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Wed Sep 6, 2017, 08:38 AM Sep 2017

Penn State signals possible suit against Sandusky charity

Pennsylvania State University has signaled its intention to sue Jerry Sandusky’s former children’s charity, years after the school paid more than $93 million to settle claims from 32 of the former assistant football coach’s accusers.

But with the Second Mile shuttered in the wake of the child sex assault scandal that followed Sandusky’s arrest, it remains unclear just how much money a lawsuit might help the school recover.

At last count, about $750,000 in assets remained in the charity’s coffers — handed over to the Attorney General’s Office as part of a dissolution process that began in October 2012.

Penn State raised the possibility of litigation in a filing Friday in Centre County Court. The document preserved the university’s right to sue but offered no hint of the grounds for any potential lawsuit.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/penn-state-signals-suit-against-sandusky-charity-to-recoup-legal-costs-20170905.html

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