Penn State wants Sandusky charity to help pay victims
BELLEFONTE (AP) – Penn State wants the insurance companies of a charity founded by assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky to help pay out settlements to his sexual assault accusers.
WJAC-TV reported the university made the filing last week in Centre County Orphans’ Court. In the filing, Penn State says The Second Mile was in a position to stop and prevent Sandusky from abusing children but negligently failed.
The charity’s stated purpose was helping disadvantaged children, but Sandusky, a Washington native, is serving decades in SCI-Greene after he was convicted in 2012 of molesting several boys, including some he met through the charity.
The Second Mile dissolved earlier this year, when it had about $800,000 in assets. That money was turned over to the attorney general’s office.
The university has paid close to $92 million to 32 victims.