THE PENN STATE / JERRY SANDUSKY SCANDAL
Episode 244 | Historical Events
In this History episode we focus on the Penn State / Jerry Sandusky scandal — a graduate assistant who saw something in a locker room shower in 2001, went home and called his father, then told Joe Paterno the next morning. Paterno told his superiors. Four men — Paterno, Athletic Director Tim Curley, Vice President Gary Schultz, and President Graham Spanier — emailed among themselves and decided it was "humane" not to report what Mike McQueary had seen to law enforcement or child welfare authorities.
We trace the 1998 antecedent — Penn State police had…
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