Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse after his sentencing in his child sex abuse case in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania October 9, 2012. (REUTERS)
Stephenie McCaffrey, a forward on the Boston College women’s soccer team, now knows some items are forever off limits.
Ahead of an NCAA tournament game against Penn State Friday night, the 19-year-old forward took to Twitter to trash-talk the Nittany Lions, rehashing a sore subject that recently consumed State College, PA.
“I wonder if we’ll get into the visitors’ locker room at Penn state,” she wrote on her personal account, @stephyyman, Thursday. “I hear the showers are wieners only, 10 and under.”
An obvious reference to former Penn State football coach and convicted child-sex abuser Jerry Sandusky, McCaffrey didn’t stop there, issuing a few more zingers that caught the attention of her peers, opponents, mass media and university administrators.
Realizing her distasteful judgment, McCaffrey quickly removed a handful of posts before deleting her entire account – but not before the damage was done.
“The student-athlete used very poor judgment and exhibited insensitivity towards Penn State and the abuse victims, for which she apologizes,” said Brad Davis, BC’s director of athletics, in a statement. “This type of behaviour is not tolerated among our student-athletes.”
McCaffrey, the school’s second-leading scorer, is suspended from the team and won’t feature in Friday night’s elimination game.
Convicted on 45 sex abuse chargers, Sandusky was sentenced to 30-60 years in prison in October.
