St. Paul lawyer files lawsuit in Penn State sex abuse case

St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson is filing the first civil lawsuit in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case at Penn State today in Philadelphia.
The "John Doe" identified in the lawsuit — who met Sandusky through the former Penn State assistant football coach's Second Mile program — claims he was sexually abused by Sandusky "over 100 times" at Penn State facilities, according to Mike Finnegan, an attorney with Jeff Anderson & Associates.
The victim, who is now 29, says he was abused from the time he was 10 years old until he was 14. Finnegan says some of the abuse also happened on road trips with the football team and in Sandusky's home.
The John Doe's abuse was not disclosed in the grand jury report released earlier this month, in which Sandusky is alleged to have sexually abused eight boys over a 15-year period.
Anderson — who's represented hundreds of Catholic clergy sex abuse victims for over two decades — and attorney Marci Hamiliton will announce the lawsuit they filed on behalf of the John Doe at a news conference in Philadelphia.
A statement from the victim will be read at the conference, attorneys say. The lawsuit will be filed in Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas and names Sandusky, Penn State University and The Second Mile as defendants.
Second Mile is the charity for underprivileged children founded by Sandusky and through which he allegedly met abuse victims, according to the grand jury report.