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Friday, December 16, 2011
Paterno: what he said he knew, and when he said he knew it
His own testimony:
Joe Paterno’s minutes-long January testimony before a grand jury investigation Jerry Sandusky was read into the record in absence of his in-person testimony at a hearing for two Penn State officials.
Read aloud by a representative for the Attorney General’s office, his testimony lasted 6 minutes in court Friday.
Here is what he said: McQueary called him on a Saturday morning, he couldn’t remember what year.
McQueary told him he’d seen Sandusky who was “fondling a young boy” in the showers of the Lasch Building.
“It was of sexual nature. I’m not sure exactly what it was. I didn’t push Mike ... because he was obviously very upset,” according to his testimony.
“I was in a little bit of a dilemma ... because Sandusky didn’t work for me anymore,” it continues.
Paterno testified that he told McQueary he would contact the appropriate people at Penn State.
“I have a tremendous amount of confidence in Mr. Curley, I thought he would handle it appropriately,” according to testimony. “...I did tell Mike, you did what was right, you told me.”
He continued to explain that he couldn’t be precise about when he called athletic director Tim Curley because it was a Saturday, and he probably didn’t want to disrupt his weekend.
When asked about other reports of similar activity, Paterno said he had no recollection of any such rumors being discussed in his presence.