Paterno Page #2

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Right back to Justin Brown!

First down, Penn State driving.

All right,

we got a game here, folks.

Everybody stay focused.

Let's do our jobs.

- Fourth down and sixth.

- Let's go!

Penn State needs to convert.

McGloin heaves it

to the end zone for Moye--

It is...

incomplete! But there are

multiple flags on the play.

Penn State's gonna

get another shot.

- ( chatter )

- Man:
Nice.

- Time out, time out.

- Time out. Time out.

- Time out. Time out.

- ( blows whistle )

Man:
All right, Coach.

What do you want to do?

Heavy right,

25 counter.

That's good.

Heavy right,

25 counter.

- Come on, baby.

- Heavy right, 25 counter.

All right. Heavy right,

25 counter. Let's go.

Announcer:
A minute-20 to go

in the fourth quarter,

down by four,

Penn State needs

to get into the end zone

for the first time today.

McGloin handing off, Silas...

He's in the end zone!

Touchdown, Penn State!

With a minute-eight to go,

the Nittany Lions

are into the end zone,

- an 80-yard touchdown drive.

- Yes! Yes!

Penn State hoping

to close it out

and give Joe Paterno

win number 409,

making him the winningest coach

in the history

of Division I football.

Five seconds.

42-yarder to tie it.

( crowd roars )

Announcer:

No good! Penn State wins!

10-7.

Win 409 for Joe Paterno

as head coach at Penn State....

( broadcast fades out )

( machine buzzing )

- ( office chatter )

- ( phone ringing )

- ( phone rings )

- Sara Ganim.

Holy f***ing sh*t.

Ganim:
Criminal charges,

Gerald Sandusky.

40 counts.

Involuntary, deviant

sexual intercourse,

person less

than 16 years of age.

Indecent assault,

person less

than 16 years of age.

- Aggravated indecent assault--

- Person less than 13 years.

Jesus Chri--

What the f***.

W-W-Where'd it go?

- Reload. Reload--

- I'm reloading.

- Is it the computer?

- I don't know.

Give me a second.

Every other site's working.

They pulled it.

( sighs )

( phone line out ringing )

Boy (over phone): Mike.

Man:

Hey, man, are you home?

- No, I'm on my way.

- Are you driving?

She told me

I could take the car.

- I didn't--

- No, it's fine. Listen,

I need you

to pull over for a second.

Can you do that?

( exhales )

Man ( over phone ): Okay, look.

The charges against Jerry

went up online.

They disappeared

like a minute later,

which means

somebody probably

posted them by mistake,

but a lot of people saw it,

so...

It's happening now.

They're gonna arrest him.

Probably tomorrow morning,

Sunday at the latest,

and they're gonna have to post

the grand jury presentment

when they're ready

to bring him in,

so the whole story's

gonna be there.

It's public.

And I won't say your name.

May use your initials, but...

it's happening.

- ( boy sniffles, sighs )

- Aaron?

( humorless chuckle )

Aaron?

( sniffles, exhales )

Hey, buddy. Hey.

( operatic singing )

Woman:
Hey, Joe.

Paterno:
Yeah.

You wanna have dinner

with Don and Shirley

on Sunday night?

No.

Come on, they want

to celebrate the win.

Well, let 'em go celebrate

by themselves.

- ( scoffs ) So, no?

- Well, I...

All right, let's see

how it plays out on Sunday.

Well, I've got

a board meeting

in Philly.

Maybe after a day by himself,

he'll want to be, you know--

You asked me a question.

Don't ignore the answer.

Oh, hang on one second, Sheryl.

I got Scotty on the other line.

Hey, Scotty.

I'm on the phone.

- Scotty:
Ma, I need

to talk to Dad.

- Okay.

Uh, Joe, call Scotty

when I'm off.

I'll call him when I finish

the practice script.

Scotty,

he's gonna call you back

when he's finished

with the practice scripts,

okay?

No, no, no, no!

Ma, I gotta ta--

- ( disconnects )

- Yeah, Sheryl.

Special Olympics...

Oh, no, it's a 5K.

( grunts )

You gotta be kiddin' me.

( starts car,

revs engine )

Gamin:

We saw the charges,

but was that one victim

or two victims?

Okay, just tell me this:

when's the guy

gonna get arrested?

Isn't he considered

a flight risk?

John says there may be

somebody else named

in the indictment.

Jessie-- Jessie, is someone

other than Jerry Sandusky

named in the indictment?

Jessie?

Hey, it's Charlie Thompson

at The Patriot-News, for Bill.

No, I can wait.

Newhouse:
Somebody needs

to call Graham Spanier!

I'll do it.

What'd he say about

your first article?

Nothing.

Him and everybody else.

Six months went by.

It was like I wrote

about a yard sale.

Ask Spanier

if he thinks he's

gonna get fired.

They're not gonna fire

the president of Penn State.

Jerry hasn't worked there

in a decade.

Thompson:

Bill, when are we gonna see

this grand jury presentment?

You're either

charging the guy

or you're not.

Newhouse:
Sara...

it's up.

( typing )

Woman:
Aaron...

I don't want you to read it.

Aaron.

Everything's on there.

It's not gonna

change anything--

You said I didn't

have to tell you.

With the grand jury

and the cops...

It's on the computer, Aaron.

Your mother can't be

the only person in the country

not to read it.

Newhouse:
Looks like Victim One

was 11 when it started.

Sandusky performed oral sex

on him more than 20 times.

Sandusky also had Victim One

perform oral sex on him

one time.

Jesus-- uh,

touched Victim One's penis

with his hands.

Victim One did not want

to engage in sexual conduct

with Sandusky,

knew it was wrong.

And Victim Two?

( sighs ) Uh... ten years old.

Anal intercourse.

- ( cell phone ringing )

- Sh*t.

- Hello? Dawn?

- Woman ( over phone): Hi.

Ganim:

I'm gonna be in your area

in a couple hours.

Should I stop by?

( crying )

I don't know.

Okay, well,

how about I head that way,

and then if it doesn't

feel right, you can just--

you can send me back.

( sniffling )

Dawn?

Dawn?

Victim One's mom.

Call me from the car.

We'll finish the piece

while you drive.

Ganim:

The indictment alleges

that former Penn State coach

Jerry Sandusky

used The Second Mile,

the charity he founded in 1977,

- to get access to

and molest boys...

- Okay.

many of whom were vulnerable

due to their social situations.

Newhouse:

That's great.

Ganim:

Many of the alleged incidents

happened in the Lasch building,

the football building

on Penn State campus.

Man:

With football season

well underway now,

for many fans,

it doesn't get any bigger

than Penn State.

But the case against one of

that team's long-time coaches

is unfolding, and quickly.

Charged with abusing

several boys at a program

he'd started,

former coach Jerry Sandusky,

once heir apparent

to the legendary Joe Paterno,

is charged with sexually

abusing eight boys.

And now two high-ranking

university officials,

the athletic director

and a vice president,

face charges in court, accused

of looking the other way

after several mothers

came forward.

One mother told reporter

Sara Ganim

she feels betrayed

by Penn State,

as details emerge

of what she sees as a cover-up,

saying one of her sons

complained about Sandusky,

but no one listened.

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