Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually abusing boys, leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, after waiving his preliminary hearing. The decision moves him toward a trial on charges of child sex abuse. At least some of his 10 accusers had been expected to testify at Tuesday's hearing. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) _ Penn State says it has spent $3.2
million on lawyers, consultants and public relations firms in
response to child sex abuse allegations against a former assistant
football coach arrested in early November.
The university posted a breakdown of its related costs Monday as
it unveiled a new website, part of an effort to provide more
information to the public.
Through December, the university had spent $2.5 million on
crisis communications and an investigation led by an independent
firm. It also reports spending $470,000 on university legal
services and $210,000 for the legal defenses of a former vice
president, a former president and an athletics director on leave.
Former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky denies sexually abusing
boys. The other school officials either haven't been charged or
await trial on charges of perjury and failure to report abuse but
deny the allegations.
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