Lawsuit against Penn State in Sandusky case going to trial
(AP) — A lawsuit by a former Penn State coach whose testimony helped convict fellow assistant Jerry Sandusky of being a sexually violent predator goes to trial Monday over allegations that the university defamed him and wrongly refused to renew his contract. [...] he became best known as the assistant who went to Paterno in 2001 to report seeing Sandusky, then a retiree with gym privileges, sexually molesting a boy in the team shower. The lawsuit says Spanier's statement and comments he made a few days later to athletics staff "clearly suggest" McQueary had lied before a grand jury and to police. Entering the locker room, he heard showers running and "smacking sounds." Asked during the trial whether he called police, he replied that he felt that he had because Schultz had an oversight role with campus police as vice president for business and finance. Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts, including four that involved the shower encounter: indecent assault, unlawful contact with minors, corruption of minors and endangering the welfare of children. A man who said he was Victim 2 reached a settlement with the university, but the lead prosecutor at Sandusky's trial said in court recently he does not believe he was the person McQueary saw in the shower.