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Judge orders Penn State to pay McQueary another $5 million

HARRISBURG — In a stinging opinion, a Centre County judge today ordered Pennsylvania State University to pay another $5 million to Mike McQueary, on top of the $7.3 million a jury already awarded the former coach who blamed school officials for destroying his life after he became a central witness against Jerry Sandusky and the administrators accused of covering up his serial sex-abuse.

"The fact that five years [later], Mr. McQueary could not be employed as a cashier in a local drug store shows ... the extent to which he has been ostracized in the Penn State community," wrote Judge Thomas G.