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The Imminent And Colossal Civil Lawsuit Against Penn State Grows More Imminent And Potentially More Colossal
Multiple legal teams are hustling to sue the crap out of Penn State and others. Could be federal. Could be state. Could be the litigation gets joined into a mega-suit: "'This may be the most high-profile sexual abuse case ever,' says Benjamin Andreozzi, a Harrisburg, Pa., lawyer who is representing ...
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Judge Who Set Unsecured Bail For Jerry Sandusky Is A Second Mile Volunteer [UPDATE]
When Jerry Sandusky was initially arraigned, as previously reported by Sara Ganim, prosecutors requested $500,000.00 bail and that Sandusky be required to wear a leg monitor. District Judge Leslie Dutchcot, however, ordered that Sandusky be freed on $100,000 unsecured bail. She ordered that Sandusk...

ESPN Sort Of Comments, Then Refuses To Comment On Matt Millen's Status At The Second Mile
Earlier today, we reached out to ESPN for clarification on analyst Matt Millen's role at The Second Mile. The charity's website listed Millen as a member of the The Second Mile's honorary board, a nominal role absent of responsibility. The 2009 and 2010 tax returns for the charity, however, had Mill...

A Report That Jerry Sandusky Was Still Recruiting For Penn State Last Spring Appears To Be False
This has been getting around this afternoon, and it is alarming for all of the obvious reasons, though it looks like it's not true. The grand jury began its investigation of Jerry Sandusky's alleged sex crimes more than two years ago, and until now there had been no indication Sandusky was still on...

Assistant Coach And Alleged Rape Witness Mike McQueary Has Been Placed On Administrative Leave
Sara Ganim of the Patriot-News reports that McQueary—the graduate student who allegedly witnessed Jerry Sandusky raping a young boy in Penn State's locker room showers in 2002—is now officially on paid administrative leave. Last night, the athletic department announced that he wouldn't be on the sid...

Tax Returns For Jerry Sandusky's Second Mile Charity, 1998-2010
Here are tax returns for The Second Mile, the charity for at-risk children founded by accused child rapist Jerry Sandusky. We flagged a couple of items for you earlier today. The full returns are below. If you see anything of note, drop us a line at [email protected]....

10 Things That Are Still Happy About Happy Valley
After a week's worth of almost universally terrible news from State College, it can start to feel as if there's nothing good to be found in the land known as Happy Valley. And we've heard from readers who feel that the coverage is too focused on the negative. Here's a brief and non-comprehensive lis...

Second Mile's Tax Records: ESPN's Weepy Matt Millen Was Listed In 2009, 2010 As A Director At Sandusky's Charity
We told you earlier about accused child rapist Jerry Sandusky's consulting pay from The Second Mile. But there are other revealing tidbits to be gleaned from the charity's tax records, such as who sits on its board. Consider Matt Millen, the ESPN analyst and former Nittany Lion who choked up on ai...

Sandusky Made Nearly $500K At The Second Mile After Admitting He Showered With A Boy, According To Tax Records
We've obtained tax returns for The Second Mile charity from 1998 to present. Some disturbing tidbits in there. Easily the most disturbing is the amount of money Jerry Sandusky earned through his nonprofit organization after 1998, when at least one person affiliated with The Second Mile learned that ...

What Did Everybody In State College Know About Jerry Sandusky, And When Did They Know It?
We've already highlighted the extraordinary work and original reporting being done on the Penn State sex abuse case by Sara Ganim and her colleagues at the Patriot-News of Harrisburg. But we feel the need to do it again, since Ganim has now written a single narrative that lays out who seemed to kno...

Mike McQueary Has Received Threats, Won't Coach Penn State Saturday Against Nebraska
Here is the statement from the Penn State athletic office:...

An Interview With The Radio Host Who Dropped That Jerry Sandusky Kiddie-Sex-Ring Rumor On Everybody
Mark Madden wanted to make one thing perfectly clear, right from the start....

"This Is Almost Like A Modern Day Crucifixion": Penn State Players React To Paterno's Dismissal
Last night, the members of the Penn State football team watched the man who more than likely played a major role in bringing them to Happy Valley get unceremoniously canned. While thousands of other students took to the streets to tip over news vans and get pepper-sprayed, the current Nittany Lions ...

A Curated Selection Of Jerry Sandusky's Writings From The Annual Reports Of His Youth Charity
Jerry Sandusky founded The Second Mile in 1977. The charity probably issued some form of an annual report from the start. But the ones I managed to find online date from 2005-2010, which are very important years in both Sandusky and the charity's existence. By 2005, Sandusky had already been investi...

The Saddest Sad Faces Of Sad Penn State Bros
Bros, we must mourn. The greatest bro of all, Joe Paterno—whom one could affectionately refer to as Bro Paternbro—has been fired as head coach of PSU football. Life will never be the same, bros. Football will never be so pure again. Hang your head, remove your backwards New Era cap, and say a prayer...

A Cartographic Illustration Of How Pervasive Jerry Sandusky's Youth Charity Is In Pennsylvania
This is a map of how many individuals The Second Mile served in 2008, the year the charity's employees finally took action to prevent Jerry Sandusky from hanging out with minors. The map comes from the charity's 2008 annual report. It shows how far The Second Mile's influence ranged. Thousands and t...

Three Reasons To Be Skeptical Of The Sandusky Kiddie-Sex-Ring Rumor, And One Reason Not To Be
Earlier today, Pittsburgh radio show host Mark Madden went on WEEI in Boston and passed along something that's been dancing around the internet and flying into our inbox ever since. You can listen to the audio above, but the comment in question is right here:...

The Strange Details Of The Phone Call That Made Joe Paterno's Termination Official
When Joe Paterno emerged from his house on McKee Street last night to address the gathered students and supporters, he mentioned, as he struggled to thank them for showing up, a phone call: "I'm out of it, maybe, now," he said. "That phone call put me out of it. But we'll go from there, OK?"...

This Penn State Student Is The Face And Two Fingers Of The State College Sweatpants Riots
Your morning roundup for Nov. 10, the day we learned that the Internet is a dangerous place. Photo via Tom B. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Joe Paterno Has His Nixon-Boarding-A-Helicopter Moment
Another night, another Joe Paterno address from the family shrubbery. The phone call he references is probably this one, which, to hear Joe Schad describe it, seems to have taken place over the shoe phones from Get Smart....