Penn State comes to terms with insurer over Sandusky payouts

Penn State has ended a long legal battle with it’s insurer over who is responsible for payouts to victims of the Jerry Sandusky child abuse sex scandal. The terms of the deal were not made immediately available, by mutual consent.

While in the process of building their respective cases over the burden of responsibility for Sandusky related claims, each side obtained sworn depositions from key witnesses that were not initially made public. Some of that information was released in July when the presiding judge granted requests made by several media outlets.

The most damning piece of news to come from the document was a report that claimed Penn State coach Joe Paterno was made aware of Sandusky related abuse in 1976.

Paterno’s response to the complaint? He had a “football season to worry about,” alleges the claim.

The Paterno family responded strongly, issuing statements through their lawyer, claiming that the allegations were absolute lies and impossible to prove.

Thus far, Penn State has made approximately $92 million in payouts after a judge ruled they were responsible for the bulk of claims stemming through the 1990’s. The judge ruled their insurance policy didn’t cover matters of sexual abuse or molestation, prompting Penn State to file a lawsuit against its insurance.

Judge Gary Glazer wrote the following on the matter: “By cloaking him with a title that enabled him to perpetuate his crimes, Penn State University must assume some responsibility for what he did both on and off campus,”

Jerry Sandusky was tried and convicted with 45 counts of sexual abuse in June of 2012. He is currently serving a 30-60 year prison sentence. Sandusky is 72.

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