Todd Hodne

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Long before the Jerry Sandusky scandal, a new report Monday details how Penn State University dealt with another sexual assault scandal.

“We have the deepest sympathy and respect for each of Todd Hodne’s victims, some of whom attended the University and some of whom lived near his hometown. ESPN referred to his story and the stories of his 12 known survivors as non-existent until now. But according to ESPN, those who tried his case remember him as one of the most dangerous, physically imposing and ruthless people they have ever faced in court.

The atrocities committed by former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky are well-documented, but until now the crimes of Todd Hodne have gone ...

“He was trying to ascertain if I was going to go to [the Betsy Sailor hearing] and if the police had discovered anything concrete,” Karen added. He was paroled at the short end of that range, despite strident protestation from Suffolk County prosecutor John Collins, whose preservation of files from Hodne’s extensive rap sheet provided much of the material that ESPN had to work with. Hirsch resisted, and Hodne wound up killing him in the struggle. I think he did. Susan’s father, who worked for the phone company, was able to trace the calls to the serial predator. She asked him what he was doing and he said, ‘Waiting for a ride.'” Yeah. I think he did. State College police, receiving this lead, sent fingerprints from the scene at Sailor’s apartment to the FBI, who traced the prints to Hodne, which were on file from the record store robbery. The police report described the rest of the incident as follows: “Actor returned and he took off all his clothes and sat on her chest and put his penis to her mouth and told her to suck it, she said she couldn’t do that, he became angry so she opened her mouth and he put it in. Actor then put his clothes on and went out of the room. “It had a leather sheath, and he would take the sheath on and off, on and off. All the time, even when you were having a conversation.”

The story calls former football player Todd Hodne the "first serial sexual predator" from the Joe Paterno years. It details his crimes and the lasting ...

The ESPN report also tells how, after Hodne was convicted in Centre County, a former teammate, Irv Pankey, came to the aid of Hodne’s victim. “We have the deepest sympathy and respect for each of Todd Hodne’s victims, some of whom attended the University and some of whom lived near his hometown. After his parole, Hodne killed a cab driver in an apparent attempted robbery in 1987 and spent the rest of his life in jail. Penn State strives every day to make the University as safe as it can possibly be.” In Hodne’s case, for example, the carefully researched report details Paterno’s August 1978 suspension of the player for the upcoming season after Hodne pleaded guilty to burglarizing a State College record store. The story demonstrates in bold relief how differently rape and sexual assault was handled two generations ago, when it seemed like cloaking cases in silence was the best way to protect victims from shame, compared with today’s era of immediate text alerts whenever there’s a crime on campus.