Paterno Page #6

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on Victim One

on a number of occasions,

had Victim One perform

oral sex on him,

gives Nike shoes,

ice hockey equipment...

...overnight at his residence,

basement, bedroom,

performed oral sex on him

more than 20 times.

Victim Four.

Attend the pre-game banquet,

sits with Sandusky

at the coach's table...

hotel room...

the Alamo Bowl...

...Inserts his erect penis

into Victim Four's mouth.

Attempted to penetrate

Victim Four's anus

both with a finger

and his penis.

(trailing off)

What is sodomy?

Scott:

Oh, come on.

Uh, Achilles,

and, uh, Patroclus?

Nessus

and, uh, uh, Uralus.

W-What does he know

about these perverted things?

Joe's having

a press conference today,

so if we could do this

as quick as possible,

I'd like to get over there.

Do you have a hairbrush

or a comb?

- In your bag?

- Uh, no. no.

- Lipstick?

- Uh, no. No.

Huge bag and you don't

have anything.

- What?

- Okay.

Um, what do we think

about this coat?

I think it's gonna strobe.

Yeah. Let's, uh,

let's take it off.

- Take the coat off?

- Mh-hmm.

I've got,

like, a yellow...

yellow shirt on I can wear.

Oh...

Uh, you know what?

Let's keep it on.

- The coat-- on?

- Mh-hmm. Mh-hmm. Button up.

Button up.

Yeah, it's gonna

help you.

Man:
Legendary head coach

Joe Paterno getting ready

for what may be the toughest

press conference of his life

today.

Man 2:

These will be his first

on-camera statements

since this scandal broke,

and the stakes are incredibly

high for him.

Guido:
Okay, that statement

we put out the other day,

it had no impact.

We do it today,

we do it head on,

on camera, and then it's over.

Joe:

All right, McQueary told me

he saw something

inappropriate,

so the next day I called Tim,

- Wait, wait--

- and he came over.

Scott:

You called him when?

I called him the next day.

It was Saturday. Oh,

it was Saturday, yeah.

I got the call, I waited

till the weekend was over

'cause I, you know,

I wasn't gonna ruin his weekend.

- He's got kids.

- Don't say that.

Scott asked a question.

Well, do you

want me to lie?

You can't say

that you heard

about child abuse,

and then you waited

a couple days so you didn't

ruin someone's weekend.

I mean, presumably the rape

ruined the child's weekend--

- Mary Kay.

- But put it this way:

You hear about someone

diddling my kids?

Don't wait the weekend!

She's right, she's right.

You can't say it, okay?

- So, what do I say?

- OK, this should be football.

Right? It's a weekly

football press conference!

I mean, what are we doing?

We're sittin' around--

They're standing out there.

There's people--

Everybody wants to know

what happened.

That's right. You do it,

and then it's done.

- Right.

- Okay. Sure.

- So, where were we?

Did you call the police?

- ( Sue sighs )

But it is a press conference,

Scott. It's not a deposition.

Scott:
It's gonna be a lot

worse than a deposition, Dad,

this is the media.

They got nothing

to eat but you.

So the press is going

to ask you

why didn't you

pick up the phone

yourself?

Michael McQueary was a mess

when he talked to me.

Mary Kay:

What did the kid say happened?

I didn't talk to the kids.

I talked to McQueary.

Wait, so--

So who talked

to the kid?

Was it Gary?

I don't know

who talked to the kid.

I don't know.

Who knows?

Was he okay?

- Okay, who?

- The child.

Guido:
I don't think

the press is gonna get

into this, hon.

No, I'm asking, Guido.

I mean, the kid knows

what happened.

What did he say?

( clears throat )

Well, I think nobody talked

to the kid.

They-- they didn't find the kid.

( coughs )

I don't-- I don't

understand what the--

How could they not

find the kid?

They could

just ask Jerry.

Well, they didn't look for him.

It was an oversight.

- Wow.

- Oversight.

So did you ask about the kid

and they just never followed up?

Guido:

Mary Kay.

- But, did you ask?

- What are we doin' here?

Did you ask?

Man:
This is more

than a football legacy.

This is about people,

and if we can't protect

our kids,

we, as a society, are pathetic.

- Gar. It's Kim.

- Hey.

- You back home?

- Yeah.

Good. You okay?

Uh, yeah, super.

Listen, Kim, I really--

I made a copy...

of the file...

in the envelope.

- Okay.

- I'm sorry.

It's okay.

It's habit, you know?

I don't take anything

from the file without a copy.

Yeah, of course. Of course.

Um...I gave you

the original, Gar.

I shouldn't have done that.

Oh, it's fine, Kim.

Look, I'll bring 'em back

in the morning.

No, they won't let you

in the building.

( sighs )

I'm concerned

about hiding evidence

if the originals are gone.

There's, like,

fingerprints and things.

They look into all that.

What if they ask me about it?

I don't know, Kim.

Just tell 'em the truth.

Okay. Okay.

Thanks.

Curley ( over phone ):

Look, I met with Joe.

We talked about it, and...

to go behind Jerry's back

to his own organization

and the Department

of Child Welfare

before we've even looked

at the guy face-to-face

and asked him what happened

seems...

I don't know, inhumane.

What happened

to calling Child Welfare?

And, uh, f***ing Second Mile?

Look, we just gotta

ask the guy what happened.

I mean, maybe-- I don't know,

maybe it's a misunderstanding.

Graham agrees. Joe agrees.

( Paterno moans)

Who's driving?

Jay:
Uh, come in my car.

I'll drop you home

after practice.

Yeah, there's a couple

of reporters out there.

Keep em to the side

so we don't run anybody down.

- Yeah.

- What do you mean?

Why-- Why aren't they

at the press conference?

Probably wanna follow you there.

Hey, you can moon 'em

on the way.

Scott, that's not

appropriate right now.

Says who?

Guys, they don't want

to do it right now.

The press conference.

We got practice

in 40 minutes.

It's now or never.

Yeah, well,

they don't want

a press conference today.

It's cancelled.

Without my permission?

Guido:
Yeah.

Man:

Due to the ongoing

legal circumstances

surrendered around the recent

allegations and charges,

we have determined

that today's press conference

cannot be held

and will not be rescheduled.

We will not have

any additional comments

on this matter.

Woman:
Never?

It won't ever be rescheduled?

Man:

Don't you guys feel

you have an obligation

to talk about this?

"Crime & Punishment,"

new developments

in the child sex abuse scandal

that has rocked

Penn State's

legendary football program.

Today a regular

weekly news conference

with Penn State's head coach

Joe Paterno was canceled.

It would have been his first

since the scandal broke.

Reporters were waiting

when he left practice.

- ( reporters clamor )

- Guys, you got good questions,

but I can't--

I can't answer them.

Sorry. I just can't do it.

Cooper:

So far, two top

university officials,

Timothy Curley

and Gary Schultz,

have been charged

with failing to report

allegations of abuse

that occurred on university

property.

Sara Ganim, a reporter

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