Wife Of Accused Syracuse Coach Tells All
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By DERON SNYDER
Syracuse University fired assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine on Sunday, ending his 35-year run at the school.
But that’s the least of his problems.
Fine was placed on administrative leave two weeks ago after ESPN reported allegations that he sexually abused a pair of former ball boys. Coach Jim Boheim and former Syracuse players such as Rony Seikaly rushed to Fine’s defense, suggesting that accusers Bobby Davis and Mark Long — now adults — were lying in hopes of a financial reward.
Fine issued a statement, claiming that the charges are “patently false in every aspect.”
Apparently not. Boheim, Seikaly and everyone else who denigrated the accusers need to apologize. Because Fine’s wife, Laurie Fine, essentially confessed her husband’s acts in a secretly taped phone call nine years ago.
