I can honestly say that whether or not sue paterno got to go. Ap penn state and the family of the late head football coach joe paterno announced friday they have resolved. Rhoderick ramos santos, more commonly known as simply erik santos, is a filipino singer, occasional actor, tv host, commercial model, and the first grand cha. Sue paterno interview courtesy our sister station wjac. Years after paterno s firing and his death, sue paterno in 2018 is still fighting to maintain her late husbands legacy. Al pacinos joe paterno movie will be difficult to watch.
Joe paterno knew years before jerry sanduskys arrest. Its a great way to celebrate the history of penn state football for a great cause. Regarding sue paterno, baker adds, i admire her so much and think shes an amazing woman. In this file photo from january 2015, penn state students celebrate after the ncaa eases the sanctions it imposed on the late joe paterno and the nittany lion football program for penn states. According to a report from deadline, the roles of sue and scott paterno have been cast in hbos upcoming movie about joe paterno, which stars al pacino as the late penn state football coach.
In his washington post interview link below, paterno tells us he realizes now that he should have done more but i didnt know exactly how to handle it and i was afraid to do something that might jeopardize what the university procedure was. I had no intention to coach when i got out of brown, paterno said in a 2007 interview before being inducted into the. Sue paterno says scandal caught her husband totally unaware. Steve jones and jay paterno interview sue paterno to discuss this years happy valley charter cruise. Penn state clings hard to joe paterno legacy with new trustee. Son of former penn state coach joe paterno calls latest. Penn states athletic department on thursday announced plans to commemorate the 50th anniversary of joe paternos first game as coach, a. Join facebook to connect with sue paterno and others you may know. Cnn vicky triponey knows all too well the power penn states late football coach, joe paterno, held for more than half a century over the insular slice of central pennsylvania that calls. Joseph vincent paterno sometimes referred to as joepa, was an american college football.
Paterno is a 2018 american television drama film directed by barry levinson. Paterno centers on penn states joe paterno played by al pacino in the aftermath of the jerry sandusky sexual abuse scandal. Penn state student reaction to hbo paterno movie youtube. Penn state settles outstanding issues with paterno. Riley keough, kathy baker, greg grunberg and annie parisse also star. Al pacino and director barry levinson you dont know jack reteam in a compelling portrait of legendary penn state headfootball coach joe paterno as his muchheralded career goes down in the.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. A letter from sue paterno to all penn state lettermen. Scott paterno, jay paterno still denying the truth about. Katie couric has landed an exclusive interview with the widow of penn state football coach joe paterno. Joe paterno had received a warning about potential abuse by former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky years before his arrest, according to cnn. Joe paterno didnt know which way to go when informed of.
Letter from sue paterno to penn state letterman starts it off. The university and paternos widow, sue paterno, both issued statements that penn state had agreed to pay certain of the paterno familys expenses and wished to move forward. I write to you now to let you know that we have not given up on setting the record straight and we never will, sue paterno. Find susan paternos phone number, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. In his final interview with sally jenkins of the washington post, paterno reiterated that he wished he had done more after he had been told by graduate assistant mike mcqueary about an incident in. Insurers allege joe paterno was told of accusations against jerry sandusky by a boy in 1976. There are also portions of the interview where paterno trailed off, or is very unclear. Penn state and the paterno family settle claims against. Those dont sound like the words of a topranked college football coach, but thats what penn states joe paterno tells harry reasoner. Joe paternos statute still hasnt been put back up outside beaver stadium. Pennlive talks to penn state students on april 4, 2018, to get their reaction to hbos paterno movie. It is the first indepth interview sue paterno has given since the sexabuse scandal rocked. During the interview with couric, sue paterno spoke of the difficulty she has had adjusting to life without her husband.
The hbo trailer shows a glimpse of a scene in which pacino and kathy baker, portraying paterno and his wife, sue, address the media and students from their front lawn in state college after the. Washington post columnist sally jenkins hosts a live discussion with readers about her exclusive interview with former penn state football coach joe paterno. Joe paterno interview with espn before the 2010 capital one bowl. Penn state faces uproar after plan to honor joe paterno. A son of former penn state football coach joe paterno and staunch defender of his fathers legacy has been elected to the universitys board of trustees. Hbo has shared a new trailer for al pacinos new film, paterno, in which he plays the disgraced former penn state football coach joe paterno. It has become a subject of debate in the wake of the childabuse scandal that rocked the university.
New york a documentary filmmaker who recorded a jailhouse interview with former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky said. This statue of joe paterno outside beaver stadium was cast by local artists. Cnn smears joe paterno with old news from tainted source. Freeh source says, hey wait, we didnt mean for the ncaa to take us seriously. The woman who stood up to joe paterno fox31 denver. Actors cast to play sue, scott paterno in hbo movie. Penn state settles outstanding issues with paterno family abc27. Needless to say she was pleased with the decision but says the work in not yet finished. Susan paternos phone number, email, address spokeo. Son of former penn state coach joe paterno calls latest allegations bunk. Though the statue has been taken down, penn state and the family of paterno announced friday, feb. Proof louis freeh doesnt have the credibility that the media suddenly thinks he does.
The paterno statue and eight other monuments to bad. Video by dan gleiterpennlive subscribe to our youtube channel. Former penn state coach joe paterno says he didnt know which way to go after an assistant coach came to him in 2002 saying he had seen retired defensive coordinator. Familys continued defense of joe paterno is a painful one. Scott paterno, jay paterno still denying the truth about father joes coverup. Im paid well, im not overpaid, paterno said during an interview with reporters. It stars al pacino as former penn state football coach joe paterno, and his career leading up to his dismissal following the universitys child sex abuse scandal in 2011. The latest news and updates in penn state scandal brought to you by the team at. February 8, 20 dear lettermen, for the past fourteen months i have refrained from commenting publicly about the jerry sandusky scandal and the related actions by the board of trustees, louis freeh, the president of penn state and the ncaa. Penn state announced friday it has reached a resolution of the outstanding issues between the university and the family of the late football coach joe paterno, eight years after a university.
Sue may not have been a coach, but she had a big role in the team. Pa congressman backs paterno family report out on sunday. In 2000, the newly constructed paterno library was dedicated. Two of the children of legendary penn state football coach joe paterno talk to charlie rose and erica hill about their fathers legacy. Penn state settles outstanding issues with paterno family. Paterno family very quietly drops lawsuit against ncaa. In a phone interview, jay paterno called the agreement a relief and a long time coming. Sue paterno speaks exclusively to katie for her first interview since the jerry sandusky scandal broke and since her beloved husband of fifty years, legendary penn state football coach joe paterno. After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, paternos legacy is challenged and he is forced to face questions of institutional failure in regard to the victims. Of course, unknown at the time of paternos firing among a multitude of other vitally important facts is that just five weeks after almost being hired as the head football coach at virginia, jerry sandusky was witnessed by mike mcqueary acting, at the very least, inappropriately with a boy, later to be known as victim 2, in a penn state shower. All around him family members were shouting at each other, yet he. Sue paterno, the widow of former penn state football coach joe paterno, answers the question everyone wants to know how much did joe.