Pennsylvania ruling may allow new Sandusky case to proceed

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Pennsylvania ruling may allow new Sandusky case to proceed
Reuters
David DeKok
1 hr ago

A Pennsylvania judge ruled on Wednesday that a man who says Jerry Sandusky molested him in 1988 is not barred by the statute of limitations from pursuing a private criminal complaint against the jailed former Penn State assistant football coach.

The man, who alleges Sandusky sexually molested him when he was 16 years old, had until 2021 to bring court action in the case, ruled Judge Thomas Kistler of the Centre County Court of Common Pleas in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.

"We are thrilled," said Daniel Kiss, a lawyer in Altoona for Anthony Spinelli, 43, who lives in Massachusetts. "We are speechless."

Kistler's ruling involved complicated dissection of the statute of limitations regarding sex crimes by public officials. At a hearing last week, the judge admitted to having his clerk draw up a chart showing the multiple extension of the deadline in such cases since 1988.


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1. I hope this man has been able to get past what happened to him. nt