Crime | Pennsylvania Penn State Victim Plans to Sue Pennsylvania looks to tighten laws on reporting child abuse By Matt Cantor Posted Nov 14, 2011 10:56 AM CST Copied In this Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 file photo, satellite trucks begin to fill a parking lot near Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson) One of Jerry Sandusky’s alleged victims has hired a lawyer to look into suing Sandusky and others who may have kept the scandal quiet. The Pennsylvania attorney could target Penn State staff or workers for the former coach’s Second Mile charity, ABC News reports. In the future, staffers aware of child abuse may face more than a lawsuit: Pennsylvania lawmakers are likely to take up a bill today requiring anyone in such a position to inform police of the abuse. Current state law simply requires notifying “the person in charge,” the Wall Street Journal notes. Read These Next "Admiral Piett" of the Star Wars universe died from COVID. Trump voter who supported mass deportations could be deported herself. Rescuer in floods gets a poignant question. Michael Douglas 'had to stop'—but he's not retired. Report an error