Ex-player sues Penn State over football hazing allegations

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Penn State football player claims in a lawsuit that Nittany Lions players hazed him and other younger teammates by imitating sexual acts in the shower and invoking Jerry Sandusky’s name. Isaiah Humphries filed the lawsuit Monday in Pennsylvania federal court against the university, head coach James Franklin and one... Read More

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Penn State

September 10, 2019

Justices to weigh discipline against Penn State’s ex-counsel

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in Philadelphia on Tuesday over whether the chief lawyer for Penn State when the Jerry Sandusky scandal broke should face public censure. The state’s lawyer disciplinary board recommended that punishment in March for Cynthia Baldwin, who is a former state Supreme Court justice. The... Read More

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Jerry Sandusky, Penn State

May 31, 2019

Mixed verdict reached in Penn State frat-fall death case

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — The former house manager of a Penn State fraternity where a pledge fell during a night of hazing and drinking and later died was convicted of hindering apprehension Thursday but acquitted of evidence tampering and obstruction. The Centre Daily Times reported a jury deliberated about five hours before issuing the verdict... Read More

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Penn State

May 2, 2019

Former Penn State president richly paid as he fought charges

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State President Graham Spanier’s success this week in getting his child-endangerment conviction overturned capped a seven-year fight to save his reputation and stay out of jail, a period during which he has been richly compensated by the university he once ran. Spanier no longer has an office on campus... Read More

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Graham Spanier, Penn State

April 25, 2019

Penn St. ex-president’s case in US court as jail term looms

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge will consider ex-Penn State president Graham Spanier’s argument that his conviction should be thrown out, a week before he’s due to report to jail. The hearing Thursday concerns Spanier’s argument he was wrongly convicted in Pennsylvania state court for mishandling a 2001 complaint about Jerry Sandusky under a... Read More

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Graham Spanier, Penn State

April 4, 2019

Judge imposes first jail terms in Penn St. frat death case

A judge has sentenced three former Penn State fraternity members to jail in the 2017 death of a pledge, the first defendants ordered to serve time behind bars in a case that rewrote Pennsylvania’s anti-hazing law. Centre County Judge Brian Marshall sentenced former Beta Theta Pi members Tuesday for hazing surrounding the death of sophomore... Read More

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Michael Bonatucci, Penn State

September 5, 2018

Parents of Penn State hazing victim settle with fraternity

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The parents of a Penn State University student who died after a night of hazing and drinking have settled with the national organization of the fraternity he was pledging, their lawyer said. The amount for which Jim and Evelyn Piazza, the parents of the late 19-year-old Tim Piazza, settled with Beta Theta... Read More

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Penn State, Timothy Piazza

August 21, 2018

Another hearing set to begin in Penn State frat death case

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former members of a Penn State fraternity are due in court for a preliminary hearing on charges related to the February 2017 death of a pledge after a night of hazing and drinking. The hearing Tuesday before a district judge will determine if there’s enough evidence to send charges against several... Read More

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Penn State

June 5, 2018

Court orders records unsealed in Penn State officials’ case

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania appeals court on Monday ordered the release of documents sealed in the criminal case against former Penn State administrators over their handling of child sex abuse complaints about former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. The three-judge Superior Court panel’s unanimous decision concerned many of the more than 200 records... Read More

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Gary Schultz, Graham Spanier, Penn State, Tim Curley

May 8, 2018

Serious charges dismissed in Penn State frat pledge death

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A judge Monday threw out the most serious counts against a second set of defendants in a Penn State fraternity pledge’s death last year, leaving in place only hazing and alcohol charges that would likely result in little or no jail time. While sending 11 more fraternity brothers to trial, Judge... Read More

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Penn State

March 29, 2018

Judge tosses involuntary manslaughter charges in frat death

A judge threw out involuntary manslaughter and many of the other most serious remaining charges Wednesday against 11 of the former Penn State fraternity members arrested in a pledge’s hazing-related death last year, the second major blow to the prosecution’s case. District Judge Allen Sinclair dismissed all five involuntary manslaughter charges, along with all reckless... Read More

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Hazing, Penn State

March 23, 2018

Penn State fraternity members due in court over hazing death

Some members of a now-closed Penn State fraternity facing charges over the death of a pledge last year are due back in court on Friday. A preliminary hearing at the courthouse near campus will involve 11 of the 26 young men charged in connection with the February 2017 death of Tim Piazza after a night... Read More

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Penn State

January 26, 2018

Some liken Michigan State to Penn State amid abuse scandal

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Sports doctor Larry Nassar is on his way to prison for the rest of his life for molesting scores of young female athletes, but the scandal is far from over at Michigan State University as victims, lawmakers and a judge demand to know why he wasn’t stopped years ago. Some are... Read More

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Jerry Sandusky, Larry Nassar, Penn State

December 7, 2017

DA seeks new judge in Penn State fraternity deadly fall case

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors want a new judge to be appointed as they pursue reinstated criminal charges in the death of a pledge after a Penn State fraternity party earlier this year. The hearing Thursday will determine whether a new district judge will preside over what will be a second preliminary hearing. District Judge... Read More

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Penn State

Ex-player sues Penn State over football hazing allegations

Justices to weigh discipline against Penn State’s ex-counsel

Mixed verdict reached in Penn State frat-fall death case

Former Penn State president richly paid as he fought charges

Penn St. ex-president’s case in US court as jail term looms

Judge imposes first jail terms in Penn St. frat death case

Parents of Penn State hazing victim settle with fraternity

Another hearing set to begin in Penn State frat death case

Court orders records unsealed in Penn State officials’ case

Serious charges dismissed in Penn State frat pledge death

Judge tosses involuntary manslaughter charges in frat death

Penn State fraternity members due in court over hazing death

Some liken Michigan State to Penn State amid abuse scandal

DA seeks new judge in Penn State fraternity deadly fall case

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