9:14 pm - 11/16/2011
New Judge in Case
There's a new judge for Jerry Sandusky's trial for dozens of counts of child rape and molestation. The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts has assigned Judge Robert Scott to preside after questions arose about District Judge Leslie Dutchcot's ties to Sandusky.
Dutchcot came under fire when she allowed the former Penn State assistant football coach to walk free without paying bond. It was later discovered that Dutchcot volunteered with Sandusky's charity The Second Mile and even received campaign donations from The Second Mile.
The press release announcing Judge Scott says he has no known ties with the Penn State University or The Second Mile.
source: http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2011/1
Mike McQueery claims he "stopped" the rape he witnessed
According to the grand jury report, a graduate assistant later identified as McQueary said he saw a boy, whose age he estimated at 10 years old, being subjected to anal intercourse by a naked Sandusky in a shower at the Penn State football building in March 2002. The graduate assistant left immediately, was distraught and called his father, according to the presentment. His father told him to leave the building and come to his home, the presentment says.
In the email obtained by The Morning Call, dated Nov. 8, McQueary said, "I did stop it, not physically, but made sure it was stopped when I left that locker room."
"No one can imagine my thoughts or wants to be in my shoes for those 30-45 seconds," McQueary wrote. "Trust me."
The email obtained by The Morning Call is the second to surface from McQueary in which he claims the facts of his involvement are distorted. NBC News reported Monday night that McQueary emailed friends and former teammates, telling them, "I did the right thing you guys know me the truth is not out there fully I didn't just turn and run I made sure it stopped I had to make quick tough decisions."
Asked about McQueary’s statement in the email that he had discussions with police, Penn State police told The Morning Call they were deferring to the university public relations office, which did not return a call Tuesday afternoon. Pennsylvania State Police in Harrisburg, who are heading the investigation, did not return a call.
source http://articles.mcall.com/2011-11-15/sp
10 more victims have come forward in Sandusky Case
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Close to 10 additional suspected victims have come forward to the authorities since the arrest of the former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky on Nov. 5 on 40 counts of sexually abusing young boys, according to people close to the investigation. The police are working to confirm the new allegations.
source http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/sport
Penn State/Sandusky Scandal News Roundup
New Judge in Case
There's a new judge for Jerry Sandusky's trial for dozens of counts of child rape and molestation. The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts has assigned Judge Robert Scott to preside after questions arose about District Judge Leslie Dutchcot's ties to Sandusky.
Dutchcot came under fire when she allowed the former Penn State assistant football coach to walk free without paying bond. It was later discovered that Dutchcot volunteered with Sandusky's charity The Second Mile and even received campaign donations from The Second Mile.
The press release announcing Judge Scott says he has no known ties with the Penn State University or The Second Mile.
source: http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2011/1
Mike McQueery claims he "stopped" the rape he witnessed
According to the grand jury report, a graduate assistant later identified as McQueary said he saw a boy, whose age he estimated at 10 years old, being subjected to anal intercourse by a naked Sandusky in a shower at the Penn State football building in March 2002. The graduate assistant left immediately, was distraught and called his father, according to the presentment. His father told him to leave the building and come to his home, the presentment says.
In the email obtained by The Morning Call, dated Nov. 8, McQueary said, "I did stop it, not physically, but made sure it was stopped when I left that locker room."
"No one can imagine my thoughts or wants to be in my shoes for those 30-45 seconds," McQueary wrote. "Trust me."
The email obtained by The Morning Call is the second to surface from McQueary in which he claims the facts of his involvement are distorted. NBC News reported Monday night that McQueary emailed friends and former teammates, telling them, "I did the right thing you guys know me the truth is not out there fully I didn't just turn and run I made sure it stopped I had to make quick tough decisions."
Asked about McQueary’s statement in the email that he had discussions with police, Penn State police told The Morning Call they were deferring to the university public relations office, which did not return a call Tuesday afternoon. Pennsylvania State Police in Harrisburg, who are heading the investigation, did not return a call.
source http://articles.mcall.com/2011-11-15/sp
10 more victims have come forward in Sandusky Case
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Close to 10 additional suspected victims have come forward to the authorities since the arrest of the former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky on Nov. 5 on 40 counts of sexually abusing young boys, according to people close to the investigation. The police are working to confirm the new allegations.
source http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/sport
I don't think there is any place that he is being self-centered. People are condemning Mike McQueary before we have all of the information-- of course he's going to defend himself.
And let's not forget he's one of the prosecution's best witnesses. Vital to the success of putting Sandusky behind bars at this point.
yes he was wrong to not have talked to the cops and maybe mcqueary was taking the easy or naive way out by believing what the administration did fixed the problem. but i think more of us would act that way than we'd like to believe.
we all think we'd do that right thing and do as much as we should, but that isn't as easy as it sounds when you are shocked and see something totally contradictory to everything you expect of life and decency in people, especially from someone you respected. and then when someone you have trusted and loved for years tells you things have been handled and are okay? you believe them. all you have to do is look at psychological experiments in authority and obedience to see how far off we go from moral right or our better judgment when someone we trust tells us things are okay. wiki the milgram experiment.
i understand the repulsion that he didn't go to the cops and that meant more kids got abused, i feel it too and if mcqueary is a decent person he is probably repulsed by his own actions himself. other details might come out that change my perspective and i'm not trying to write off his bad choices or say he shouldn't have to answer for them, but i just want to try to understand him and the situation and remember he's a human being too.
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ffs, this asshole needs to go, too.
The only thing I don't understand is how he was able to still work at Penn State, and constantly look Sandusky in the eyes. It would have been too much to just act like nothing happened.
i've been trying to figure out how much mcqueary might have seen sandusky after that cause if he didn't see him, it probably made it easier to believe the administration had actually dealt with it.
i feel like i read sandusky showed up there but i've read so much it starts running together in my head. i think though that might have just been after his initial retirement in 1999 not after 2002 when they took away his keys. from what i can find, sandusky still used satellite facilities for football camps but i can't tell if he ever really used the main campus again and there are no other grand jury incidents after that taking place at penn state so without more info, idk if the two ever saw each other again.
I'm with you on that first part though...I know how I'd want to act, but I have no idea how I'd really react under shock. It's really scary. And I think the case is going to start looking worse and worse for Penn State as the full details of the cover-up come out.