Lions linebacker DeAndre Levy made waves last week when he said in a Men’s Journal profile that he was “proud” to have accidentally broken the leg of former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno, who he called a “dirtbag.”
In a first-person piece published Sunday in the Detroit Free Press, Levy elaborated on the comment.
“I hope me speaking in jest about my ‘proudest moment’ doesn’t distract from the serious sentiment,” Levy said. “Any person or institution, Joe Paterno included, that turns away from or fails to act against sexual assault is a ‘dirtbag.