Ex-ball boy alleges Syracuse assistant molested him for 12 years

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/Ex-ball-boy-alleges-Syracuse-assistant-molested-?urn=ncaab-wp6278
As Penn State begins the healing
process in the wake of one of the most horrifying scandals in college
sports history, a new set of stomach-turning child rape allegations has
rocked another prominent university's athletic department.

Syracuse police told ESPN's "Outside the Lines" they are in the preliminary stages of looking into allegations that Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine molested a former ball boy for a dozen years beginning when the boy entered seventh grade in 1983.

The alleged victim, 39-year-old Bobby Davis, said the molestation
took place everywhere from Fine's home to the basketball facilities at
Syracuse to hotel rooms before road games or during recruiting trips.
"Outside the Lines" reporter Mark Schwarz said on ESPN Thursday night that Davis told him Fine molested him "hundreds if not a thousand times" with the abuse continuing until he was 27 years old.

Davis told "Outside the Lines" he
never told Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim about the abuse, but Boeheim often
saw Davis lying on Fine's bed in a hotel room yet didn't question his
longtime colleague about it. Although Davis said he reported the abuse
to Syracuse police in 2003, he said a detective told him the statute of
limitations had run out and an investigation would only be launched if
Davis could produce a current victim.

All of the ESPN radio host have been hesitant to jump on this story with the information out there at this point. Hope it isn't true.

The graphic report that Tim Kurkjian was giving last night on the radio was disturbing.

i don't understand how you as a victim can allow this to happen more than once, BUT 12 FUCKING YEARS! GTFO of here

killerofchicken wrote:

i don't understand how you as a victim can allow this to happen more than once, BUT 12 FUCKING YEARS! GTFO of here

Well the report from Timmy last night is this kid lost his father early on and this man was his "father figure". The very graphic report he gave said the kid told him no and that he was uncomfortable but overtime he wore the kid down. Reports are that he tries to hold things over the kids head and he does tons of things for the kids before he makes them feel like they owe him. Yeah I said kids as in plural because reports are there are numerous victims here.

I'll reserve judgement. Along with the Penn State scandal it seems all these sexual assault cases are popping up all of a sudden...some of them are probably of the my ass variety.

Yeah I think I will also wait to hear more details. This 1 doesnt seem as cut and dry as the Penn State scandal.

This seemed fishy from the first moment I heard about it

It could easily be one of those things where he was molesting this kid at a young age and over time it turned into some creepy relationship and I wouldn't be surprised at all but I'll reserve judgment