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In an email to friends and former teammates that surfaced Monday evening, Mike McQueary claimed that he put a stop to the alleged rape of a 10-year-old boy by Jerry Sandusky in 2002.
A day later, another email has surfaced that adds yet another layer to an already messy and convoluted situation.
In this email, obtained by the Allentown Morning Call, McQueary, who played football at Penn State and was an assistant coach for the Nittany Lions until being placed on paid administrative leave last week, tells a former classmate that he “did have discussions with police and with the official at the university in charge of police” after allegedly witnessing Sandusky sodomizing the boy in a shower located in the school’s football building.
“[I am] getting hammered for handling this the right way or what I thought at the time was right,” McQueary wrote in the email.
McQueary has come under intense criticism and scrutiny since the release of the grand jury’s presentment of its indictment of Sandusky. During his appearance in front of the grand jury in December of 2010, McQueary testified that, in 2002, he witnessed a boy he said appeared to be ten years of age “being subjected to anal intercourse by a naked Sandusky.” McQueary then “left immediately” and phoned his father from an office in the building.
That information was taken to then-head coach Joe Paterno the next day, who arranged a meeting at his home the following day with athletic director Tim Curley. A week and a half later, McQueary met with Curley and senior vice president for finance and business Gary Schultz, who also oversaw the University Police as part of his position and was charged along with Curley for failure to report and perjury.
What seems to be the most damning part for McQueary? The grand jury presentment goes on to state very plainly that McQueary “was never questioned by University Police” in regards to what he had witnessed.
McQueary stated in the email that he had discussions with police. The grand jury states that he was never questioned by the police. Was McQueary referring to other police agencies that he had discussions with, and if so, why was that not mentioned in the presentment? Or, did McQueary perjure himself in front of the grand jury? Or is just merely the next step in what will prove to be a long and winding trek further down this rabbit hole?
The erstwhile assistant will get the opportunity to answer those questions and myriad others as well Tuesday night; the assistant will speak publicly for the first time in an interview with CBS News. For his sake, he’d better hope it goes better than the one conducted by the man he’s accused of being a pedophile.
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A day later, another email has surfaced that adds yet another layer to an already messy and convoluted situation.
In this email, obtained by the Allentown Morning Call, McQueary, who played football at Penn State and was an assistant coach for the Nittany Lions until being placed on paid administrative leave last week, tells a former classmate that he “did have discussions with police and with the official at the university in charge of police” after allegedly witnessing Sandusky sodomizing the boy in a shower located in the school’s football building.
“[I am] getting hammered for handling this the right way or what I thought at the time was right,” McQueary wrote in the email.
McQueary has come under intense criticism and scrutiny since the release of the grand jury’s presentment of its indictment of Sandusky. During his appearance in front of the grand jury in December of 2010, McQueary testified that, in 2002, he witnessed a boy he said appeared to be ten years of age “being subjected to anal intercourse by a naked Sandusky.” McQueary then “left immediately” and phoned his father from an office in the building.
That information was taken to then-head coach Joe Paterno the next day, who arranged a meeting at his home the following day with athletic director Tim Curley. A week and a half later, McQueary met with Curley and senior vice president for finance and business Gary Schultz, who also oversaw the University Police as part of his position and was charged along with Curley for failure to report and perjury.
What seems to be the most damning part for McQueary? The grand jury presentment goes on to state very plainly that McQueary “was never questioned by University Police” in regards to what he had witnessed.
McQueary stated in the email that he had discussions with police. The grand jury states that he was never questioned by the police. Was McQueary referring to other police agencies that he had discussions with, and if so, why was that not mentioned in the presentment? Or, did McQueary perjure himself in front of the grand jury? Or is just merely the next step in what will prove to be a long and winding trek further down this rabbit hole?
The erstwhile assistant will get the opportunity to answer those questions and myriad others as well Tuesday night; the assistant will speak publicly for the first time in an interview with CBS News. For his sake, he’d better hope it goes better than the one conducted by the man he’s accused of being a pedophile.
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