Ugh. Reinstate Sandusky's pension, hearing officer recommends

A state hearing officer says Jerry Sandusky deserves a pension.

In an opinion released Monday, the examiner recommended the state retirement system reinstate the $4,900-a-month pension Sandusky collected before being convicted on child sex abuse charges in 2012.

"Because (Sandusky) was not a school employee at the time that he committed the crimes which are the subject of this action, his pension is not subject to forfeiture under Pennsylvania law," reads the opinion from examiner Michael Bangs.

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Sandusky stopped working as a Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach in 1999, but the agency concluded he was "an actual or de facto employee" of the school through 2008, a span during which he sexually abused boys.


An attorney representing the agency also contended that Sandusky served as an "ambassador" for Penn State in his post-coaching years, and that he received not only the same perks as employees, such as tickets to Penn State games, access to the school gyms and an on-campus office, but also payments from the school during that time.

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