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Abuse victim: Paterno ignored complaint about Sandusky in 1976

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A man who says former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused him as a boy in 1976 testified in court documents unsealed Tuesday that head coach Joe Paterno was told about it the very next day and responded callously.

The man identified as John Doe 150 said in 2014 that other boys in a shower heard him yell that Sandusky had just touched him sexually. The man said he told several adults about it, then sought out Paterno.

"Is it accurate that coach Paterno quickly said to you, I don't want to hear about any of that kind of stuff, I have a football season to worry about?