Ex-Penn State president is released from jail after serving two months for endangering the welfare of children by failing to report sex abuse claims against football coach Jerry Sandusky Graham Spanier, 73, resigned as president of Penn State in 2011 after the Jerry Sandusky scandal broke He still faces two months of electronic monitoring at home He was convicted in 2017, but appeals had kept him out of jail until this year Two people told him that an assistant coach saw Sandusky showering alone with a boy in 2001, but Spanier did not notify the police He later said the incident was described to him as 'horsing around' By Associated Press and Adam Manno For Dailymail.Com Published: 18:47 BST, 5 August 2021 | Updated: 19:09 BST, 5 August 2021 Viewcomments The former president of Penn State was released Wednesday after serving less than two months in jail for failing to notify police when he was told that football coach Jerry Sandusky had been seen physically abusing a boy on campus. Graham Spanier, 73, served 58 days in a jail just six miles from the Penn State campus, Warden Christopher Schell told the Centre Daily Times. He still faces two months of electronic monitoring at home. Spanier received a report from two of his top lieutenants in early 2001 that a graduate assistant football coach saw Sandusky and the boy in a team shower on a Friday night. Sandusky was then an assistant football coach at Penn State who met his victims through The Second Mile, a nonprofit he founded in 1977 for at-risk youth. Former Penn State President Graham Spanier, 73, served less than two months in jail for his alleged coverup of the Sandusky child sex abuse scandal 'And I remember asking two questions. "Are you sure that's how it was described to you, as 'horsing around'?" And the answer was yes from both Gary [Schultz] and Tim [Curley],' Spanier recalled in an interview with The New Yorker in 2012. 'And, "Are you sure that's all that was said to you?" And the answer was yes. I remember, for a moment, sort of figuratively scratching our heads and thinking about what's an appropriate way to follow up on "horsing around." I had never gotten a report like that before.' Prosecutors have said the boy has not been conclusively identified. Spanier and the two other top administrators did not notify police, and Spanier wrote in an email at the time that 'the only downside for us is if the message isn't 'heard' and acted upon, and we then become vulnerable for not having reported it.' After being convicted by a jury of a single misdemeanor count of endangering children in 2017, he told a judge he regretted not intervening more forcefully. Two people told Spanier that Jerry Sandusky, above in November 2019, was seen showering alone with a boy in a team locker room in 2001 A July 2012 report by former FBI Director Louis Freeh said Spanier 'exhibited a striking lack of empathy for Sandusky's victims by failing to inquire as to their safety and well-being'. Spanier and his lawyers questioned the credibility and accuracy of the report, and they later sued Freeh and his law firm for slander, libel and defamation. The case was granted a stay while Spanier's criminal matter was resolved. Sandusky was first charged nearly a decade ago, in November 2011, and is currently serving a decades-long term in state prison for a multi-count child molestation conviction. Spanier was charged the following year with a criminal coverup, although most of the original charges against Spanier were subsequently thrown out. He did not testify at his trial. Appeals kept him out of jail until a judge enforced his sentence in May. 'He made a mistake and he's going to pay for his mistake, but I don't consider him to be a danger to society as I would a criminal,' Judge John Boccabella said at the recent hearing. Spanier also was sentenced to two years of probation, a $7,500 fine and 200 hours of community service. Spanier became the 16th president of Penn State in September 1995. He resigned in November 2011, just days after Sandusky's indictment on 52 counts of child molestation between 1994 and 2009. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility