Man who says Penn State's Sandusky abused him in 1988 seeks day in court

A Massachusetts man who says Jerry Sandusky molested him as a teenager will argue in a Pennsylvania court that he should have his day in court even though the alleged abuse by the former Penn State assistant football coach dates back to 1988. Lawyers for Anthony Spinelli, Jr., now 43, will argue on Thursday that the statute of limitations - the deadline for bringing criminal charges - still had years to run in the case. Attorney General Kathleen Kane ruled in May that while Spinelli’s complaint was “compelling,” she believed too much time had elapsed to prosecute the case successfully.

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