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Paterno family report: Freeh's findings 'innacurate and unfounded'
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10:15 AM ET 02.10 | A new report commissioned by Joe Paterno's family challenges the conclusion by former FBI director Louis Freeh that the late Penn State coach conspired to conceal child sex abuse allegations against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. An executive summary of the critique, released today said the "observations" of Paterno by Freeh in July were unfounded. Former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, one of the experts assembled by the family's lawyer to review the report Freeh compiled for Penn State, called that document fundamentally flawed and incomplete. A lack of factual support for the Freeh report's "inaccurate and unfounded findings related to Mr. Paterno and its numerous process-oriented deficiencies was a rush to injustice and calls into question" the report's credibility, Thornburgh was quoted as saying in the report. The family released what it billed as an exhaustive response to Freeh's work, based on independent analyses, on the website paterno.com.
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Dr. B-f-G
Bubbaville, TX
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They doth protest too much.
Kenny_Powers
New York , NY
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Only 10% of the accusations Freeh used were factually proven. Hope mr freeh hires a good attorney...
BushIsRight
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Paterno's family isn't going to sue. They are going to release this to try to change the direction of the public discourse, but they don't want this case to go through discovery or the legal process.
williewilliejuan
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Mr Freeh already has good attorneys. If only a quarter of what he published is verifiable, then Paterno has more than earned what he has received. This is simply a case of "Wait! He said ten things and can only prove eight of them. See!!! It's not true!". They should let this just fade away before they do even more damage to his legacy.
BonusEruptus
Hicksville , NY
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Damn good comment!!! You can bet your A--S--S, that the Paterno family doesn't want any more truth coming out about this case!!!!!
The Oldtimer
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What Legacy????
The Oldtimer
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Who exactly is surprised by this? What do you expect their own investigation to find? Really? The Paterno family needs to get a life. Maybe they are upset that they are no longer going to be calling all the shots in Happy Valley anymore. You'd think they were the Medicis.
whatmeworry
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Right...so at this point, why do even more damage? At the moment most people think of him as a doddering old fool who was shielding a friend. Why unearth even more info that will paint him as an evil old **** who was actually complicit? If I were the family, I'd want this to disappear as quietly as possible and hope that 20 years from now this isnt the first thing people associate with his name.
BonusEruptus
Hicksville , NY
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Good comment and I couldn't agree more!!!
The Oldtimer
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Agreed. Joe died at a convenient time.
Mondo Jay
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I really enjoyed my visit to Florence.
Mondo Jay
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good point.
LittleE~BigMT fan
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Agree.
LittleE~BigMT fan
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Did anyone even read the Freeh report? We know Joe diddled those boys, and had sleep over gang bangs with Sandusky, we don't need to read some dumb written report and counter-report and rebuttal and turn around. Everybody knows Joe had the ultimate turn around and reach around. But that's cool Grandpa needs to get his rocks off too.
Everybody knows reading is for dummies. It's 2013, yo!
Sandy Underpants
Los Angeles, CA
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So are you saying that Joe Pa and Sandusky were secret lovers operating an underground child prostitution ring? OMG!!
Someone call in Dr Phil or has Katie Curry beat him to it.
VanByTheRiver
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It's sad that Paterno stories are being repeated now on FN......FN needs to let this one go.
LittleE~BigMT fan
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May not be a good idea to make accusations like child molestation unless you have some proof. Based on what I've read (e.g. Posnaski's biography), Paterno did not like Sandusky and was looking for was to fire him at the time Sandusky retired from coaching.
jdeek
Issaquah , WA
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Joe Paterno knew what Sandusky had done and yet let him keep working there. At the very least he should have said, "Why is Sandusky still here? If he keeps hanging around, then I' am gone." He did not do that, so he was culpable and an enabler.
The Paterno family just needs to learn to live with that and stop opening up old wounds, because the people with the facts will be right there rubbing salt in those wounds.
Joe Kidd #1
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Wrong. Sandusky was forced to retire when the allegations went to that level. No salt for you.
jermur613
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