There is another update in the ongoing legal battle between Penn State and one of the university trustees, who is still facing the possibility of being ousted from the trustee board.
The newest development in the case includes another hearing, which is scheduled for next month in Lackawanna County Court, where trustee Anthony Lubrano filed suit against Penn State.
Lubrano contends that the trustee leadership violated a court order in the case since the presiding judge ruled in Lubrano’s favor, saying that Penn State must stop an internal investigation of Lubrano until it pays his legal expenses.
In a court hearing, Lubrano termed the investigation as “kangaroo court,” and the judge ruled that the university bylaws, which he termed were straightforward, require that Penn State pay the legal bill.
That internal investigation, which Lubrano reportedly didn’t even know about initially, came about after a February board meeting where he proposed, then withdrew, a motion to add the Paterno name to Beaver Stadium.
Lubrano then talked to the media and was reportedly reprimanded by trustee leadership for not screening his comments with the university’s strategic communications team.
The investigation could lead to Lubrano being removed from the board of trustees, which is still a possibility.
Penn State hasn’t paid any of Lubrano’s legal bill but instead filed an appeal to the judge’s order with the state superior court.