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Report: Staffer says Paterno noted 2nd claim

Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno allegedly told former assistant Mike McQueary in 2001 that it wasn't the first time he'd heard that Jerry Sandusky had sexually abused children, according to a 2011 Pennsylvania state police report obtained by CNN.

According to the police report, McQueary, who went to Paterno after witnessing an alleged act of abuse by Sandusky in 2001, was allegedly told by Paterno that it "was the second complaint of this nature he had received" against Sandusky.

Sandusky was convicted in 2012 of 45 counts of child sexual abuse. He maintains his innocence and is appealing, while serving 30 to 60 years in state prison.