DEVELOPING: 3 Ex-Penn State Officials Held Over For Trial

Penn State ex-president Graham Spanier, former athletic director Tim Curley and former vice president Gary Schultz have been bound for court on the charges against them in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case.

Dauphin County Judge William Wenner found enough evidence to warrant a trial for three after a two-day preliminary hearing in Harrisburg.

Former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary testified as part of the hearing that Curley and Schultz knew what was going on...

Here's the update after his testimony...
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Spanier's grand jury testimony during the Sandusky trial was read in open court in the morning session where it was disclosed that, according to Pennlive's Charles Thompson:

Prosecutors alleged that Spanier lied when:

He told the grand jury investigating former Penn State football assistant Jerry Sandusky that he never understood the 2001 incident to involve the abuse of a child.

He told the same panel that he was never made aware of any prior accusations against Sandusky. Records show Spanier was copied on at least some of the updates between Schultz and Curley on that case.

Schultz and Curley are already charged with perjury and the prosecution has to prove the statements were false to get a conviction to stick.

Spanier Arraigned In Sandusky Case

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Graham Spanier, the former president at Penn State appeared in court today facing charges from his alleged involvement in the Jerry Sandusky scandal. He didn't speak to the media. Spanier's attorney, Elizabeth Ainslie, spoke for the both of them on the charges:

“It is absolutely ridiculous. Dr. Spanier was never given a chance to speak to this grand jury to give his side of the story and we look forward to the chance to present his side of the story in the future.”

Here is Spanier walking into court not answering questions...


Spanier was arraigned on charges of:
Endangering the Welfare of Children
Perjury
Obstruction
Criminal Conspiracy, and
Failure to report child abuse

Bond was set at $125,000. But the bond is unsecured, there is no cost involved unless he doesn't show up for his next court date of November 16th. Spanier was also told to forfeit his passport and that he can't leave the state of Pennsylvania.

More when we know more...

Another Sandusky Accuser Comes Forward

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Forty years after the fact...and outside the whole Penn State thing...


All this comes on the same day that Sandusky was transferred to a prison in Pennsylvania that houses death row inmates. He will be in protective custody, getting exercise five days a week and showers three days a week. He will be in heightened security when he is not in his cell.

"We make individual decisions based on facts," Corrections Secretary John Wetzel said in a written statement. "Given the high profile nature of this individual, coupled with the nature of his crimes, this makes him very vulnerable in a prison setting."

Lester Munson discusses the rationale with the four-letter's Jim Basquil...

Sandusky Week One Wrap: Defense Can Chase Psych Eval

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No, there wasn't anything going on in the courtroom on Friday for the Jerry Sandusky trial in Bellefonte, but the judge in the case did rule that could allow the defense to pursue the idea that Sandusky may have a personality disorder...

The HQ gives Joe Amendola credit for trying... despite how sickening the idea may be if bought...

Here's coverage from the end of the week...

Sandusky Testimony Day 4: The Prosecution is all but done and other things

You can certainly say the trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has gone quickly.

Rare is the time that such a high profile case moves to defense witnesses by the end of the 1st week.

But that's what is happening here.

3 Victims, a State Investigator and more discussion of the Bob Costas interview were the highlights of today's time in court.

We should also add here that while the prosecution has not "Officially" rested their case, its believed defense attorney Joe Amendola will begin presenting his defense when court resumes on Monday. (They're taking Friday off)

Among today's revelations: Victim #6 discussed albeit with difficulty, an encounter with Sandusky in 1998...in the showers at Penn State.

Also, a Penn State police detective who investigated that incident testified that he was sure Sandusky would be facing criminal charges as an outcome of the investigation.

He didn't.

2 other victims testified to various encounters with Sandusky, mostly involving either "Sleep-overs" at Sandusky's house which to be quite honest, should have been the 1st clue to most.

And maybe it was...and it was ignored. It's hard to say or judge that now.

One of the victims went far enough to describe a "Basement Sleepover" where he yelled for help as loud as he could. Nobody heard him...and it begs a question, "Where was Dottie Sandusky?"

For more detail on today's testimony, check out the Harrisburg Patriot-News story RIGHT HERE

We can't stress enough how repulsive most of this is. It's even harder to believe that so many people missed so many now obvious clues as to what was going on.

Yet they did.

The prosecution case was very strong and at times heart wrenching and the suspicion is that it resonated very well with the jury.

What you can expect to hear next week is the defense attempting to discredit everyone who testified this past week. You could almost buy that if it were one key witness...but in this case, there are far too many people saying the same exact thing for any reasonable person to think that there is some sort of conspiracy between them all to make "Money and Fame" off this as it has been alleged.

We'll try and pick back up with our daily wrap-ups again on Monday.

Here's WHP-TV's wrap on the day...