A former Penn State official, who’s accused of covering up the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal, is asking a judge to force the Attorney General’s Office to release pre-trial discovery material.
The request comes from Gary Schultz, the university’s former vice president of finance. It’s similar to a motion filed by co-defendant and former Penn State President Graham Spanier last week.
Both men want Dauphin County President Judge Todd Hoover to order the Attorney General’s Office to comply with their requests.
Schultz, Spanier, and former Athletic Director Tim Curley face a number of charges including perjury, failing to report child endangerment and conspiracy in connection with the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. All three men have pleaded not guilty.
At issue is a database of more than 20 million e-mails and other electronically stored documents thought to be permanently deleted, but the Attorney General’s Office later recovered as part of an internal review of the Sandusky criminal investigation.
In recent months, attorneys for Schultz, Spanier and Curley filed requests for access to relevant documents in the recovered database based on a list of provided search terms. Ultimately, Spanier’s attorney, Thomas Farrell, argues the Attorney General’s Office has not complied with the requests.
Farrell says in Tuesday’s motion, “To date the only additional discovery provided by the Commonwealth has been two subpoenas and three e-mails.”
Farrell asks the court to issue an order compelling the Attorney General’s Office to comply with defendants’ requests for pre-trial discovery.
The criminal proceeding is taking place in Dauphin County because that is where the grand jury met and where the charge of perjury allegedly occurred.
Hoover is presiding over the case for Spanier, Curley and Schultz. While authorities charged Spanier, Curley and Schultz nearly two years ago, a trial date has yet to be set.
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