Attorney: Freeh Report flawed; Spanier set for TV interview
Fired Penn State president Graham Spanier did not conceal information from authorities as the Freeh Report claims, according to Spanier's attorneys.
Timothy Lewis held a press conference Wednesday and said Spanier was an easy target because of his position of authority, but that didn't make him guilty as the report by independent investigator and former FBI director Louis Freeh charged.
Lewis, a former federal judge and prosecutor, said it would be up to Spanier himself to answer questions of reporters and -- if necessary -- authorities. Spanier's first interview since the report was released is scheduled to air on ABC News Wednesday night.
"Sadly it is now apparent that Judge Freeh was not an independent investigator ... but a self-appointed accuser who in his zeal to protect victims from a monster ... recklessly created new victims of his own," Lewis said. "Among those, a dead man who couldn't respond, two under indictment who couldn't respond, and a former university president who welcomes opportunity to respond."
Freeh's report is "infused with bias and innuendo and not worth the $6.5 million the university put into it," said Lewis.
He claims Spanier never knew the exact nature of the incident in the Lasch Football building in 2001, when graduate assistant Michael McQueary allegedly witnessed former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky sexually assaulting a young boy in the shower room. He also said that was one of many flaws in the Freeh Report -- it overlooked that there is no proof Spanier was told the allegations were of a sexual nature.
