The cover-up investigators detailed in their report Thursday of Penn State's handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal rang familiar to anyone following the Catholic Church's pedophile priest cases. A sexual predator was protected to save an institution's reputation. Both the Penn State investigation, led by former FBI Director Louis Freeh, and the two grand [...]
A damning report charged the college with 'total disregard' for the safety of Sandusky's victims. Diane Dimond (Daily Beast) on the legal implications - and whether the football program will take a hit. The long-awaited Freeh Report, an investigation into Penn State's handling of child abuse committed by its former employee Jerry Sandusky - funded by [...]
We are Often Asked; "Do the Criminal Convictions Affect Civil Cases That May Follow?" Answered By: Paul Lauricella - Partner to McLaughlin & Lauricella, the nationally recognized Philadelphia law firm specializing in defending the victims of personal injury, sexual abuse and medical malpractice. The cases of Monsignor William Lynn and Jerry Sandusky being examples in the [...]
Victim No. 1 in the Sandusky trial got emotional when he took the stand Tuesday. He told the jurors about repeated instances of abuse, which he said included kissing, fondling and oral sex during sleepovers at the Sandusky's home. Sandusky is on trial on 52 criminal counts related to the alleged assaults of 10 boys during [...]
Jerry Sandusky waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday and will not face the young men who accused him of sexual abuse in court today. Instead, the case will go straight to trial at a later date. Sandusky had been scheduled to face eight of his accusers as prosecutors carried out the task of proving [...]
Philadelphia attorney Slade McLaughlin is now telling his client's side of the story. NBC 10's Lu Ann Chan has the exclusive sit down interview. The newly hired attorney for alleged Victim One in the Penn State child sex abuse scandal speaks out. Slade McLaughlin says the young man who is considered the most recent alleged victim [...]
An attorney representing a boy who accused former Pennsylvania State University football coach Jerry Sandusky of sexual abuse said his client and other alleged victims planned to testify at a hearing in two weeks, marking the first time they would publicly confront Mr. Sandusky. Michael Boni, an attorney in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., said Tuesday his teenage [...]
The full story about what happened in the Penn State child-sex abuse scandal will only come out through the civil lawsuits that now appear inevitable, and the matter raises novel and challenging legal issues, according to lawyers with experience in similar litigation. STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Lawyers for people who say former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky [...]
