Ex-PSU spokesman testifies in defamation trial

BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- Jurors in a former Penn State assistant coach's defamation and whistleblower lawsuit against the university heard Tuesday about a flood of news coverage that swamped its public relations department in the days after Jerry Sandusky was charged with child molestation.

Lawyers for the university and former assistant coach Mike McQueary reviewed several articles as a second day of testimony began in his lawsuit over how he was treated after Sandusky was arrested.

Many of them appeared to be highly critical of McQueary, who says he saw Sandusky abuse a child but did not intervene or call police. He reported the matter the next day to then-head football coach Joe Paterno and more…