Latest audit: Penn State paid $93M to 33 Sandusky accusers

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) Penn State's latest audited financial statements show it has settled with one more sexual-abuse accuser of former assistant football

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) Penn State's latest audited financial statements show it has settled with one more sexual-abuse accuser of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, bringing the total payout to $93 million to 33 people.

The statements cover the fiscal year that ended June 30.

WJAC-TV (http://bit.ly/2eRKxhM ) reports the statements show the university has paid nearly $20 million in legal fees relating to internal investigations in the past two years and its insurers have paid $30 million relating to the scandal. The figures reported Wednesday don't include a recent $2.4 million fine by the U.S. Department of Education over the university's handling of sex abuse allegations against Sandusky.

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Sandusky was convicted of abusing boys and is in prison but maintains his innocence.

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Information from: WJAC-TV, http://www.wjactv.com