Special investigative counsel report regarding actions of. Joe paterno followed the 1998 police investigation closely, contrary to his grand jury. Full text of wick sollers overview of paterno family. The family disputed that, saying the allegation is false that paterno participated in a conspiracy. Freeh in response to an investigation released sunday by the family of joe paterno. Freehs opinions before he announced them as proven at a national. Freeh said today he respected the right of the paterno family to hire private lawyers and former government officials to. Paterno family response to freeh report shockingly exonerates. The problem with all of this is that, upon close examination, the freeh report does not stand up to the kind of scrutiny it deserves. The four experts who compiled the paterno familys response to the freeh report each came to the conclusion joe paterno did not know about the.
In its statement, the paterno family also referred to the 20 critique it commissioned as a response to louis freehs report that led to sanctions. Freehs report says that paterno also knew about the 1998 investigation. In a statement released saturday, the paterno family calls the movie. Former fbi director louis freeh responded to a new report commissioned by joe paterno s family that claimed freeh s report of paterno was unfounded. College native with a long family history at penn state, including his father and brothers. Report of the special investigative counsel regarding the actions of the pennsylvania state university related to the child sexual abuse committed by gerald a. The report by louis freeh on the independent investigation of penn state university surrounding the child abuse committed by jerry sandusky. Freeh report derides total disregard for the safety and welfare of sanduskys child. It does a tremendous disservice to penn state, joe paterno, and the victims of jerry sandusky. Jul 17, 2012 the family characterized the 267page report by former fbi director louis freeh as yet another shocking turn of events in this crisis and said paterno, who died in january at age 85, did not. Feb 10, 20 paternos issue report, challenge freeh s findings. The most interesting thing about the report is they straight up.
Penn state alumni trustees attack freeh investigation into jerry. Paterno family releases report, calls freeh report. Statement by the paterno family regarding settlement with the ncaa 1162015 today is a great victory for everyone who has fought for the truth in the sandusky tragedy. Feb 11, 20 the family disputed that, saying the allegation is false that paterno participated in a conspiracy. The 267page, comprehensive report from judge louis freehs team. Response to freeh report rebuttal dear mailing list members. Of the four, the findings about spanier, who opined in an email that it would not have been humane to report sandusky to. Paterno, through his family, had insisted after mr. The paterno family, in other words, is fighting backfighting to get its side of the story heard and to refute the freeh reports claim that joe paterno helped cover up jerry sanduskys sexual abuse of children. Discussion in jerry sanduskycover up at penn state started by steely dan, feb 11, 20. Louis freeh has issued a response to the independent report released by the paterno family, standing by his investigation conducted this summer. The paterno family is fighting to restore the legacy of former penn state football coach joe. Wick sollers, paterno family attorney and author of one of the four independentlycommissioned reports refuting the freeh report, responded to former fbi director louis freehs response to the. Freeh found that paterno, former penn state president graham spanier, athletic director tim curley and vice president gary schultz concealed the activities of sandusky, who was convicted by a jury on june 22 of 45 counts of child sexual abuse.
Freeh report factually wrong spanier remains tenured faculty member archived april 3,at the wayback machine. Analysis reveals freeh report wrongfully condemns paterno detailed analysis of freeh report demonstrates that the conclusions asserted about penn state football coach joe paterno are. A pennsylvania appeals court tuesday reversed part of an order that forced the production of investigation documents underlying the freeh report on. Jul 12, 2012 freeh report on penn states handling of jerry sanduskys child sex abuse reveals total disregard for victims. Today, the paterno family released a 238page response to freehs conclusions. Joe paterno s family released its response to penn states report on the jerry sandusky scandal sunday, attacking louis freeh s conclusion that the coach hid sex abuse allegations against. Louis freeh responds to paterno report onward state. Joseph vincent paterno sometimes referred to as joepa, was an american college football. Paterno family issues report challenging freeh investigation.
Freeh said today he respected the right of the paterno family to hire private lawyers and former government officials to conduct public media. Penn states report about its handling of jerry sandusky includes a series of emails that point to paterno being aware of a. Report finds paterno, psu leaders concealed sandusky abuse. Report of the special counsel the of to the child sexual. The paterno report is highly critical of freehs investigation and the conclusions he reached about joe paterno in the freeh report. Joe paternos family issues report challenging fbi findings. The family of the late coach joe paterno released reports sunday morning in response to louis freehs findings on the jerry sandusky child sex abuse case in july, calling the freeh report factually wrong, speculative and fundamentally flawed. Yesterday, the paterno family released its own rebuttal of the freeh report, a 238page document called the rush to injustice regarding joe paterno. Paterno family drops lawsuit against ncaa over freeh. Not surprisingly, the response criticized the salient findings of the freeh report. The paterno family responds the penn stater magazine. The freeh report was written by former fbi director louis freeh and. Joe paterno familys freeh report response released. In the months following the release of the freeh report, the paterno family requested a careful.
On sunday morning, joe paterno s family publicly released the report it commissioned in response to the freeh report, titled the rush to injustice regarding joe. Sanduskys arrest that he never knew anything about the 1998 case. Freeh deposition in paterno v ncaa lawsuit sandusky. Paterno family reacts to comments by members of the penn state board of trustees acknowledging freeh failures 71620 july 16, 20 contact. Before this latest news hit, we had thought we were pretty much finished with the marchapril issue. Abuse inquiry faults paterno and others at penn state. The board said it had every intention of sending someone to personally inform paterno of the decision, but was unable to do so because of a large number of people surrounding his house. The freeh report assigns nefarious reasons for the failures of penn state. Paternos family defended his actions in a statement thursday, saying. Feb 11, 20 yesterday, the paterno family released its own rebuttal of the freeh report, a 238page document called the rush to injustice regarding joe paterno.
Review of the freeh report concerning joseph paterno by dick. Why the paterno familys rebuttal to the freeh report will. Report of the special investigative counsel regarding the actions of. In its statement, the paterno family also referred to the 20 critique it commissioned as a response to louis freehs report that led to sanctions against the football program. Panel bars freehreport notes in paterno estate suit. The paterno family commissioned its own investigation of the freeh report and issued a 238page response today. The 267page, comprehensive report from judge louis freeh s team. Analysis reveals freeh report wrongfully condemns paterno. After the freeh group, which had been retained as special investigative counsel sic by the penn state board of trustees to investigate the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal, released its report in july 2012, the paterno family asked. Scenes from paterno bear no resemblance to what actually.
Related to the child sexual abuse committed by gerald a. Joe paternos family releases its own report critical of freeh report. Feb 10, 20 paternos family released what it billed as an exhaustive response to freehs work, based on independent analyses, on the website. Thornburgh concluded that the freeh report was seriously flawed, both with respect to the process of its investigation and its findings related to mr. Joe paternos family releases its own report critical of.
The penn state child sex abuse scandal concerned allegations and subsequent convictions of. Joe paterno family report calls freeh report on sandusky. Jul 12, 2012 freeh report derides total disregard for the safety and welfare of sanduskys child. Freeh was brought in to conduct an independent investigation of the schools response to allegations and find any shortcomings in governance and compliance. The purpose of the motion is to compel the paterno estate to produce documentation related to the paternos critique of the freeh report, specifically related to the reports produced by jim clemente and fred berlin. Philadelphia joe paterno and other top penn state officials hushed up child sex abuse allegations against.
The most interesting thing about the report is they straight up denied freehs accusations, calling it unfair and. Review of the freeh report concerning joseph paterno by. The figure whose reputation could suffer most from freehs report is paterno, the legendary penn state football coach. Freeh report on penn states handling of jerry sanduskys child sex abuse reveals total disregard for victims. In response, freeh called the paterno familys report selfserving and said that it did not change the facts and findings of his initial investigation. Paterno rebuttal to freeh report attacks louis freeh. Response of university officials to the allegation of child. Paterno rebuttal to freeh report attacks louis freeh, fails. In response, freeh called the paterno familys report self serving and said that it did not change the facts and findings of his initial investigation. Feb 10, 20 unfortunately for the paterno family, their rebuttal to the freeh report will likely do little to change the opinion of most individuals who have been subjected to the penn statejerry sandusky. Former fbi director louis freeh responded to a new report commissioned by joe paternos family that claimed freehs.
Unsurprisingly, the paterno familys rebuttal to penn states freeh report, dubbed the critique of the freeh report and released sunday morning at the new, asserts that the. Failures of the freeh report a team of experts, including former attorney general dick thornburgh, former top fbi profiler jim clemente, prominent washington attorney wick sollers and the director. Freeh responds to critique of report from paterno family. Paterno family drops lawsuit against ncaa over freeh report. The twoway former fbi director louis freeh and his team of investigators allege that the legendary football coach and. Freeh report on penn states handling of jerry sanduskys. Late penn state football coach joe paternos family dropped a lawsuit friday against the ncaa over its use of a report in the jerry sandusky child molestation. After louis freehs report was released, the paterno family said in a statement that the longtime coach made mistakes that he acknowledged but never interfered with any investigation and was. Feb 11, 20 the problem with all of this is that, upon close examination, the freeh report does not stand up to the kind of scrutiny it deserves. Unfortunately for the paterno family, their rebuttal to the freeh report will likely do little to change the opinion of most individuals who have been subjected to. Paterno family response to freeh report shockingly.
The family characterized the 267page report by former fbi director louis freeh as yet another shocking turn of events in this crisis and. Wick sollers, paterno family attorney and author of one of the four independentlycommissioned reports refuting the freeh report, responded to former fbi director louis freehs response to. Of the four, the findings about spanier, who opined in an email that it. Paterno family releases investigative report pdf onward state.
Feb 10, 20 today, the paterno family released a 238page response to freehs conclusions. Paterno family releases response to freeh report sports. On sunday morning, joe paterno s family publicly released the report it commissioned in response to the freeh report, titled the rush to injustice regarding joe paterno. The family of joe paterno released a report commissioned to examine the freeh report sunday on espns outside the lines. Paterno family attorney responds to freehs critique of. Despite numerous objections to your conclusions being highly questionable, and plenty of media outlets willing to give you the softball treatment, you never do even one interview about the specifics of your report, even eventually rejecting requests from highly respected original freeh supporter bob costas. Paterno family report blasts freeh report, calls it. Paternos family released what it billed as an exhaustive response to freehs work, based on independent analyses, on the website. Psuncaa response to the latest paterno filing log in or sign up. The four experts who compiled the paterno familys response to the freeh report each came to the conclusion joe paterno did not know about the accusations of abuse against jerry sandusky in 1998. Ap joe paternos family released its response to penn states report on the jerry sandusky scandal sunday, attacking louis freehs conclusion that the coach hid sex abuse. The paterno family released a report sunday morning in response to louis freehs findings on matters related to the jerry sandusky child sex abuse case. Feb 09, 20 freehs response to the critique of the report. Joe paternos family defends him in a response to freeh report.
The report is a response to the freeh report, which sollers calls deeply flawed. A report commissioned by joe paterno s family claims the july 2012 freeh report that was accepted by penn state trustees before unprecedented sanctions were levied by the ncaa against the schools. To print the document, click the original document link to open the original pdf. Paterno family statement on freeh report abc houston. Jul 12, 2012 freeh s report says that paterno also knew about the 1998 investigation. Paterno, others slammed in report for failing to protect sanduskys victims. Freeh report derides total disregard for the safety and. Paterno was removed from his position as head coach in november after it was alleged he knew of the abuse but failed to escalate the situation. Jul 12, 2012 after louis freeh s report was released, the paterno family said in a statement that the longtime coach made mistakes that he acknowledged but never interfered with any investigation and was. State college, pa paterno family attorney responds to freeh. Freeh statement in response to paterno family report.
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