HARRISBURG — Penn State has countersued its former president, claiming he violated his employment agreement by not disclosing what he knew about Jerry Sandusky before the former assistant football coach’s arrest on child molestation charges in 2011.
The university’s legal counterattack filed Monday was made public by the court on Tuesday, along with Penn State’s response to a revised breach-of-contract lawsuit Graham Spanier filed in Centre County Common Pleas Court last month.
The school said Mr. Spanier violated a 2010 employment contract and wants back the millions it has paid him over the past five years.
The counterclaim said Mr.