>>> now to the child abuse sex scandal . a young man who was once very close to former coach jerry sandusky is speaking out. we'll hear from him in a moment. first nbc's peter alexander is on the penn state college campus with the latest in the developments in the case. good morning.
>> reporter: there is another investigation under way in penn state university , this one specifically looking into how the university itself responded to the allegations of child sexual abuse by the football team 's former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky . the allegations date back to the mid '90s, leading to the firing of the school's president and of course the head coach, joe pater paterno. at the helm of the investigation, a veteran lawman, louie freeh . the university is filled with serious new questions about its board of trustees . on monday the trustees tapped freeh to head its investigation. the investigation will go back as far as 1975 .
>> if our investigation identifies any additional victims of sexual crimes against or exploitation of children, we will immediately report this to law enforcement authorities.
>> reporter: board member kenneth frazier said freeh will be empowered to follow the investigation wherever it leads.
>> no someone above scrutiny.
>> reporter: nbc learned a second out of town charity sent kids to the second mile from 1988 to 202001. the group, a better chance, places minority children in high performance school and sent around 30 kids to the second mile but none stayed at sandusky's home. as for louie freeh 's investigation, his investigative team will include former prosecutors, former u.s. attorneys and former investigators with experience covering cases that involve child sexual abuse and for this time, louie freeh made it clear there is no timetable for this investigation.
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