that he had been abused before that mike mcqueary incident, after the mike mcqueary incident, and he intends to the sue, because he says his abuse, he believes, could have been stopped if penn state officials had done the right thing back in 2001. okay, so you re saying possibly here, we could be seeing a civil suit. we know sandusky, as we mentioned, convicted of those 45 counts, yet to be sentenced. would this have an impact on that case? i d t foresee it having an impact on that case. he didn t take the stand and testify during that trial. it s not clear, at this point, if prosecutors are going to bring more charges against sandusky, because when he goes to be sentenced in september, he s really looking a de facto life sentence, because of his age and the amount of years of the convictions he carries. so whether or not this becomes a new part of a new criminal case is pretty unlikely. where, thing, has the potential to impact a criminal case is actually in the cover-up
finding alleged victims. had a large staff investigating state corruption in a matter called bonus gate. a second question, during the sandusky trial, reports surfaced that the independent investigation conducted by lewis free has uncovered e-mails that evidenced discussions within penn state s leadership where there was a desire expressed to treat sandusky humanely when the mike mcqueary incident was reported. third there are criminal charges already pending against two former penn state officials for perjury an a failure to report what mike mcqueary told them. mcqueary was a credible witness at the sandusky trial. it s important that the legal system now hold accountable those individuals who had a duty to report and did not. fourth, there will be and should be civil litigation in the event
authorities. it never gets reported. and according to prosecutors, sandusky s abuse of kids continued for another seven years. michael, thank you for your report. we appreciate it very much. reporter: thank you. kathleen cain is the democratic candidate for pennsylvania attorney general. she is last former sex crimes prosecutor. kathleen, there are ten alleged victims, as you know, eight of them are known, two of them run known, one of the two is the alleged victim in the mike mcqueary incident, for lack of a better description. as you know, the defense opening statement today spent a lot of time beating up on mike mcqueary. i want to ask you, with your prosecutorial expertise, does it make sense for the prosecution to have dropped that case and instead proceed with nine and take off the table the baggage that mcqueary perhaps will bring to this trial? no, i don t think it makes sense to do that. i would have kept all of the
humane to sandusky not to report this allegation to local authorities. it never gets reported. and according to prosecutors, sandusky s abuse of kids continued for another seven years. michael, thank you for your report. we appreciate it very much. reporter: thank you. kathleen kane is the democratic candidate for pennsylvania attorney general. she is also a former sex crimes prosecutor. kathleen, there are ten alleged victims, as you know, eight of them are known, two of them are unknown. one of the two is the alleged victim in the mike mcqueary incident, for lack of a better description. as you know, the defense opening statement today spent a lot of time beating up on mike mcqueary. i want to ask you, with your prosecutorial expertise, does it make sense for the prosecution to have dropped that case and instead proceed with nine and take off the table the baggage that mcqueary perhaps will bring to this trial? no, i don t think it makes sense to do that.
they debated whether they needed to report it to local authorities. and one e-mail exchange, the officials agreed it would be humane to sandusky not to report this allegation to local authorities. it never gets reported. and according to prosecutors, sandusky s abuse of kids continued for another seven years. michael, thank you for your report. we appreciate it very much. reporter: thank you. kathleen cain is the democratic candidate for pennsylvania attorney general. she is last former sex crimes prosecutor. kathleen, there are ten alleged victims, as you know, eight of them are known, two of them run known, one of the two is the alleged victim in the mike mcqueary incident, for lack of a better description. as you know, the defense opening statement today spent a lot of time beating up on mike mcqueary. i want to ask you, with yourexpt make sense for the prosecution to have dropped that case and instead proceed with nine and