Penn State: Scandal costs stand at more than $27M

Source: AP

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State’s bill for legal fees, consultants and other costs associated with the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal stands at more than $27.6 million.

An updated figure as of November 2012 was provided this week on a university website. It includes a $13 million price tag for board of trustees communications and the internal investigation into the scandal by former FBI Director Louis Freeh.

Freeh’s findings released last summer were the subject of renewed scrutiny earlier this week after Joe Paterno’s family released an extensive response conducted by its own experts. The late coach’s family said the report was flawed and said Freeh made unfounded accusations that Paterno acted to cover up allegations against Sandusky.

Sandusky, a former assistant football coach under Paterno, is serving a prison term for 45 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys. He maintains his innocence.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2013/02/15/penn_state_scandal_costs_stand_at_more_than_27m/

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Penn State: Scandal costs stand at more than $27M (Original post)	DonViejo	Feb 2013	OP
The human cost of their misconduct cannot be measured in dollars.	geek tragedy	Feb 2013	#1
Only $27 million?	cosmicone	Feb 2013	#2
That's just investigative costs, damages come later.	DollarBillHines	Feb 2013	#3
Yep	davidpdx	Feb 2013	#8
The very first sentence of the AP report...	DonViejo	Feb 2013	#4
waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh n/t	eggplant	Feb 2013	#5
Thon This Weekend	modrepub	Feb 2013	#6
Don't protect rapists among your staff. Problem solved. (nt)	Posteritatis	Feb 2013	#7

Response to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 01:52 PM

geek tragedy (25,721 posts)

1. The human cost of their misconduct cannot be measured in dollars.

Ain't no hell hot enough for those who enabled this.

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Response to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 02:13 PM

cosmicone (3,384 posts)

2. Only $27 million?

It should have cost 10 times that considering the coverups.

All TV revenues from football games should have gone to the victims for the next 20 years.

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Response to cosmicone (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 02:21 PM

DollarBillHines (1,922 posts)

3. That's just investigative costs, damages come later.

The damages will easily top 10X.

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Response to DollarBillHines (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 08:37 PM

davidpdx (8,824 posts)

8. Yep

Investigation $27 m
NCAA fine $60 m
Big Ten fine $13 m

That brings the total to right about $100 million before all the lawsuits from victims families. Plus there are former employees suing the school.

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Response to cosmicone (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 03:33 PM

DonViejo (4,588 posts)