Beyond a reasonable to America beside jay and diehard acolytes of the legend\reclegend22;1230297 wrote:There is absolutely reasonable doubt that Paterno is guilty of what he is accused. Not only do the emails presented in the Freeh Report offer virtually no context as to what they are in reference -- in one email Louis Freeh just guesses, just straight up guesses, that the subject of the message is the 1998 investigation -- but none of them are actually from Paterno himself. We don't even know if Curley or Shultz had actually talked with Paterno regarding these matters, or if they were simply name dropping "coach" as a way to get things accomplished quicker (this is just one possible scenario.)
The point is, there are too many gaping holes in the report to factually conclude that Paterno was a culprit. I'll say it again. The concept that Joe Paterno masterminded the whitewashing of a child sex operation is idiotic.
“ Working exceptionally hard in a very short amount of time for an investigation of this magnitude, my team conducted over 430 interviews of various individuals that included current and former University employees from various departments across the University, as well as current and past Trustees, former coaches, athletes and others in the community. We also analyzed over 3.5 million emails and other documents. The evidence found by our investigators included critical, contemporaneous correspondence from the times of these events. Our investigative team made independent discovery of critical 1998 and 2001 emails – the most important evidence in this investigation. “
“In critical written correspondence that we uncovered on March 20th of this year,
we see evidence of their proposed plan of action in February 2001 that included
reporting allegations about Sandusky to the authorities. After Mr. Curley consulted with Mr. Paterno, however, they changed the plan and decided not to make a report to the authorities. Their failure to protect the February 9, 2001 child victim, or make attempts to identify him, created a dangerous situation for other unknown, unsuspecting young boys who were lured to the Penn State campus and football games by Sandusky and victimized repeatedly by him.
The evidence shows that these four men also knew about a 1998 criminal
investigation of Sandusky relating to suspected sexual misconduct with a young boy in a Penn State football locker room shower. Again, they showed no concern about that victim. The evidence shows that Mr. Paterno was made aware of the 1998 investigation of Sandusky, followed it closely, but failed to take any action, even though Sandusky had been a key member of his coaching staff for almost 30 years, and had an office just steps away from Mr. Paterno’s. At the very least, Mr. Paterno could have alerted thementire football staff, in order to prevent Sandusky from bringing another child into the Lasch Building. Messrs. Spanier, Schultz, Paterno and Curley also failed to alert the Board of Trustees about the 1998 investigation or take any further action against Mr.Sandusky. None of them even spoke to Sandusky about his conduct. In short, nothing was done and Sandusky was allowed to continue with impunity.”
http://www.thefreehreportonpsu.com/Press_Release_07_12_12.pdf
