HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania appeals court on Friday dismissed several of the more serious criminal charges against three former Penn State administrators over their handling of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.
The Superior Court ruled that Cynthia Baldwin, the university's then-general counsel, should not have testified against Gary Schultz, Tim Curley and Graham Spanier during grand jury proceedings, a violation of attorney-client privilege.
The three-judge panel threw out perjury, obstruction and related conspiracy counts against Spanier, the school's former president, and Schultz, a former vice president. It also tossed charges of obstruction and a related conspiracy count against Curley, the school's former athletic director.