By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
The Penn State Nittany Lions had one of their biggest wins in school history against the second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday night. Several days later, they had to hear about their past.
The whistleblower in the Jerry Sandusky case, Mike McQueary, was awarded $7.3 million in his defamation lawsuit against the school. The jury in the two-week trial included eight women and two men — including two Penn State employees.
After McQueary broke the hidden secrets going on at the University for years, it caused Sandusky to be arrested. Sandusky was also sent to jail for a long time.
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The school also saw more corruption going on in their athletic department, as they also hired a new Athletic Director. They also hired a new school president.
“What Penn State has done to Mike McQueary is outrageous,” his lawyer, Elliot Strokoff, said during closing arguments. “He should not have been a scapegoat in this matter, and certainly not for five years.”
The panel only needed four hours to that his former employer lied when they promised to act on his report of seeing Sandusky sexually assaulting a boy in a campus shower in 2001. They found that it ruined his reputation a decade later when Sandusky, the long-time Penn State football coach, was arrested.
McQueary is jobless, divorced, and living with his parents, who were targeted by Penn State fans after he blew up the story on Sandusky. His allegations ruined the football program, including Paterno’s legacy.
As he received the news, he showed little emotion. Then, he declined to comment.
McQueary was making $104,000 per year. Now, the $7.3 million could increase, as Senior Judge Thomas Gavin still has to rule on the whistle-blower claims.
“This is not a case about Jerry Sandusky,” Nancy Conrad, the Penn State lawyer said. “Any harm that Mike McQueary has suffered… is the result of his failures.”
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Temple head coach Matt Rhule told jurors that he felt McQueary was “too unseasoned” to be offered a job when he took over the Owls program in 2013.
“There was nothing remarkable about Mr. McQueary’s resume,” Conrad, the lawyer for the university, told jurors. “He stayed at one school, under one head coach. He had not developed the contacts or the resume to land a job in this competitive field of professional college football.”
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