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University fined $60 million over sex abuse
Tuesday, 24 July 2012 - 02:52 PM

 

 

US college sport authorities have fined Pennsylvania State University $60 million in the wake of child sex abuse perpetrated by a long-serving football coach.

 

The university - a famous US football school - will be banned from competing for honours for four years, and lose all wins from 1998-2011.

 

The National Collegiate Athletic Association said the punishments were "corrective and punitive".

 

Assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was found guilty of 45 counts of sex abuse.

 

He abused 10 boys over a period of 15 years, a court found, preying on boys he met through a charity, Second Mile that he founded himself.





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