I can’t believe Paterno would drop the hammer on him without good cause. Even if Scott didn’t do anything criminally wrong, and I hope he didn’t, he must’ve blotted his copybook with Paterno but good on the team infraction thing. Sheesh.
Paterno is known for being manaically nit picky about even the most minor infractions. And once you get on his bad side, it can take years to regain his trust. Scott did some petty, stupid things his freshman year and it’s taken until this year for Paterno to give him a real chance again.
JoePa is also fiercely loyal to his players and would defend them if he thought they were being falsely accused or at least wait until he knew all about the situation before taking further steps. He wouldn’t just throw them out over an accusation as happened in the Duke case.
My hunch is that Scott got drunk and broke curfew and that’s why he was suspended. That’s sufficient enough cause, no questions asked.
We’ll probably know soon if he is the suspect in the assault case and if so, he deserves the benefit of the doubt.