Penn State University asked a judge on Monday to overturn the $7.3 million jury award in former assistant football coach and Jerry Sandusky whistleblower Mike McQueary's defamation case, Philly.com reported.
The school — in filings in Centre County (Pa.) Court — called the multimillion-dollar decision last month "excessive" and "grossly exorbitant," claiming McQueary didn't prove that university officials damaged his reputation after he became the key witness against Sandusky in the child sex abuse scandal.
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Three former Penn State administrators — president Graham Spanier, vice president Gary Schultz and athletic director Tim Curley — also were charged with covering up Sandusky's actions, and their cases haven't been resolved, a key factor, the university claimed in the papers filed this week.