After nearly two years on hold, former Penn State President Graham Spanier will be able to move forward with his defamation suit against Louis Freeh and his investigation group, but Spanier may not directly sue his former employer for breach of contract.
Lebanon County Judge Robert Eby ruled Monday to modify a stay in the Spanier v. Freeh case that has been in place since February 2014. As part of the determination to lift the stay, Eby said Spanier, who is facing criminal charges over his handling of reports of sex abuse at the hands of convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky, has told the court he does not plan on invoking his Fifth Amendment privilege in the civil suit.
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