ABC NEWS / AP: …Former assistant coach Mike McQueary has filed a whistleblower and defamation lawsuit against Penn State alleging that statements made in 2011 by then-university president Graham Spanier after charges were filed in the Sandusky case made McQueary look untruthful. The university tried unsuccessfully last month to have the lawsuit thrown out, but a judge ruled that the allegations of “outrageous conduct” on the part of the school are sufficient to keep it alive.
The university has maintained that new head coach Bill O’Brien simply didn’t rehire McQueary after his contract expired at the end of June 2012, and it was no different from the turnover of scores of college assistants every year, The (Harrisburg) Patriot-News reported…
McQueary testified last summer during Sandusky’s three-week criminal trial, which resulted in a 45-count guilty verdict. Sandusky, 69, is serving a 30- to 60-year sentence but is appealing and maintains his innocence. McQueary’s suit argues that he was eventually fired because of his role in the case. He is seeking millions of dollars in damages… (more)
