{"id":8830,"date":"2016-10-28T01:28:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T01:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2016\/10\/28\/jury-awards-former-penn-state-assistant-football-coach-7-3-million\/"},"modified":"2016-10-28T01:28:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T01:28:00","slug":"jury-awards-former-penn-state-assistant-football-coach-7-3-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/jury-awards-former-penn-state-assistant-football-coach-7-3-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury Awards Former Penn State Assistant Football Coach $7.3 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/10\/27\/499671669\/jury-awards-former-penn-state-assistant-football-coach-7-3-million?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\">Martha Ann Overland<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/10\/27\/499671669\/jury-awards-former-penn-state-assistant-football-coach-7-3-million?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2016\/10\/27\/ap_89638275594-4f4edf537d1ce75c07686c851579f402ac75b414-s800-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>A jury awarded former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary $7.3 million in damages on Thursday. McQueary was a key witness in the <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2012\/10\/09\/162552457\/seemingly-unrepentant-sandusky-is-going-to-die-in-prison\">sexual molestation case against another former assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky<\/a>. Jurors found that McQueary was defamed by the university after it became public that he had reported seeing Sandusky abusing a boy in a team shower.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><button>Enlarge this image<\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Mike McQueary leaves the Centre County Courthouse Annex in Bellefonte, Pa., last week. He was awarded $7.3 million in damages for defamation. <strong>Gene J. Puskar\/AP<\/strong> <strong>hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>toggle caption<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><span>Gene J. Puskar\/AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A decade before the Sandusky scandal broke in 2011, McQueary testified that he reported to then-head coach Joe Paterno that he saw Sandusky engaged in a &#8220;clear&#8221; sex act with a young boy.<\/p>\n<p>McQueary, who was a graduate student at the time, claims because of that testimony he lost his assistant coaching job and <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2012\/10\/02\/162186870\/mike-mcqueary-files-lawsuit-against-penn-state\">was made a scapegoat<\/a> in the case. He came under scathing criticism for failing to stop the abuse he witnessed.<\/p>\n<p>McQueary said that since his testimony was made public he&#8217;s been unable to find work, his marriage broke up and he lives with his parents.<\/p>\n<p>NPR&#8217;s Jeff Brady reports that the university argued in court that McQueary&#8217;s contract was not renewed in a routine shake-up after Paterno was fired. University lawyers also said that McQueary could have reported the crime to the police himself.<\/p>\n<div><span>Article continues after <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/about-npr\/186948703\/corporate-sponsorship\" target=\"_blank\">sponsorship<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A judge has yet to rule on McQueary&#8217;s whistleblower claim in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys in 2012 and is serving a 30- to 60-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n<p>A Penn State spokeswoman declined comment until the case is completed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/10\/27\/499671669\/jury-awards-former-penn-state-assistant-football-coach-7-3-million?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"Jury Awards Former Penn State Assistant Football Coach $7.3 Million\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/10\/27\/499671669\/jury-awards-former-penn-state-assistant-football-coach-7-3-million?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/10\/27\/499671669\/jury-awards-former-penn-state-assistant-football-coach-7-3-million?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2016\/10\/27\/ap_89638275594-4f4edf537d1ce75c07686c851579f402ac75b414-s800-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>A jury awarded former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary $7.3 million in damages on Thursday. McQueary was a key witness in the <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2012\/10\/09\/162552457\/seemingly-unrepentant-sandusky-is-going-to-die-in-prison\">sexual molestation case against another former assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky<\/a>. Jurors found that McQueary was defamed by the university after it became public that he had reported seeing Sandusky abusing a boy in a team shower.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><button>Enlarge this image<\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Former Penn State University assistant football coach Mike McQueary leaves the Centre County Courthouse Annex in Bellefonte, Pa., last week. He was awarded $7.3 million in damages for defamation. <strong>Gene J. Puskar\/AP<\/strong> <strong>hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>toggle caption<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><span>Gene J. Puskar\/AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A decade before the Sandusky scandal broke in 2011, McQueary testified that he reported to then-head coach Joe Paterno that he saw Sandusky engaged in a &#8220;clear&#8221; sex act with a young boy.<\/p>\n<p>McQueary, who was a graduate student at the time, claims because of that testimony he lost his assistant coaching job and <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2012\/10\/02\/162186870\/mike-mcqueary-files-lawsuit-against-penn-state\">was made a scapegoat<\/a> in the case. He came under scathing criticism for failing to stop the abuse he witnessed.<\/p>\n<p>McQueary said that since his testimony was made public he&#8217;s been unable to find work, his marriage broke up and he lives with his parents.<\/p>\n<p>NPR&#8217;s Jeff Brady reports that the university argued in court that McQueary&#8217;s contract was not renewed in a routine shake-up after Paterno was fired. University lawyers also said that McQueary could have reported the crime to the police himself.<\/p>\n<div><span>Article continues after <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/about-npr\/186948703\/corporate-sponsorship\" target=\"_blank\">sponsorship<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A judge has yet to rule on McQueary&#8217;s whistleblower claim in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys in 2012 and is serving a 30- to 60-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n<p>A Penn State spokeswoman declined comment until the case is completed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}