University Park, Pennsylvania: Around $17 million have been borne by Penn State University related to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal in the forms of public relation bills and covering legal bills, the university said on its website.
Nearly $16.8 million in costs through June 30 were broken down as almost $4 million for university legal services and defense, nearly $1.2 million in other expenses and $10 million for internal investigations and crisis communications.
The total also included about $1.6 million for legal defense of the school’s officers, including former Penn State President Graham Spanier, who was fired when the scandal broke in November 2011, former university vice president Gary Schultz and former athletic director Tim Curley, both of whom are charged with perjury, accused of lying to a grand jury about the case, Reuters reported.
Former assistant football coach Sandusky, who is in prison awaiting sentencing, was convicted in June of sexually abusing 10 boys over 15 years, including incidents in the university locker room. He is in jail awaiting sentencing.
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