Sandusky shower victim comes forward, plans suit, lawyers say

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Sandusky shower victim comes forward, plans suit, lawyers say

Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:21pm EDT

(Reuters) - A man whose 2001 sexual assault as a boy in a Penn State locker room shower by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky played a key role in the scandal that engulfed the university has come forward for the first time and plans to file suit against the university, his lawyers said on Thursday.

Sandusky was convicted last month of sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. The man, known as Victim 2, did not testify at the trial, but former graduate assistant coach Mike McQueary testified he had seen Sandusky assaulting a boy about 10 years old in the shower at the Penn State locker room.

A statement posted on the website of the Philadelphia law firm Ross Feller Casey LLP said the firm and two State College, Pennsylvania-based attorneys are representing the man.

"We intend to file a civil lawsuit against Penn State University and others and to hold them accountable for the egregious and reckless conduct that facilitated the horrific abuse our client suffered," the statement said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/26/us-usa-pennstate-victim-idUSBRE86P1G220120726

[Tansy_Gold]

1. I want to see them go after the estate of JoePa

If the "innocent" students and athletes and community of Penn State have to pay, then so should the people who directly and financially continue to benefit from the "legacy" of Joe Paterno.