BELLEFONTE, Pa. — A Centre County jury awarded Mike McQueary $7.3 million on Thursday, finding that Pennsylvania State University defamed him for the central role he played in the prosecution of Jerry Sandusky and three school administrators accused of covering up Sandusky’s sexual abuse of children.
It took barely four hours for the jury of eight women and four men — including two Penn State employees — to reach its decision on the former assistant football coach's claims of defamation and misrepresentation.
But Mr. McQueary will continue to wait for a judge to rule on whether Penn State's 2012 decision to oust him from his $104,000-a-year coaching job could be considered retaliation.