The defamation suit filed against Syracuse University and men's head basketball coach Jim Boeheim will now be moved to Syracuse.
Lawyers involved in the defamation case against Jim Boeheim and Syracuse University will argue to move the venue of the lawsuit from New York City to Syracuse during a hearing Tuesday morning.
The Syracuse community's avid appreciation for Orange basketball and the revenue the team brings to the city's economy are now being cited by Bobby Davis and Mike Lang's attorneys as reason to move their defamation suit against Jim Boeheim out of Onondaga County. The lawyers filed papers Tuesday claiming residents' "obsession" with Syracuse University basketball prevented the former ball boys from receiving a fair trial.
The request made by two of Bernie Fine's accusers for Syracuse University to turn over a roster with the names of former basketball players was denied in a New York City court Friday.
Jim Boeheim's longstanding affinity for sarcasm, hyperbole and blunt comments are being referenced by his lawyers as justification to request the dismissal of the defamation lawsuit filed against him.
When the Bernie Fine sexual abuse scandal broke in mid-November, Syracuse University was thrown into the national spotlight. New developments in the case are being discovered almost daily, which have led to increased confusion in separating the individual parties involved. More than a dozen lawyers and firms have become involved in the case and its relative lawsuits. Compiled below are the top eight major players and their affiliation with the case.
The Lewiston (Maine) District Court clerk's office confirmed Tuesday that Zach Tomaselli, the third accuser in the Bernie Fine case, obtained an order of protection against former Syracuse University associate men's basketball coach Bernie Fine, according to a Feb. 7 article by The Post-Standard.
Zach Tomaselli, the third man to bring forth allegations of molestation against Bernie Fine, is reporting to have obtained a temporary order of protection from harassment against the former associate men's basketball coach Monday.
Detectives’ interview recording proves Tomaselli first named UConn road game as alleged abuse site
The audio recording of an interview between two Syracuse police detectives and Zach Tomaselli, the third accuser of Bernie Fine, reveals Tomaselli initially claimed he was molested on a road trip to attend a Syracuse basketball game at Connecticut, not a game at Pittsburgh.
Despite what may seem like dozens of revelations in the case against Bernie Fine, Syracuse University students and residents remain frustrated with the lack of credible information about the investigation more than two months after his termination.
Lawyers representing Bernie Fine's accusers demand that men's basketball head coach Jim Boeheim and Syracuse University release 25-year-old records in attempts to sue Boeheim and SU for defamation.
When high-profile attorney Gloria Allred filed an affidavit Monday accusing Bernie Fine's wife of having sex with former basketball players, she turned up the pressure on Syracuse University to settle the defamation lawsuit against it. In the affidavit, one of Allred's clients, Bobby Davis, alleges Laurie Fine had inappropriate sexual relationships with at least three SU basketball players between 1993 and 1997.
Davis says he believes Boeheim deliberately ignored "improper behavior" or did nothing to intervene
The wife of Bernie Fine had sexual relations with multiple basketball players, according to an affidavit by Fine's first accuser, the New York Daily News reported late Monday night.
Lawyers representing Syracuse University and men's basketball head coach Jim Boeheim requested to move the defamation lawsuit filed against them from New York City to Onondaga County. But plaintiffs argue the change of venue to a county of Orange fans could make an impartial trial difficult.
Said he will ask police to end Fine investigation
Zach Tomaselli, the third man to bring forth allegations of molestation against Bernie Fine, admitted to falsifying emails he forwarded to The Daily Orange and another media outlet.
VanHooser says he lied to get back at Fine
The fourth man to accuse Bernie Fine of sexual abuse admitted to lying Friday and said Fine never molested him as a child.
Syracuse University alumnus C. James Zeszutek is defending SU men's basketball head coach Jim Boeheim in a defamation lawsuit filed by two former ball boys against the coach and the university, according to a Jan. 11 article published in The Post-Standard.
Boeheim’s initial statements could be “very damaging" to other victims
Randi Bregman knows how difficult it is for victims of sexual abuse to come forward, but when public messages discredit those victims, it complicates an already painful process.
Bernie Fine's accusers will have to go through multiple stages in order to prove they were defamed in their upcoming lawsuit.
The president of Road to Recovery, a group that supports victims of sexual abuse, said he is skeptical of the district attorney's handling of the allegations against Bernie Fine.
"The whole thing is very strange," said Robert Hoatson, president and co-founder of Road to Recovery.
Federal prosecutors set up an anonymous tip line on Wednesday for the public to call with information regarding the Bernie Fine investigation.
The third person to accuse Bernie Fine of sexual abuse pleaded guilty to sexual assault charges Tuesday, according to an article in the Lewiston (Maine) Sun Journal.
George Hicker, a former player on the Syracuse University men's basketball team and 1968 alumnus, resigned from his position on the Board of Trustees earlier this month.
After former associate men's basketball coach Bernie Fine was fired, Brad Sobotka, a 1986 Syracuse University alumnus and information manager for the Annual Giving Program at SU, was named the new adviser for the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity.
The name of the fourth accuser in the Bernie Fine sexual abuse case was published by The Post-Standard on Thursday.
In the wake of the Pennsylvania State University and Bernie Fine scandals, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday he will introduce new legislation adding to the list of individuals mandated to report physical or sexual abuse.
The third accuser in the Bernie Fine case was arrested and charged for violating bail conditions on Tuesday, according to an article published by the Sun Journal on Wednesday morning.
Two former men's basketball ball boys announced they will file a defamation lawsuit against Syracuse men's basketball head coach Jim Boeheim and Syracuse University during a press conference Tuesday with their lawyer.
The two former ball boys who accused Bernie Fine of molestation hired high-profile attorney Gloria Allred and will file a lawsuit against Syracuse University, according to an article published by The Post-Standard on Tuesday.
The third person to accuse former Syracuse associate men's basketball coach Bernie Fine of molestation will likely face prison time for sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy.
A lawsuit accusing Bernie Fine, former Syracuse University associate head men's basketball coach, of sexually abusing then 13-year-old Zach Tomaselli in a hotel was filed by Tomaselli Thursday in Pittsburgh.
Advocates for victims of child sexual abuse called on Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick on Thursday morning to organize a grand jury with an independent prosecutor to investigate additional crimes of Bernie Fine, former associate men's basketball coach at Syracuse University.
AUBURN, Maine — The Maine man who accused Bernie Fine, former associate men's basketball coach at Syracuse University, of molesting him has "come clean" and admitted to sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy.
The Syracuse University administration does not plan to publicly release the results of its 2005 investigation into the allegations against Bernie Fine, Chancellor Nancy Cantor said on Friday.
Statements made by Syracuse University head basketball coach Jim Boeheim after Tuesday's game against Eastern Michigan left students impressed by the way Boeheim is handling the allegations against Bernie Fine.
Robert Hoatson, an advocate for victims of sexual abuse, said a woman contacted him Nov. 21 and said her family member had also been affected by Bernie Fine. He has not spoken with the family member who was allegedly affected.
Chancellor Nancy Cantor expressed support for Jim Boeheim two days after the men's basketball head coach backed down from earlier statements supporting Bernie Fine.
Dennis DuVal, who served as Syracuse police chief in 2002, knew about the allegations against Bernie Fine when they first surfaced nine years ago, according to a statement by Police Chief Frank Fowler released Tuesday.
Despite the firing of Bernie Fine, former associate head coach of men's basketball at Syracuse University, the Department of Public Safety didn't step up enforcement Sunday night.
The firing of Bernie Fine, former associate head coach of the men's basketball team, left students and Syracuse residents alike buzzing Sunday night, but it also prompted conversation about the future of head coach Jim Boeheim.
The Syracuse Police Department said it will disclose the records relating to the Bernie Fine investigation to the Onondaga County District Attorney's Office following a weeklong battle that was scheduled to be settled in court Tuesday.
Shortly before 2 p.m., media personnel who had been camped out at Manley Field House all day sprang into action when they saw two men walking down the hallway and enter a locked part of the building. One was holding a stack of papers in his hand.
Following Sunday's announcement that Syracuse University officials fired men's basketball associate head coach Bernie Fine, students' opinions are mixed.
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Bernie Fine and Jim Boeheim meet when Fine was a student manager and Boeheim was a freshman on the Syracuse University men's basketball team.
College Coaches and Professionals Reporting Act
For New York state Assemblyman James Tedisco, the one good thing that could come out of the Bernie Fine allegations is an increased awareness of child sexual abuse. Tedisco, along with fellow Assemblyman George Amedore, recently proposed the College Coaches and Professionals Reporting Act, a reporting law for college campuses.
Onondaga Country District Attorney William Fitzpatrick deemed Syracuse University's decision to fire Bernie Fine "very appropriate" in the wake of molestation allegations against the SU associate head basketball coach.
Despite questions surrounding the legitimacy of the claims from the three people accusing Bernie Fine, former associate head coach of men's basketball at Syracuse University, of sexual molestation, experts say the false reporting of sexual abuse is rare.
Bernie Fine's status with the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity is unclear after he was fired from his coaching job Sunday night.
On Nov. 5, one of the biggest scandals in the history of college sports began to unfold. Former Pennsylvania State University defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was arrested for a slew of sexual abuse charges. Legendary football coach Joe Paterno and President Graham Spanier were fired for their lack of action upon supposedly learning of the abuse in 2002.
The Syracuse University alumni community is trying to remain strong during a time when its alma mater is the focus of a national news story revolving around an investigation of sexual abuse.
Bernie Fine is still innocent in spite of his termination from Syracuse University on Sunday night, said former men's basketball player and SU trustee George Hicker.
Bernie Fine, the associate head coach for men's basketball at Syracuse University, was fired from the university Sunday.
A third person has stepped forward and accused Bernie Fine, associate head coach of men's basketball, of sexual molestation. The accusations prompted the hours-long search of Fine's home on Friday.
Bernie Fine's wife admitted concerns about her husband's molestation of a Syracuse University men's basketball team ball boy in their home in a 2002 tape-recorded telephone conversation, according to a story and video published by ESPN on Sunday.
Police searched the DeWitt home of Syracuse men's basketball associate head coach Bernie Fine on Friday afternoon, according to an article published by The Post-Standard.
Says Syracuse University administration has been helpful
Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick called the actions of Mayor Stephanie Miner and the Syracuse Police Department "hypocritical" Wednesday evening, and reiterated he eventually will get the information he requested.
Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick criticized the way the Syracuse Police Department has handled its investigation of Bernie Fine, Syracuse University's associate head basketball coach, at a press conference Wednesday.
Lawyers for the city and district attorney's office involved in the dispute over releasing records related to the Bernie Fine investigation appeared before state Supreme Court Justice Thomas Murphy on Tuesday, according to an article published by The Post-Standard on Tuesday.
In light of the recent child molestation allegations against Bernie Fine, associate head coach for men's basketball, the Syracuse University administration will be receiving advice from a public relations consultant.
Experts caution reporters not to sensationalize story
Allegations of molestation against associate head men's basketball coach Bernie Fine have thrown Syracuse University into the glare of intense media attention.
The Syracuse Police Department will not release information as it arises during its investigation into molestation allegations against Syracuse University associate head coach Bernie Fine, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner announced in a five-paragraph press release Monday.
Don McPherson got to know Bernie Fine well as a member of the Syracuse athletics family. But McPherson, the former SU quarterback who has spent more than 20 years speaking out against social issues such as sexual abuse, said his thoughts are a little jaded.
The Syracuse men's basketball game against Colgate on Saturday, for the most part, felt like any other game this season for fans. But it was the little details — an empty seat next to head coach Jim Boeheim and national news cameras scanning the crowd — that reminded attendees this game was different.
In the wake of Bernie Fine being placed on administrative leave by Syracuse University, men's basketball head coach Jim Boeheim released a statement on Friday announcing the move of graduate assistant Gerry McNamara to the coaching staff.
An empty hammock swayed in the breeze. A pot lay tipped over in middle of the lawn. Friday's newspaper sat untouched in the mailbox in front of Bernie Fine's home.
The Fine house seemed isolated from the rest of the neighborhood as a small cluster of cameras and reporters standing in the street focused its attention on any movement coming from the house.
Dave Siock was shocked when he learned of the allegations against men's basketball associate head coach Bernie Fine.
Siock, a Syracuse center from 1988-93, has known Fine since he was a young kid attending basketball camps. He worked with him closely every day at practice, and went to him whenever he needed advice.
Bernie Fine, the Syracuse basketball associate head coach who has been accused of molesting two former team ball boys, has denied the allegations in a statement released by his lawyer, Karl J. Sleight, on Friday:
Media outlets lined up outside the Carmelo K. Anthony Center Friday, a day after molestation allegations were made against Syracuse basketball associate head coach Bernie Fine.
ESPN, which broke the story late Thursday night, was in the parking lot outside the basketball facility, with a satellite dish on top of its news van. A camera was set up, and ESPN reporter Mark Schwarz did a report at one point late in the morning time. Afterward, he immediately retreated back to the news van.
Kevin Quinn, vice president for public affairs at Syracuse University, said Friday afternoon Chancellor Nancy Cantor would not be speaking on the Bernie Fine case at present. Cantor has already discussed what she knows and and can say given the current investigation through an email sent to the SU community Friday morning, Quinn said.
Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor sent out the following letter regarding the allegations against men's basketball associate head coach Bernie Fine just before 6:30 a.m. on Friday:
Big East Associate Commissioner for men's basketball Daniel Gavitt expressed support for Bernie Fine on Friday in response to the allegations of molestation currently surrounding the Syracuse associate head coach.
George Hicker, former Syracuse University men's basketball player and a member of the SU Board of Trustees, rejected the idea that Thursday's allegations against Bernie Fine are in any way accurate.
A former men's basketball team manager for the 1985-86 and 1986-87 seasons refutes allegations that Syracuse associate head coach Bernie Fine molested two ball boys.
More than 2,350 miles away, Bernie Fine has a supporter. Eric Devendorf, the former Syracuse guard who is in Boise, Idaho, with the Stampede of the NBA Development League, firmly believes the allegations are untrue.
A former assistant coach from Syracuse's 1986-87 Final Four team said he was shocked to hear of the allegations that SU associate head coach Bernie Fine molested two ball boys.
Allegations that men's basketball associate head coach Bernie Fine molested a former team ball boy have sparked surprised reactions on and around the Syracuse University campus.
"Wow," said Clarice Muron-Bendaoud, an undeclared sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. "Everybody was so worked up about Penn State; nobody imagined it would happen here."
Syracuse police are investigating an allegation that an assistant coach on the men's basketball team molested a team ball boy for more than a dozen years.
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