Paterno Page #5

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Dawn:
I don't know what

you need to ask anymore

It's all on the thing online.

He didn't want me

to read it, but...

Ganim:
Was there anything

that surprised you?

I-- I didn't want her to know

the parts with, like--

I was never in the room

when he told the whole thing.

Not even at the grand juries.

I wanted to.

I mean...

it was so hard for him.

He fainted, threw up--

Mom.

He says testifying was--

Can I say?

He says the grand jury

testimonies

were the worst things

he's ever had to do

in his life.

Other than...

I am sorry you have

to talk about this again--

It's bullshit, okay?

Jerry's already out.

The judge was a volunteer

at the Second Mile.

Sent him home.

Unsecured bail.

It's been three years.

From the first day,

it's the same thing--

- ( phone ringing )

- Sh*t. I'm sorry.

Let me just try

and silence this thing.

Um, what were you saying?

The, uh, first three--

It's been three years?

We reported it at the school

as soon as he said somethin'.

We went to the principal,

Karen Probst.

Write her name down.

F***ing b*tch.

You know what she said?

She told me, when I said,

"Call the police,

that man touched my kid,"

she said, "I think you should

go home and sleep on it,

because I'm not sure this

is something you wanna do.

You're very emotional."

She put in

a cover-your-ass call

to Child Services once

we were already there.

If we hadn't raised hell,

she would have pretended

the whole thing never happened.

Oh, that Jerry--

he's got a heart of gold.

Everybody loves him.

He's not going to jail.

I'm just gonna be another kid

on the front page

in the newspaper

with a big "liar"

stamped across his head.

Ganim:
Look, I don't know how

this case is gonna turn out,

but I can tell you

that right now

people look at you

as the first person that's had

the courage to come forward

and stand up to a really

intimidating public figure.

And because

of what you did,

now five other guys have had

the courage to come forward

and do the same thing.

There's no grand jury

investigation without you.

You started this whole thing.

And if you didn't

say anything,

Jerry would still be

hanging out

at Second Mile

with a bunch of kids,

trying to pick his favorite.

Bobby, go find Kate.

Go! She's at dance.

That's Aaron's brother.

He's ten.

Yeah, that's how old

I was when--

( whistle blows )

( chatter )

So, uh...

just keep it

to football tomorrow...

at the press conference.

Yeah, I know.

Did you read it?

No, I didn't

read it yet, Jay.

I didn't--

How am I gonna

read it?

( scoffs )

After Nebraska,

I haven't--

I haven't

had the time.

You know,

Scott gets worked up.

Your mother gets worked up.

That's not my job.

Understand?

Or your job.

We don't get worked up.

You get hysterical

every time your team

gets attacked,

that's a short career.

Man:

Ya have to wonder right now

where Joe Paterno's head is.

So much is swirling around him.

And, you know,

maybe there's a little bit

of a disconnect,

maybe he doesn't

fully understand

the gravity of what's going on,

you know, he's talking

about beating Nebraska

on Saturday.

Man:

Good hit, good hit.

Reporter:

Is coach Paterno

under investigation as well?

No, he's not regarded

as a target at this point.

But somebody needs to question

what I believe

is the moral requirements

for a human being that knows

that sexual things

that are happening to a child.

( continues on TV):

No whether you're

a football coach,

or the university president,

or the guy sweeping out

the building,

I feel that you have

a moral obligation

to call us.

Woman:

Commissioner, thank you

so much for being here.

I know you spent 30 years

with the FBI,

you say you have

never seen anything

like the alleged sexual abuse

allegations in this case,

and you say you want to know

why the police were not called.

I don't want to criticize

Joe Paterno or anybody else.

But any human being who has

this kind of information,

or who has knowledge of child

sexual abuse, should call us--

- ( TV off )

- Sue:
Nobody wants to ask

why Mike McQueary

didn't call the police.

I mean, he was

the one who was there.

He's a grown man.

He comes into my kitchen.

Dad went

to who he thought

was the police.

Ga-- Gary ran

the campus police.

Right, Scotty?

Gary also knew

about that thing in 1998

and did nothing about it.

Wait, what thing in 1998?

Scott:

There was another kid, Ma.

In the shower,

in the Lasch building.

That kid told his mom,

his mom called the cops.

The cops got Jerry

over to the kid's house

while they were

in the other room listening.

W-While Jerry's there?

- Yes.

- Yeah.

And the mom says,

"You can't do this

ever again with anyone,"

and Jerry says,

"I can't promise that"

with the cops listening.

And they don't arrest him.

They just say,

"Don't shower

with little boys."

That was the end of it.

How was that the end of it?

Because all they had

was showering and hugging.

Not a crime.

A hug goodbye?

Mary:

No. Naked, wet hugging.

Sue:

And that's not a crime?

Because the DA,

for some ungodly reason,

decided that it wasn't.

Well, why isn't anyone talking

about the DA's moral obligation?

Did Gary tell you

about that one too?

Guido:

Why do you think the police

commissioner is trying to say

that Joe has got

a moral responsibility?

It's because they missed it.

You know what?

Everybody missed it.

Everybody!

How come no one's talking

about the frickin'

Second Mile, huh?

Those idiots.

They were told

what happened,

and nobody decided to say,

"Hey, maybe we should

keep this guy away

from the hundreds

of little boys

we got running around"?

What was Gary thinking?

Listen to this.

"Schultz, equivocating

on the definition of 'sexua''

in the context

of Sandusky wrestling with

and grabbing the genitals

of the boy--"

I mean, who equivocates

on grabbing a kid's genitals.

Okay, let's go.

Let me have that thing.

( chatter )

( doorbell rings )

- Oh, great. Thank you.

- Of course.

Is there anything else

I can do?

No. No, you better go.

You don't want 'em

getting interested in you.

Yeah, um, I grabbed

another file

in case you need it.

Oh, great. Thanks.

Okay.

An hour shower?

Same as what happened

three years ago in '98.

Why does the man

still have keys

to the building?

It's part

of his retirement deal.

Just tell the man

he can't come in here

with little boys.

Cops told him that

the first time it happened.

Didn't seem to make

much of an impression.

Sit down with the guy

and explain that,

under no circumstances, can he

come into university facilities

with a child.

No workouts.

No goddamn showering.

All right, so we--

we talk to the charity,

we talk to Jerry,

and we call Child Welfare.

And they will file it

with the police?

Yeah.

This is a f***ing nightmare.

Man:

Will the court officer now read

the charges

against Gerald A. Sandusky?

Woman:

Sandusky performed oral sex

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