STATE COLLEGE, — Former Penn State vice president Gary Schultz did not possess “secret files,” his lawyer said late Tuesday, responding to reports that investigators have e-mails in which Schultz and the university's then-president discussed not alerting child welfare authorities to a school employee's complaint about seeing Jerry Sandusky showering with a boy.

Schultz's lawyer, Tom Farrell, said in a statement that all of the former administrator's files were left behind when he retired, and were available to his secretaries and successor.

“The only 'secret' information revealed was the privileged grand jury information inaccurately described by unidentified law enforcement sources to the media,” Farrell wrote.

Schultz awaits trial with Penn State athletic director Tim Curley on charges of failing to properly report suspected child abuse and lying to the grand jury that investigated Sandusky, allegations they both have denied. Sandusky, 68, is currently on trial in a central Pennsylvania courtroom, fighting allegations he sexually abused 10 boys over a 15-year period.

The e-mails, NBC reported Monday, show Schultz and university president Graham Spanier discussing an allegation that Sandusky molested a boy in a team shower in 2001, an incident that became the subject of testimony in Sandusky's trial on Tuesday. The network reported that the two men agreed not to take the case to outside authorities out of concern for Sandusky.

A university spokesman said Monday the e-mails were unearthed during the investigation being conducted for Penn State by former FBI director Louis Freeh's consulting firm, and were immediately turned over to state prosecutors.