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Ex-DA: PSU case referred due to wife’s family tie

The Columbian
Published: November 14, 2011, 4:00pm

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A former Pennsylvania county prosecutor says he referred an accusation of child sexual abuse allegedly committed by former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky to state prosecutors because his wife’s brother was Sandusky’s adopted son.

Former Centre County District Attorney Michael Madeira told The Associated Press that he cited the apparent conflict of interest in passing the case to the state attorney general’s office in 2009. The state office at the time was headed by now Gov. Tom Corbett.

Madeira said Wednesday that he hasn’t spoken to his brother-in-law in years, and rarely spoke to Sandusky.

Sandusky was charged Nov. 5 with 40 criminal counts for alleged sexual abuse against eight boys over 15 years.

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