Testimony: Greg Schiano, Tom Bradley knew of Sandusky abuse at Penn State
Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY SportsPublished 1:03 p.m. ET July 12, 2016 | Updated 6:18 p.m. ET July 12, 2016
According to unsealed records, former Penn State was made aware of sexual assault claims against Jerry Sandusky years before the assistant's 2011 arrest. usa today sports
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Several former Penn State assistant coaches, including former Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano, were aware of incidents of child sexual abuse involving Jerry Sandusky, according to testimony released Tuesday in court documents unsealed in Philadelphia.
The documents, part of an insurance lawsuit stemming from allegations that Joe Paterno was aware of Sandusky’s abuse, raise additional questions about just how much former assistants knew about the program’s longtime defensive coordinator, who was convicted on 45 counts of child sexual abuse and sentenced to at least 30 years in prison in 2012.
The testimony comes from former assistant coach Mike McQueary, who said he witnessed Sandusky engaging in a sexual act with a minor in a Penn State shower in 2001, and raised the matter with former defensive coordinator Tom Bradley.
According to the court documents, Bradley, now the coordinator at UCLA, told McQueary that “another assistant coach had come to him in the early ’90s about a very similar situation” as had another individual “as far back as the early ‘80s about seeing (Sandusky) doing something with a boy.”
Joe Paterno knew of alleged sexual assault by Jerry Sandusky in 1976, court documents say
McQueary testified that Bradley said the assistant coach from the 1990s was Schiano, a Penn State assistant from 1990-95.
“I can’t remember if it was one night or one morning,” McQueary testified, “but that Greg had come into (Bradley’s) office white as a ghost and said he just saw (Sandusky) doing something to a boy in the shower.”
Bradley's representative Brett Senior said Tuesday in a statement, “At no time did Tom Bradley ever witness any inappropriate behavior. Nor did he have any knowledge of alleged incidents in the 80’s and 90’s. He has consistently testified as such. Any assertions to the contrary are false. When he became aware of the 2001 incident it had already been reported to the University administration years earlier.”
Schiano, now an assistant coach at Ohio State, tweeted a statement Tuesday that read, “I never saw any abuse, nor had reason to suspect any abuse, during my time at Penn State.”
Greg Schiano@OSUCoachSchiano
In response to media reports from earlier today:
I never saw any abuse, nor had reason to suspect any abuse, during my time at Penn State.
3:21 PM - Jul 12, 2016
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Penn State President Eric Barron wrote in a statement released Tuesday that the university’s “overriding concern has been, and remains, for the victims of Jerry Sandusky.”
“Although settlements have been reached, it is important to reiterate that the alleged knowledge of former Penn State employees is not proven, and should not be treated as such,” the statement read. “Some individuals deny the claims, and others are unable to defend themselves.
“Speculation also serves to drive a wedge within the Penn State community.”
Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY SportsPublished 1:03 p.m. ET July 12, 2016 | Updated 6:18 p.m. ET July 12, 2016
According to unsealed records, former Penn State was made aware of sexual assault claims against Jerry Sandusky years before the assistant's 2011 arrest. usa today sports
TWEET 1LINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE
Several former Penn State assistant coaches, including former Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano, were aware of incidents of child sexual abuse involving Jerry Sandusky, according to testimony released Tuesday in court documents unsealed in Philadelphia.
The documents, part of an insurance lawsuit stemming from allegations that Joe Paterno was aware of Sandusky’s abuse, raise additional questions about just how much former assistants knew about the program’s longtime defensive coordinator, who was convicted on 45 counts of child sexual abuse and sentenced to at least 30 years in prison in 2012.
The testimony comes from former assistant coach Mike McQueary, who said he witnessed Sandusky engaging in a sexual act with a minor in a Penn State shower in 2001, and raised the matter with former defensive coordinator Tom Bradley.
According to the court documents, Bradley, now the coordinator at UCLA, told McQueary that “another assistant coach had come to him in the early ’90s about a very similar situation” as had another individual “as far back as the early ‘80s about seeing (Sandusky) doing something with a boy.”
Joe Paterno knew of alleged sexual assault by Jerry Sandusky in 1976, court documents say
McQueary testified that Bradley said the assistant coach from the 1990s was Schiano, a Penn State assistant from 1990-95.
“I can’t remember if it was one night or one morning,” McQueary testified, “but that Greg had come into (Bradley’s) office white as a ghost and said he just saw (Sandusky) doing something to a boy in the shower.”
Bradley's representative Brett Senior said Tuesday in a statement, “At no time did Tom Bradley ever witness any inappropriate behavior. Nor did he have any knowledge of alleged incidents in the 80’s and 90’s. He has consistently testified as such. Any assertions to the contrary are false. When he became aware of the 2001 incident it had already been reported to the University administration years earlier.”
Schiano, now an assistant coach at Ohio State, tweeted a statement Tuesday that read, “I never saw any abuse, nor had reason to suspect any abuse, during my time at Penn State.”
Greg Schiano@OSUCoachSchianoIn response to media reports from earlier today:
I never saw any abuse, nor had reason to suspect any abuse, during my time at Penn State.
3:21 PM - Jul 12, 2016
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Penn State President Eric Barron wrote in a statement released Tuesday that the university’s “overriding concern has been, and remains, for the victims of Jerry Sandusky.”
“Although settlements have been reached, it is important to reiterate that the alleged knowledge of former Penn State employees is not proven, and should not be treated as such,” the statement read. “Some individuals deny the claims, and others are unable to defend themselves.
“Speculation also serves to drive a wedge within the Penn State community.”
