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PSU Athletic Director Tim Curley Wants Charges Tossed
Penn State Athletic Director, who is currently on leave, is asking a judge to dismiss charges against him that stem from the Jerry Sandusky child sex charges
Monday, Feb 13, 2012 | Updated 10:39 PM EDT
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Penn State athletic director Tim Curley walks out of the Magisterial District Court after being arraigned on charges of perjury and failure to report under Pennsylvania's child protective services law on November 7, 2011
Penn State administrator Tim Curley is asking a judge to throw out charges that he lied to the grand jury investigating child sex abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky and that he failed to report suspected abuse.
Tim Curley filed motions in Dauphin County Court on Monday that argued the death of football coach Joe Paterno last month leaves prosecutors without a required second witness to support the perjury charge.
He says allegations he didn't report suspected abuse in 2002 were filed under a revision of the law that was passed five years later. He also says the statute of limitations has run out.
The 57-year-old Curley is on leave as athletic director as he awaits trial. A spokesman for the attorney general's office didn't immediately return a phone message seeking comment.
Copyright Associated Press / NBC 10 Philadelphia
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