BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Lawyers for Penn State and its former president Graham Spanier (SPAN’-yer) are heading to court next month to discuss whether his lawsuit seeking access to old emails related to a sex abuse investigation should be dismissed.
A court order dated Friday scheduled argument on the matter for Aug. 17 in the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte.
Spanier wants a judge to order Penn State to provide him with emails from 1998 to 2004 relating to an investigation being led by former FBI director Louis Freeh (LOO’-ee free) of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal.
In April, a university lawyer told Spanier’s attorneys state prosecutors asked it not to share the emails so an ongoing investigation wouldn’t be compromised.
