10/18/16
by News Department on 10/18/16McQueary trial vs Penn State...
A Penn State lawyer on Monday turned claims in a civil lawsuit against a former coach who offered key testimony against Jerry Sandusky, saying it's not the school's fault he can't find a coaching position but rather a response to the man's own failure to stop the child sexual abuse he witnessed.
Attorney Nancy Conrad cited Mike McQueary's own words from an email as the defamation and whistleblower lawsuit began, saying the national media and public ruined him — not Penn State.
Conrad said comments that flooded in to the university after Sandusky was first charged in 2011 with child molestation were deeply critical of McQueary for not acting to stop an alleged child rape.
McQueary says he was put on leave, and then his expired contract was not renewed as retaliation for his help in the criminal case. He also says he was defamed by a statement issued by then-university president Graham Spanier when Sandusky was arrested, and that he was misled by two of Spanier's lieutenants into thinking they took his report seriously and would respond appropriately.
McQueary is seeking at least $4 million in lost wages and other damages.
