Penn State ex-president Spanier leaves jail after 2 months
August 4, 2021 GMTBELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — The former president of Penn State was released Wednesday after serving nearly two months in jail for endangering the welfare of children by his response to a report that Jerry Sandusky had been seen physically abusing a boy on campus.
Penn State ex-president reports to jail in Sandusky scandal
June 10, 2021 GMTBELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State president Graham Spanier has reported to jail early to begin serving his sentence for child endangerment in a case stemming from the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal.
Penn State ex-president Graham Spanier reports to jail
June 9, 2021 GMTBELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State president Graham Spanier has reported to jail early to begin serving his sentence for child endangerment in a case stemming from the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal.
Judge upholds Penn St. ex-president Spanier’s jail sentence
May 26, 2021 GMTHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The former Penn State president who was forced out as the school's top administrator when Jerry Sandusky was arrested a decade ago will soon have to report to jail after a judge on Wednesday upheld a sentence issued four years ago.
Judge sets hearing on Graham Spanier’s pending jail sentence
April 26, 2021 GMTHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Graham Spanier's lawyers are expected to be in a Pennsylvania courtroom next month as a judge considers whether the former Penn State president should have to report to jail to start serving his sentence related to the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal...
Ex-Penn St. president’s Sandusky-related conviction restored
December 1, 2020 GMTHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated former Penn State President Graham Spanier's conviction for child endangerment over his handling of a report that former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had sexually abused a boy in a team shower...
Former Penn State president richly paid as he fought charges
May 1, 2019 GMTHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State President Graham Spanier's success this week in getting his child-endangerment conviction overturned capped a seven-year fight to save his reputation and stay out of jail, a period during which he has been richly compensated by the university he once ran...
Judge throws out ex-Penn State president’s conviction
April 30, 2019 GMTHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge threw out former Penn State President Graham Spanier's misdemeanor child-endangerment conviction on Tuesday, less than a day before he was due to turn himself in to begin serving a jail sentence...
Former Penn State president Spanier loses criminal appeal
June 26, 2018 GMTHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State president Graham Spanier lost an appeal Tuesday of his misdemeanor conviction for child endangerment over his handling of a 2001 complaint about Jerry Sandusky showering with a boy in the football team locker room...
Al Pacino to star as Penn State’s Joe Paterno in HBO biopic
June 6, 2017 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Al Pacino will star as late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in an upcoming HBO biopic directed by Barry Levinson...
3 ex-Penn State officials sent to jail in Sandusky scandal
June 2, 2017 GMTHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State's former president and two other ex-administrators were sentenced Friday to at least two months in jail for failing to report a child sexual abuse allegation against Jerry Sandusky a decade before his arrest engulfed the university in scandal and brought down football coach Joe Paterno...
Correction: Penn State-Abuse story
March 27, 2017 GMTHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In some versions of a March 24 story about the criminal conviction of former Penn State University president Graham Spanier, The Associated Press erroneously reported the length of retired assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's sentence...
Verdict turns page in Penn State child molestation scandal
March 25, 2017 GMTHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State is trying to turn the corner on the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal, but the former FBI director who authored a scathing report on it more than four years ago says more changes are needed, even after the conviction of the university's former president.