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 The plaintiff, identified only as D.F, is seeking more than
$50,000 in damages, plus punitive damages, from Sandusky, his former
charity and Pennsylvania State University, according to the
complaint.
The lawsuit was filed Aug. 26 in Philadelphia County Court of Common
Pleas, but became known only Wednesday.
Bret Southard, lawyer for the plaintiff, said his client was not one
of the 10 boys involved in the criminal case against Sandusky in
June 2012, although he was interviewed by the Pennsylvania State
Police that April.
"It is my understanding that the attorney general is still
considering bringing another set of criminal charges against Jerry
Sandusky, and my client would be part of that,” Southard said
Thursday.
Renee Martin, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane,
responded that, "I couldn't comment on that" in response to
Southard's statement about the possibility of additional criminal
charges against Sandusky.
The complaint says that D.F. met Sandusky at age 8 at an event
sponsored by The Second Mile, a charity the coach created in 1977 to
help boys from troubled families.
On Aug. 30, 2008, according to the lawsuit, Sandusky took D.F., by
then 12 years old, to the Penn State-Coastal Carolina football game,
but left in the third quarter because it was a “blow-out” for the
Nittany Lions.
“Defendant Sandusky took [D.F.] to his residence and forcibly
undressed [him] and sodomized him,” the complaint states.
The Second Mile and Penn State University are accused in the lawsuit
of negligently allowing Sandusky to commit crimes against D.F.
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Sandusky, who was defensive coordinator at Penn State for Joe Paterno
until 1999, still had special access to university facilities after he
left his job.
Sandusky was convicted of 45 sexual offenses in the 2012 trial and is
serving 30 to 60 years in state prison.
Alexander Lindsay, the lawyer who is representing Sandusky on
post-conviction appeals, said he will not be representing him in this
civil suit. It was not immediately known who would represent Sandusky.
Lisa Powers, spokeswoman for Penn State, said the university does not
comment on litigation.
Dave Woodle, the current CEO of the largely defunct Second Mile charity,
told the Centre Daily Times that he is expecting to be served with a
copy of the lawsuit.
(Editing By Frank McGurty, Andrew Hay and Bernard Orr)
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