The Penn State University child sex-abuse scandal continues to rock the university as Pennsylvania State Prosecutors filed charges against the university's ex-president Graham Spanier for obstruction of justice and endangering welfare of children during Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse events.
Spanier, who resigned from his position as president due to the scandal, insists on his innocence. His lawyer released a statement to NBC as "Graham Spanier has committed no crime and looks forward to the opportunity to clear his good name and well earned national reputation for integrity...This presentment is a politically motivated frame-up of an innocent man. And if these charges ever come to trial, we will prove it."
In addition to Spanier, the other top PSU officials involved in the scandal- ex-Athletic Director, Tim Curley and ex-Vice President Gary Schultz have also received additional charges in the same scandal.
State Attorney General Linda Kelly told NBC, "This case is about three powerful men who held high positions -- three men who used their positions to conceal and cover up for years the activities of a known child predator...This was not a mistake, an oversight or a misjudgment."
In May, a jury of seven women and five men found Sandusky guilty of 45 out of the 48 counts against him for sexual abuse of ten young boys over a span of 15 years. Former Penn State University assistant football coach, Sandusky, was sentenced to between 30 years in prison in the child sex-abuse case over the summer. He was recently transferred to a maximum-security prison located in South Pennsylvania to serve his sentencing for child sex abuse.
