Bernie Fine will not be charged by Federal Prosecutors after a year-long investigation into child abuse allegations, the US Attorney’s Office announced on Friday morning.
Each Monday during the summer, The Juice Online will be looking back to some of the biggest storylines in the 2011-12 Syracuse sports year. This week, we take a look back at the Bernie Fine scandal.
Former Syracuse associate head coach Bernie Fine has been hired as a consultant for the Maccabi Bazan Haifi of the Israeli Basketball Super League, ESPN’s Marc Stein reported.
Did Schwarz make calls to Pittsburgh or Connecticut to corroborate some of Tomaselli’s claims? Did he speak with Tomaselli’s father, who said that his son had outright lied?
Zach Tomaselli—the third man to accuser former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him—told the Syracuse Post-Standard on Friday that he wants the police to end their investigation.
Floyd VanHooser, who accused former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him more than 40 years ago, said he fabricated the claim in a letter to the Syracuse Post-Standard.
Bobby Davis and Mike Lang—who have accused former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of sexually abusing them—will sue Syracuse University and head basketball coach Jim Boeheim for defamation.
Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said that his office cannot bring charges against former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine during a press conference on Wednesday morning.