Curley, Schultz arraigned and released on $75,000 unsecured bail

By Christina Gallagher and Anna Orso

Curley, Schultz arraigned and released on $75,000 unsecured bail

 

Penn State Director of Athletics Tim Curley and former Interim Senior Vice President for Business and Finance Gary Schultz were arraigned and released on $75,000 unsecured bail Monday afternoon in Harrisburg.

Curley and Schultz have each been charged with one count of perjury and one count of failure to report suspected child abuse following the case against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. The charges against Schultz and Curley are identical, Magisterial District Judge William Wenner said.

Though he released the top administrators on bail, Wenner said the charges against Curley and Schultz are troubling.

“The charges at face value are disturbing to say the least,” Wenner said inside a courtroom filled with media.

After the arraignment, Curley and Schultz’s attorneys maintained their clients’ innocence.

Curley’s attorney, Caroline Roberto, of Pittsburgh, criticized the charges brought forth by the Attorney General’s office as “weak.”

“Perjury is a prosecutor’s charge of last resort when they can’t prove the person did anything wrong,” Roberto said.

And Schultz’s lawyer, Tom Farrell, of Pittsburgh, said he’s also disappointed by the charges.

Farrell said both men “did what they were supposed to do” in reporting an incident involving Sandusky to Penn State President Graham Spanier.

Both Curley and Schultz did not speak to the media inside or outside District Court. They left together in a BMW vehicle driven by Schultz.

Curley and Schultz have since requested to step down from their positions — in Curley’s case, temporarily. Schultz will return to retirement.

After news of the Curley asked to be placed on administrative leave, and Senior Associate Director of Athletics Mark Sherburne will serve as interim athletic director.

Before the arraignment, the Attorney General held a press conference in the Capitol Building.

Attorney General Linda Kelly said during the press conference that she was only able to answer questions regarding the 23-page grand jury presentment, and nothing outside of it.

Kelly said football coach Joe Paterno is not a target of prosecution but did not specify whether Spanier is still being investigated.

Kelly did not confirm if the “graduate assistant” named in the presentment is definitively current assistant football coach Mike McQueary, but Farrell did name McQueary as the “graduate assistant” who reported a sexual encounter between Sandusky and a young boy in an on-campus shower to Schultz and Curley.

Kelly said it is not uncommon for witnesses to remain unnamed in grand jury presentments.

 

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