School opposes Sandusky request
HARRISBURG— A central Pennsylvania school district on Monday asked the judge overseeing Jerry Sandusky’s child sex abuse case to throw out a defense subpoena seeking information that pertains to one of the former Penn State assistant football coach’s accusers.
The motion by Lock Haven-based Keystone Central School District argued that the subpoena was not lawful and asked Judge John Cleland to either invalidate it or issue a protective order.
The dispute concerns the young man described as “Victim 1” in court records. A grand jury report issued in November said Victim 1 had testified that he was molested repeatedly, allegations Sandusky has denied.
Sandusky’s lawyers sent a subpoena to the district superintendent seeking numerous school records about the man, including IQ test results, disciplinary records, grade reports, attendance records and certain investigative records, among other things.
“Because the defendant has failed to articulate a foundation as to the reasonableness, materiality and justiciability of his subpoena, it is not lawfully issued and therefore any corresponding request for educational records should be denied and/or quashed,” wrote David Lindsay, the school district’s lawyer.
