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Say every week we hear of another. now there is the first lawsuit against the former coach, sandusky, who is under indictment. i think that this is going to open the flood gates, just like it did in the catholic church. >> there will be plenty more. it's interesting because the guy who is representing this one victim that has now filed the civil lawsuit is a guy who had a lot of success suing the catholic church. >> bill: this is what they specialize in. and i'm not putting them down or anything like that. but a guy like sandusky charged with criminal offenses can then expect just droves of pe...

This guy. none the less, let him back on the premises with young bay and engaged, some proof of, in a cover up. >> bill: the lawsuit will be centered on sandusky and the university and syracuse university can pretty much count on the same thing, right? >> that's a different story. >> bill: why? >> it's not clear how much the university knew. i think they're in a different position than penn state. the coach may be it's the same deal, but the university, you have to prove that they knew something and didn't act. so far i haven't seen that in the syracuse case. but penn state, different story. >...

This guy. none the less, let him back on the premises with young bay and engaged, some proof of, in a cover up. >> bill: the lawsuit will be centered on sandusky and the university and syracuse university can pretty much count on the same thing, right? >> that's a different story. >> bill: why? >> it's not clear how much the iversity knew. i think they're in a different position than penn state. the coach may be it's the same deal, but the university, you have to prove that they knew something and didn't act. so far i haven't seen that in the syracuse case. but penn state, different story. >> ...

Thank you. a lawyer who represents some of the alleged victims of the former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky says there is a climate of institutional denial at the school, which has allowed sexual abuse to flourish. on "studio b" this afternoon that lawyer told us that he represents at least two of sandusky's alleged victims and that about 10 in total have approached him. that would mean there are many more alleged victims than the 8 listed in the grand jury report. prosecutors accuse coach sandusky of abusing 8 boys over a 15 year period along with coach sandusky, the lawye...

That it really took a while for this thing to gain some steam. there was a reporter mark madden writes for the beaver county times, a relatively small paper in pennsylvania, had a story about this thing back in april, outlining the 1998 allegations of improperly conduct on sandusky's part with an underage male and it seems that the media didn't pick up on it. >> honors to him and he had the story here and should have had the beginning of the feeding frenzy back again. judy is right, you had a program too powerful and institution concerned with its perceived short-term interests and coach pater...