1st test of what Spanier knew about Sandusky set to go before judge in Penn State scandal
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A former Penn State president and two former top administrators are set to appear in court on charges they failed to tell police about a sexual abuse allegation involving assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky and then tried to cover up what they knew.
Monday's preliminary hearing for ex-President Graham Spanier (SPAN'-yer), former vice president Gary Schultz and ex-athletic director Tim Curley will determine whether prosecutors have enough evidence to warrant a trial on the charges against them.
The men say they're innocent and weren't aware of the allegation against Sandusky in 2001.
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They say they had believed that Sandusky and the boy were engaged in nothing more than horseplay in a university locker room shower.
Sandusky was convicted last year of 45 counts of child sexual abuse.