Penn State sex abuse scandal News

Penn State Payouts on Sandusky Sex Abuse Claims Now Top $100M

Penn State disclosed Friday it recently paid out an additional $16 million to people with claims they were sexually abused by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, raising the total over several years to more than $100 million. It’s not …

Testimony in Ex-Coach’s Defamation Suit Against Penn State

An investigator testified Wednesday that threatening emails and calls about a witness who helped produce child molestation charges against Jerry Sandusky were not enough to make him fear for the man’s safety. Anthony Sassano with the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office …

Penn State, Insurer Settle Fight That Revealed Sandusky Scandal Details

Penn State has settled a court fight with its insurer over payments to victims of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, a case that revealed new allegations about how early late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno knew of …

Media Groups Ask Judge to Unseal Sandusky Insurance Records

Media groups have asked a Philadelphia judge to unseal insurance documents that could address whether Penn State football coach Joe Paterno was told in the mid-1970s that his assistant was molesting boys. The media groups also asked the judge Thursday …

New Penn State Abuse Claims Reopens Emotional Wounds

The pain and passion over the Penn State sexual abuse scandal were reignited with new allegations that Joe Paterno was told Jerry Sandusky sexually abused a child as early as 1976 and that two assistant coaches witnessed the abuse of …

Penn State’s Sandusky Sex Abuse Settlements Total Nearly $93M

Penn State settled with six more victims or accusers of Jerry Sandusky, according to a new audit that puts the school’s total payout in the child sex abuse scandal at nearly $93 million. The university’s audited financial statements for the …