A jury has found in favor of former Penn State quarterback and assistant coach Mike McQueary in his defamation and misrepresentation case against the school. McQueary was awarded $7.3 million by the jury on Thursday.
The judgment was delivered after less than four hours of deliberation, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, following a two-week trial.
In 2001, McQueary gave an eyewitness report to the Penn State administration of what he believed to be a case of sexual abuse by former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. McQueary was placed on leave from his coaching duties in November 2011 following the arrest of Sandusky, four days before coach Joe Paterno was fired.
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In his testimony last week, McQueary said Penn State "threw me under the bus" for cooperating with the Sandusky investigation. He also claimed the school made him out to be a scapegoat for the eventual sanctions that were placed on the program -- and later removed -- by the NCAA, and that he's been unable to find a job since because of how he was portrayed by the schoo
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