Although he refused to answer their questions, "McQueary related that he was willing to cooperate," Rossman wrote in a police memo seen by The Mag. At the time, his identity was unknown to the prosecutors, so Amendola thought he'd caught a break. McQueary testified that he then approached the shower entrance; presumably he did so to confirm the two had separated. He had received death threats and barely slept. Select this result to view Mike S Mcqueary's phone number, address, and more. That's because, they'll contend, McQueary was much vaguer in the descriptions of the incident that he gave Paterno, Curley and Schultz in 2001 compared with what he told grand jurors a decade later. I don't think it's in Mike's best interests right now." No, he said, and signed the letter of intent on the spot. In the e-mail, McQueary reportedly describes going to police and with a university official in charge of police. At 7:30 the next morning, McQueary called Paterno at home. That question will likely be explored at the trial of Spanier, Curley and Schultz, especially if the defense calls to the stand Victim 2, an individual claiming to be the boy McQueary saw in the shower with Sandusky. At 7:45 p.m., McQueary sat down with the investigators on a bench in dimly lit Holmes-Foster Park, just across the road from Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church, where the Paternos attended Masses. Statement 5, July 29, 2013: his testimony at a preliminary hearing for Spanier, Curley and Schultz. I'm not sure exactly what it was. "I'm sorry you had to see that," the coach told him. I would not be able to recognize the boy. AT THE DAUPHIN County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa., on July 29, 2013, McQueary strode to the witness stand for Statement 5. View the profiles of professionals named "Mcqueary" on LinkedIn. When he entered the coaches' locker room, the fluorescent lights were on. He was very impulsive. WITH CRITICISM STILL fresh about his failure to stop Sandusky, McQueary gave his first public testimony at a preliminary hearing for Curley and Schultz, Statement 3, on Dec. 16, 2011.
In his first public testimony, Statement 3, on Dec. 16, 2011, McQueary said that he couldn't recall if he told Paterno it was a "crime" or an "assault" but remembered describing it as "sexual" and using the word "fondling." In his complaint, he says he suffered "irreparable harm to his ability to earn a living" because PSU discriminated against him for providing truthful testimony in the Sandusky case and at the preliminary hearing for Curley and Schultz, and because he'll be a key prosecution witness at the trial of Spanier, Curley and Schultz.
"Nothing occurred that night in the shower.". Before testifying, Paterno had agreed to be interviewed by prosecutors. Again, McQueary instantly accepted.
ALREADY, THERE ARE so many of McQueary's words to choose from -- five times, over three years, he has described, under oath, what he heard, saw, said and did. 1 in the AP preseason poll but finished 9-3. "We didn't want to see someone we looked up to get emotional. Fury, anarchy, martyrdom: Why the youth of Brazil are (forever) protesting, and how their anger may consume the World Cup. If convicted on all counts, each man faces up to 39 years in prison. To be clear: From the time I walked into the locker room to the time I left was maybe 1 minute -- I was hastened & a bit flustered.
WHEN MICHAEL JACOB MCQUEARY was born on Oct. 10, 1974, in Durham, N.C., his buoyant father called Notre Dame's football office with a message for coach Ara Parseghian: The future starting quarterback for the Fighting Irish just arrived.
Three days before he wrote the Nov. 10 email, McQueary had told his players that he was a sexual abuse victim. Parks Miller quickly forwarded the email to state police trooper Scott Rossman, an investigator who had worked on the Sandusky investigation in the past. '", At the upcoming trial for (from top) Curley, Spanier and Schultz, the defense will claim that McQueary never used the phrase "sexual abuse" to describe what he saw on Feb. 9, 2001.
McQueary still often pays his respects at the gravesite of his hero, as do hundreds of other Paterno fans. He can be reached at don.vannatta@espn.com. I drove to my parents house. The lawyers and their investigators are also burrowing into McQueary's background and character. "He met the minimum obligation of reporting it up," Tom Corbett said on Meet the Press, "but did not in my opinion meet a moral obligation that all of us would have." The grand jury presentment noted, however, that Schultz admitted that he "had the impression that Sandusky might have" touched the boy's genitals and "conceded that the report was of inappropriate sexual conduct by Sandusky.". By all accounts, McQueary was fooling fans across Happy Valley -- and pulling the wool over on Paterno. "Did PSU officials ever contact you?" But the defense would likely hope it'd be something similar to what he told Joe Amendola, Sandusky's defense lawyer, in November 2011. (Trick question: He already is. The talk lasted less than 10 minutes. He is separated from his wife, Barbara, who lives in Virginia with their 4-year-old daughter. Ten days later, the university removed Paterno's statue from its pedestal outside Beaver Stadium, and the following day the NCAA crushed Penn State's storied football program with sweeping sanctions. Victim 2 has never testified under oath -- he and Victim 8 were the only two of Sandusky's 10 victims who did not -- and no one is certain what Victim 2 would say. "But in a lot of ways, he was clueless.".
While the court of public opinion may have closed the book on the case, all of Happy Valley will be closely watching the criminal trial of Spanier, Curley and Schultz, the three men who have pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiracy and failure to report suspected abuse.
Statement 3, Dec. 16, 2011: his testimony at a preliminary hearing in the criminal case against Curley and Schultz. I had to make tough impacting quick decisions ... No one can imagine my thoughts or wants to be in my shoes for those 30-45 seconds ... trust me. So Paterno assumed that McQueary, still a graduate assistant, wanted to talk about filling the vacancy. Mike has 1 job listed on their profile. Instead, a final season spent with the best tight end ever tells a much different tale. I'm not sure what is going to happen to me."
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It isn't known whether Houser, who did not return The Mag's calls, was aware that a grand jury was investigating Sandusky at the time; he later told investigators that he simply assumed the shower incident had not been reported to the police.
Twelve days after his initial meeting with investigators at the park, McQueary met them again, this time for 90 minutes at the office of his lawyer, Tim Fleming, who took notes. Join the conversation about "The Whistleblower's Last Stand. "I would like to explore any opportunity with growth potential and a rewarding career path. A month after that, former FBI director Louis J. Freeh released his 267-page report that concluded Paterno, Spanier, Curley and vice president Gary Schultz covered up Sandusky's crimes. "I didn't handle this the quote-unquote perfect way," he said. But McQueary implored them to confide their life problems, and in most cases, Big Red's combination of curiosity and concern won them over.
Several days after the presentment indicted Sandusky on 40 counts of sexual abuse (eight more were added), Paterno and PSU president Graham Spanier were fired by the board of trustees. Spanier also testified that he didn't know McQueary had been the one to report it. Buddies dubbed him Mr. State College because he projected a squeaky-clean image. I almost fell down. by Pablo S. Torre, Christopher Weddle/Centre Daily Times/MCT/Getty Images. Statement 1, Nov. 23, 2010: McQueary's only written statement, filled out for police and the attorney general in all block letters. ONE MORE TIME. You see an older man crying, someone you looked up to. As for McQueary, he apparently did not ask anyone, including Paterno, for an update, something he has told friends he now regrets.
Harris is among the loudest of the vocal Paterno loyalists who believe the coach was railroaded in no small part because of McQueary's testimony.
The film so inspired him that he returned to the Lasch Building at 9:30 that night to fetch recruiting tapes.
"I knew about this a month or two after it happened," says a former teammate and friend of McQueary's. "I will run that program based on the teachings and what I have learned from two men [his father and Paterno]. McQueary, in Statement 5, said he knew the investigators wanted to speak about Sandusky because there had been rumors of an investigation in State College for nearly two years. McQueary, as he testified and as he recognized, if he was harmed, was harmed by national media and public opinion.”. Engraved on Paterno's modest headstone is a line from poet Robert Browning: "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?". Still, the Hall of Famer says he is not surprised Paterno backed up McQueary's account before the grand jury. "He always kept up this appearance of the star quarterback, the model guy," says a close friend from those days.
", Approaching 40, McQueary fills his days hunting for distractions, scouring the web for employment -- he's failed to land several sales jobs -- and visiting his lawyer's office at a strip shopping center. Shortly after 8 a.m., at the coach's kitchen table, McQueary told Paterno that he saw something inappropriate between Sandusky and a boy in the showers the night before. As his losses mounted, McQueary owed thousands of dollars to a bookie, a debt that was eventually erased by his father, several people say. “Mr. “I had to make tough impacting quick decisions,” he wrote. Others see a liar who railroaded a legend. “Mr. (Spanier had not been charged yet.) Sanchez: Ian Kinsler speaks out against Rangers. McQueary knew that his boss was a stickler for the rules. ", The photograph captures the terror and swift response after the Boston Marathon bombings. Dranov is mandated by the state of Pennsylvania to report incidents of child sexual abuse but apparently did not believe that what McQueary told him required such a report. I would slap the walls and would slide on the shower floor, which I am sure you could have heard from the wooden locker." Penn State says no McQueary reports filed, Report: Penn State’s Mike McQueary Says He Stopped Rape, Went to Police, Seven Key Players in the Penn State Abuse Case, 13-Year-Old Girl Finds Porn On New Cell Phone, Seven Score and Seven Years Ago: What You Don’t Know About the Gettysburg Address, Tilda Swinton Slept in a Glass Box at the Museum of Modern Art, Meet the Only Resident of America’s Smallest Town.
Mike Mcqueary--Shannon Hagy. But I didn't handle this in a foolproof or perfect way either.
"This was vintage Joe," Harris says, "because Mike was one of his players, and Joe always supported a player until proven otherwise.
"The Grand Jury finds the graduate assistant's testimony to be extremely credible," the grand jury presentment states. After making his pitch about his "success with honor" credo, Paterno asked Mike if he had any questions. He was described in the grand jury presentment only as "a Penn State graduate assistant." Within six months, a jury convicted Sandusky of sexually assaulting 10 boys; he had used his charity for at-risk youth, the Second Mile, as a venue to groom and prey on his victims. This was far more graphic than the rumors had it; more than a few people asked: Why didn't Big Red stop it? Big Red played the part to perfection. 6/13/2012, 7:53 a.m. Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning — great with coffee!
McQueary testified before the 30th grand jury, but the presentment was written by the 33rd grand jury, a different group of citizens that did not hear from McQueary directly.
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