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| June 2021 | Spanier served 58 days in prison. |
| December 2020 | Graham Spanier's previously overturned misdemeanor conviction is reinstated by the court of appeals. |
| June 2 2017 | Spanier, Schultz, and Curley were sentenced to prison by Senior Judge John Boccabella. Spanier received four to twelve months (two months in jail, four months house arrest), followed by two years probation and a $7,500 fine. |
| March 25 2017 | Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, and Graham Spanier plead or are found guilty of misdemeanor child endangerment charges. |
| March 24 2017 | Spanier was found guilty of one charge of child endangerment and not guilty of a second child endangerment charge and conspiracy. |
| January 22 2016 | Some charges against Curley, Schultz, and Spanier were dropped due to violation of their rights to legal representation. |
| January 16 2015 | NCAA restores 111 wins to Joe Paterno's record as part of a settlement. |
| November 2014 | Corman releases emails suggesting collaboration between Freeh's investigators and the NCAA. |
| July 30 2013 | Judge William Wenner ordered Spanier, Schultz, and Curley to stand trial for their involvement in the child sex abuse scandal. |
| January 2013 | State senator Jake Corman and state treasurer Rob McCord sue the NCAA to overturn sanctions against Penn State. |
| November 1 2012 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and NBC News reported that Graham Spanier would be formally charged for his alleged role in the Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Later that day, prosecutors announced charges of grand jury perjury, child endangerment, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice against Spanier, Curley, and Schultz. |
| June 22 2012 | Jerry Sandusky is convicted on 45 counts of child sexual abuse and sentenced to a minimum of 30 years and a maximum of 60 years in prison. |
| December 16 2011 | Preliminary hearings were held for Curley and Schultz, where Mike McQueary testified about the 2001 incident involving Sandusky and a 10-12 year old boy in the shower. |
| November 2011 | Jerry Sandusky is indicted on 52 counts of child molestation, covering incidents between 1994 and 2009. |
| November 2011 | Penn State Board of Trustees terminates the contracts of head coach Joe Paterno and athletic director Tim Curley. |
| March 2011 | Initial public emergence of the child sex abuse scandal begins. |
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