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Conley
06-04-2012, 09:52 AM
The child sex abuse trial of a former Pennsylvania State University football coach starts on Tuesday in a scandal that shook the school and its vaunted football program and opened a national dialogue on sexual predation in sports.

Jerry Sandusky, the former assistant coach, faces 52 counts of molesting 10 boys over a 15-year period. Prosecutors allege Sandusky, 68, met the boys through a charity he founded and some of the assaults occurred at Penn State facilities.

The explosive charges in November 2011 forced the firing of university President Graham Spanier and of Joe Paterno, college football's winningest coach and head of the highly respected program for 45 years. Months later, Paterno died of lung cancer at age 85.

The grand jury charges marked a watershed in awareness of child sexual abuse since Sandusky seemed to be an unlikely predator - a well-respected former coach in one of the United States' most popular and macho games, college football.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/03/us-usa-crime-sandusky-idUSBRE8520CS20120603

I hope this guy goes away for a long long time. Can't believe he got away with it for so long...it's a reminder someone has to be looking out for the kids who aren't old enough to be able to defend themselves.

Cigar
06-04-2012, 09:56 AM
There's a BIG MAN named Bubba waiting to show him the error of his ways ... :)

MMC
06-04-2012, 10:25 AM
Yeah, but I don't think they will be calling him Jeri-Curl. :grin: