, told ESPN 432 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 1: that he does not believe Joe Paterno's victory should be reinstated. 433 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 1: Joe Paterno did a world of good, Attorney Bondy acknowledged, 434 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 1: but he made a huge, huge error in judgment in 435 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: helping cover up Jerry Sandusky's pedophilia, and even posthumously. I 436 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 1: think that has to be recognized. Conversely, others believed that 437 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 1: it was the NCAA that was in the wrong, having 438 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 1: overstepped their organization's authority from the get go. Joe Perterno's 439 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 1: son Jay voiced his frustration on another program I hosted, 440 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 1: Outside the Line, saying, I think there's still a lot 441 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,360 Speaker 1: more to explain as to why the reputation of Penn 442 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 1: State University, and certainly the reputation of an athletics department 443 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 1: that was a model program across the board, why that 444 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: was allowed to be sacrificed in the altar of expediency 445 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:56,959 Speaker 1: in the panic of the day. Notably, the retired FBI 446 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 1: profiler Jim Clemente also opined that the harsh conclusions about 447 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 1: Joe Paterno went too far and that Joe pod did 448 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:09,640 Speaker 1: in fact fulfill his duty in reporting allegations to university 449 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 1: administrators promptly. It is a debate that may never end, 450 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 1: as those who believe the leader of men should have 451 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: done much much more spar with those more sympathetic to 452 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 1: Joe Paterno's record of service. So, in the end, consensus 453 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:30,320 Speaker 1: and closure proved elusive to Penn State University, and to 454 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 1: this day, the stain of Jerry Sandusky's Nitney Lyons tenure 455 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 1: lingers as a reminder of why sports should always be 456 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:42,520 Speaker 1: subordinate to doing the right thing. Meanwhile, Jerry Sandusky himself 457 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 1: did receive closure behind bars, his downfall snowballed as more 458 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:52,479 Speaker 1: victims came forward. On November thirtyeth twenty eleven, a civil 459 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 1: lawsuit was filed against Jerry the Second Mile nonprofit and 460 00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,880 Speaker 1: Penn State by an accuser not previously mentioned in the 461 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 1: grand jury report. This victim, identified as John doe A, 462 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:10,040 Speaker 1: released a statement via his attorney, Jeff Anderson, saying I 463 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 1: never told anybody what Jerry did to me over one 464 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 1: hundred times at all kinds of places until the newspapers 465 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:21,160 Speaker 1: reported the alleged abuse of others. I am hurting and 466 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 1: have been for a long time. On the heels of 467 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: John doe A speaking out. Two new alleged victims came forward, 468 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 1: and on December seventh, twenty eleven, the Pennsylvania Attorney General 469 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 1: charged Jerry Sandusky with additional accounts of abuse. He now 470 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:43,240 Speaker 1: stood accused of more than fifty counts of sexually abusing 471 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 1: ten young boys. At this point, Jerry Sandusky was required 472 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 1: to wear an electronic monitoring device and was barred at 473 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 1: last from Penn State's campus. He secured his release on 474 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 1: two undred and fifty thousand dollars bail, supported by his wife, Dottie. 475 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:07,680 Speaker 1: Now it's worth noting that Dottie Sandusky herself came under 476 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 1: significant review, as many of her husband's terrible crimes were 477 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 1: committed in their basement while she was upstairs. To this 478 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 1: very day, she still stands by her man. Perhaps psychology 479 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:25,080 Speaker 1: today sums up Dottie Sandusky best with Stuart Fischoff, PhD's assessment. 480 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 1: Dorothy Sandusky might be a woman of her time, as 481 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 1: some have argued, whose life had meaning and purpose as 482 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:35,480 Speaker 1: a wife and mother. To accept the ugly truths about 483 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 1: her husband would leave her rootless, anomic, even suicidal, because 484 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 1: she did nothing we know of to stop his predation 485 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 1: and deceit so her mind closed to all the suspicions 486 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:51,960 Speaker 1: and suggestive evidence about the real Jerry Sandusky while she 487 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:56,080 Speaker 1: stayed married to the fiction. Or maybe Dotti eventually saw 488 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,480 Speaker 1: it all but hoped that age would quiet Jerry's predatory 489 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:03,480 Speaker 1: beast and returned the man whose charms still stirred her. 490 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:08,680 Speaker 1: These possibilities have one dreadful thing in common, the emotional 491 00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:12,719 Speaker 1: lives of the molested children. They were sacrificed for the 492 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 1: preservation of the Sandusky marriage. But now her marriage is gone, 493 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 1: and dotti Mu's face a very nasty, conscious streaming abyss 494 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,880 Speaker 1: that is filled with young boys calling out for her 495 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 1: courage and compassion, cries that Dorothy Sandusky failed to answer. 496 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:37,800 Speaker 1: In June of twenty twelve, the trial of Jerry Sandusky commenced, 497 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:42,719 Speaker 1: capturing the nation's attention with its harrowing details. The prosecution 498 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:47,399 Speaker 1: called a series of witnesses, primarily the victims themselves, who 499 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:51,719 Speaker 1: offered detailed and often emotional testimonies about the abuse they 500 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:55,840 Speaker 1: had suffered at Jerry's hands. One of the key moments 501 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:59,120 Speaker 1: in the trial was the testimony of Mike mcquerie, the 502 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:03,400 Speaker 1: former pens Say assistant coach who reported seeing Jerry Sandusky 503 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:06,080 Speaker 1: in the Nitney Lions shower with a young boy in 504 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:10,560 Speaker 1: two thousand and one. Mike McQuary's detailed account added a 505 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:14,400 Speaker 1: critical dimension to the case because in child abuse cases 506 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:19,800 Speaker 1: there is very rarely anything approaching physical evidence like DNA. 507 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,600 Speaker 1: This is because most victims failed to disclose the abuse, 508 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:28,080 Speaker 1: and when victims do disclose, it is very often delayed 509 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:32,520 Speaker 1: by days, weeks, months, or even years, where there simply 510 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:35,760 Speaker 1: would no longer be any true forensic evidence to gather. 511 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,759 Speaker 1: So these sex abuse cases most often come down to 512 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,640 Speaker 1: the word of the victim. What made Mike McQuary's testimony 513 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:47,319 Speaker 1: so powerful is that it added to the credibility of 514 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:51,840 Speaker 1: the testimony by Jerry Sandusky's victims. What he had witnessed 515 00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:56,040 Speaker 1: was incredibly important for the jury to hear, and incredibly 516 00:35:56,200 --> 00:36:00,680 Speaker 1: rare for prosecutors to have eye witness and high standard. 517 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:10,400 Speaker 1: Accounts of child sexual abuse are vanishingly rare. In classic fashion, 518 00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:15,560 Speaker 1: Jerry Sandusky's defense team, led by attorney Joseph Avendola, attempted 519 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:18,839 Speaker 1: to discredit the testimony of the victims and argue that 520 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:22,080 Speaker 1: the charges were motivated by a potential financial gain from 521 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:27,680 Speaker 1: civil lawsuits. Attorney Avendola also highlighted inconsistencies in the timelines 522 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:32,440 Speaker 1: and details provided by the accusers. However, the overwhelming nature 523 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:35,799 Speaker 1: of the testimonies and the pattern of behavior that emerged 524 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 1: were difficult to counter effectively. You see, each victim corroborated 525 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:44,120 Speaker 1: the others, which always impacts a jury's view of the evidence. 526 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,640 Speaker 1: Think about the Harvey Weinstein case, for example. It might 527 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:50,600 Speaker 1: have been easy, at least from a defense perspective, to 528 00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:54,640 Speaker 1: dismiss the rape claim of one woman, but multiple women 529 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:59,480 Speaker 1: not so easy. The same principle applies in child abuse cases. 530 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:04,680 Speaker 1: Throughout the trial, Jerry Sandusky maintained his innocence, disputing all 531 00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:09,160 Speaker 1: allegations of sexual abuse. His defense also brought forward character 532 00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,520 Speaker 1: witnesses who testified to his reputation and worked with children, 533 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,960 Speaker 1: attempting to paint a different picture of their client's character. 534 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:20,480 Speaker 1: Jerry Sandusky did not take the stand in his own defense. 535 00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:25,279 Speaker 1: After two weeks of emotional testimony and legal arguments, the 536 00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:29,640 Speaker 1: jury deliberated for about twenty hours over two days, and 537 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:33,040 Speaker 1: on June twenty second, twenty twelve, they reached a verdict. 538 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:38,040 Speaker 1: Jerry Sandusky was found guilty on forty five of the 539 00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:42,400 Speaker 1: charges against him. It was a sweeping conviction that included 540 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:48,279 Speaker 1: multiple counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, and 541 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:55,720 Speaker 1: endangering the welfare of children. On October eighth, twenty twelve, 542 00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:59,680 Speaker 1: at six pm Eastern time, Jerry Sandusky released an audio 543 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:03,200 Speaker 1: state but from his holding cell, proclaiming his innocence, which 544 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,720 Speaker 1: was released by psucom Radio. 545 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:09,760 Speaker 2: I'm responding to the worst loss of my life. First, 546 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:13,080 Speaker 2: I looked at myself over and over. I asked why, 547 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,400 Speaker 2: Why didn't we have a fair opportunity to prepare for trial. 548 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:19,320 Speaker 2: Why I have so many people suffered as a result 549 00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:23,680 Speaker 2: of false allegations. What's a purpose? Maybe it will help others, 550 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:27,640 Speaker 2: some vulnerable children who could be abused might not be 551 00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:30,920 Speaker 2: as a result of all the publicity. That would be nice, 552 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:33,680 Speaker 2: but I'm not sure about it. I would cherish the 553 00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:36,680 Speaker 2: opportunity to become a candle for others as they have 554 00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:40,240 Speaker 2: been a light for me. They can take away my life, 555 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:42,359 Speaker 2: they can make me out as a monster, they can 556 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:44,840 Speaker 2: treat me as a monster, but they can't take away 557 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,680 Speaker 2: my heart. In my heart, I know I did not 558 00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:51,200 Speaker 2: do these alleged disgusting nacts. My wife has been my 559 00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:54,759 Speaker 2: only sex partner, and that was after marriage. Our love continues. 560 00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:59,960 Speaker 1: The following day, on October ninth, twenty twelve, Judge John 561 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:03,759 Speaker 1: Cleveland delivered a thirty to sixty year sentence ensuring that 562 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:07,080 Speaker 1: sixty eight year old Jerry Sandusky would be confined to 563 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:14,280 Speaker 1: prison for life. Jerry is currently serving time at Laurel 564 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:19,440 Speaker 1: Highlands State Prison, a minimum security facility in southwestern Pennsylvania. 565 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:23,880 Speaker 1: Despite numerous appeals for a new trial being denied, Jerry 566 00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:28,400 Speaker 1: has persisted with his legal battles. As recently as Wednesday, 567 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:32,360 Speaker 1: June twenty six, twenty twenty four, a new State appeals 568 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:36,240 Speaker 1: court hearing was held for Jerry Sandusky and Harrisburg. Despite 569 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:40,280 Speaker 1: no decision being made at that hearing. Jerry Sandusky's legal 570 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:44,080 Speaker 1: team remains steadfast. They have indicated that if a new 571 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:47,920 Speaker 1: trial isn't awarded, they will consider escalating the appeal to 572 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:51,640 Speaker 1: the state Supreme Court or even the federal courts. Jerry 573 00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:56,280 Speaker 1: Sandusky's council argues that new evidence concerning repressed memory information 574 00:39:56,360 --> 00:40:00,640 Speaker 1: has come to light, particularly regarding the accusers who testified 575 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:04,000 Speaker 1: they were abused by Jerry Sandusky in his twenty twelve trial. 576 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:07,920 Speaker 1: In other words, his victims continue to face the same 577 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:11,959 Speaker 1: kind of questions about their credibility that victims facing court 578 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:15,239 Speaker 1: rooms across the country each and every day. This is 579 00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:19,680 Speaker 1: certainly one reason why sexual violence goes unreported in our society. 580 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:24,200 Speaker 1: In what other crime category are victims questioned so viciously 581 00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:27,959 Speaker 1: about whether a crime was even committed? Food for thought, 582 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:33,560 Speaker 1: don't you think? Or in our case, juice for thought. Together, 583 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:35,960 Speaker 1: we've made it through one of the darkest chapters in 584 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,960 Speaker 1: sports history. The saga of Jerry Sandusky leaves a bad 585 00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:43,799 Speaker 1: taste and serves as a stark reminder of our societal 586 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:48,960 Speaker 1: duty to protect the most vulnerable. It challenges us to question, intervene, 587 00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:54,759 Speaker 1: and act always ensuring that integrity and safety are never Sacrificed, 588 00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:59,080 Speaker 1: Join me your host, Jay Harris for next week's brutal 589 00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:11,080 Speaker 1: blend right here on Playing Dirty Sports Scandals. Playing Dirty 590 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:15,000 Speaker 1: Sports Scandals is a production of Dan Patrick Productions, Never 591 00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:19,360 Speaker 1: Ever Productions, and Workhouse Media from executive producers Dan Patrick, 592 00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:24,440 Speaker 1: Paul Anderson, Nick Panela, Maya Glickman, and Jennifer Claring. Hosted 593 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:28,760 Speaker 1: by Jay Harris, Written and produced by Jen Brown, Francie Haiks, 594 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:30,760 Speaker 1: Maya Glickman, and Jennifer Clare.