'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Syracuse University's prompt response to allegations of sexual abuse against an assistant basketball coach was done in good faith but was flawed because, among other things, there was no direct contact with law enforcement, a special committee of the university's board of trustees said in a report released Thursday.
The wife of fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine claimed Wednesday that ESPN maliciously trampled her reputation by broadcasting salacious stories about her and about claims that her husband molested ball boys.
The attorney for a Maine man who accused fired Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him says he's dropping a civil lawsuit filed in Pittsburgh.
Many of the key names in the sex abuse investigation of ex-Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine are well-known by now: Bobby Davis, Michael Lang, Zach Tomaselli.
Advocates for sexual abuse victims are calling for a special prosecutor to look into ex-Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine.
New York state must lengthen the statute of limitations to bring charges of child sex abuse, a victims' advocate said in response to a prosecutor's statement that it's too late to investigate two men's claims that they were molested by former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine.
A victims' advocate says he'll call for changes in state laws the day after a New York district attorney said it's too late to investigate two men's claims of sexual abuse against ex-Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine.
A county district attorney who has sharply criticized police and Syracuse University for their handling of sex-abuse allegations against an assistant basketball coach said Wednesday that he cannot bring charges but found that two men who accused him of sexual abuse are credible.
A New York district attorney says Syracuse police should have done more to encourage a man to come forward after he accused a Syracuse University assistant basketball coach of sexual abuse almost a decade ago.
A county district attorney has given federal investigators records that may call into question the story of one of three men who have accused ex-Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of sexually abusing them when they were boys.
A county district attorney has given federal investigators records that may call into question the story of one of three men who have accused ex-Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of sexually abusing them when they were boys.
Over the course of nine years, former ballboy Bobby Davis told his story of sexual abuse at the hands of Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine to the police, the college, the local newspaper and a national TV network. Each time, either he was too late or his story couldn't be proved.
Prosecutors investigating allegations of child molestation against former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine face obstacles that include finding corroborating proof, statutes of limitations on old accusations, and the credibility of the men who accuse him of sex abuse.
Court records unsealed Monday show federal investigators were looking for pornography that could be used "to sexually arouse or groom young males" for sex when they searched the home, office and locker of former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine.
Syracuse men's basketball is unbeaten and unsettled.
The U.S. attorney's office is investigating the claims of a third man, 23-year-old Zach Tomaselli of Lewiston, Maine, who says Fine abused him in a Pittsburgh hotel room in 2002.
Anderson dropped the lawsuit after the 23-year-old Tomaselli told The Post-Standard of Syracuse in an interview earlier Friday that he altered emails from Syracuse police before forwarding them to the paper in an attempt to bolster his account.
