Link – A Sandusky Victim from 1971 Claims Joe Paterno Told Him to Drop Accusation

Yesterday, news came out that a court pleading in an insurance coverage case for Penn State contained an allegation that Joe Paterno knew of abuse allegations involving Jerry Sandusky as early as 1976.

Now, Sarah Ganim with CNN is reporting that another victim goes even further back, and also claims that he spoke to Joe Paterno shortly after an attack in 1971. The unidentified victim, who was 15 years old at the time and is now 62, was in and out of foster homes, and claims to have been given beer and pot by Sandusky, after Sandusky picked him up while hitchhiking. Then, Sandusky raped him in the Penn State bathrooms.

Simply put, I don’t know what happened and who was told what at Penn State. I’m not here to speculate about it either, but if you’re shocked at even the possibility that a whole lot of people either heard from a victim, or saw warning signs and ignored them, you haven’t been paying attention. Most people do not want to think someone they know is a child molester, so they rationalize away what is right in front of them.

Don’t do that.

I repeat, don’t do that. Do not convince yourself that you would know a child molester when you saw them, chances are you already have seen one, or more.

A Sandusky Victim from 1971 Claims Joe Paterno Told Him to Drop Accusation