BELLEFONTE, Pa. — A judge has ordered Penn State University’s former president to pare down his defamation lawsuit against former FBI director Louis Freeh.
Graham Spanier is suing Mr. Freeh over the 2012 report he issued on Penn State’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky sex assault case.
Mr. Spanier’s 110-page lawsuit references Mr. Freeh’s consulting work on far-ranging cases including the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
But Judge Robert Eby on Monday threw out the lawsuit and told Mr. Spanier’s lawyers to refile it within 60 days. They vowed to do so. Neither Mr. Spanier nor Mr.