Almost a year to the day after an internal investigation implicated former Penn State President Graham Spanier in covering up accusations against Jerry Sandusky, Spanier has filed a praecipe for writ of summons against Louis Freeh, the leader of the investigation, potentially paving the way for a suit against Freeh for libel, defamation or slander.
The court papers, filed in the Centre County Court of Common Pleas on Thursday, also name as defendants Freeh's former law firm, Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan, and Pepper Hamilton, firms that merged together in August of last year after working together for months on the Penn State investigation. Freeh, a former FBI director, was hired by the Penn State board of trustees to lead an extensive probe into how the university handled allegations against Sandusky, the former defensive coordinator and convicted serial child molester at the center of the scandal.
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