Syracuse assistant basketball coach End fires

Thirty-six years after he was hired as an Assistant basketball coach at Syracuse University, Bernie fine is out of a job amid an investigation into accusations of child molestation against him.

Belle was fired Sunday night after a third man accused of molesting him nine years ago.

"At the direction of Chancellor Cantor, employment of Bernie End with Syracuse University was terminated, effective immediately," Kevin Quinn, senior Vice President of the school for public affairs, said in a statement.

Fine, who turns 66 in December, has held the longest active streak of consecutive seasons at one school among assistant coaches in Division I. He denied the allegations.

Zach Tomaselli, 23, Lewiston, Maine, said Sunday that he told police he molested in 2002 in a hotel room in Pittsburgh. The accuser third to come forward, Tomaselli said he touched "plus" times in that incident.

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said he supported the University's decision to fire his longtime Assistant and expressed regret for its initial declarations that could have been "insensitive to victims of abuse".

"The allegations that have come forward today are deeply troubling and disturbing," Boeheim said in a statement released by the school. "I am personally very shocked because I've never seen one of the tasks that have been claimed. I believe that the University has taken the appropriate step tonight. Most important thing is that this matter be studied and that anyone who has supported information to come forward so that the truth can be found. I deeply regret the statements that I made that might have inhibited occur or been insensitive to victims of abuse. "

Tomaselli, who faces allegations of sexual violence in Maine involving a 14-year-old boy, said during a telephone interview with the Associated Press that he signed an affidavit accusing fine after a meeting with the police of Syracuse last week in Albany.

Tomaselli's father, meanwhile, maintains that the son is lying.

Two former Syracuse ball boys were the first to accuse well, who has called the allegations "patently false".

Bobby Davis, now 39, told ESPN that he molested beginning in 1984 and that the sexual contact continued until he was about 27. A ball boy for six years, Davis told ESPN that the abuse occurred at the home of fine, at facilities of Syracuse basketball and on road trips, including the Final Four in 1987.

Half-brother of Davis, Mike Lang, 45, who was also a ball boy, told ESPN that End began to harass him, while he was able to fifth or sixth.

When the allegations first became public on 17 November, Boeheim adamantly defended his lifelong friend.

In an interview that day with the post-standard, Boeheim attacked Davis ' reasons for going public with his allegations.

"Penn State what came out and the guy behind this is trying to get money," said Boeheim. "He is tried first. And now is trying once again. If you get this, he is going to sue the University and Bernie. What do you think is going to happen at Penn State? You know how much money is

being involved in civil cases? I'd say about 50 million dollars. Here's what it is. Money. "

No one answered the door to the beautiful home Sunday. Before cooking fine, his lawyers issued a statement saying that the fine would not comment beyond its initial statement.

"Any comment from him would just invite and perpetuate the ancient claims and suspects ' attorneys Donald Martin and Karl Sleight said. "The Lord End remains confident of a credible and expeditious review of the relevant issues by law enforcement authorities."

Tomaselli said the scandal at Penn State, involving former Assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky pushed him to come forward. Sandusky is accused in a grand jury on charges of sexually abusing eight boys for a period of 15 years.

Amid the scandal of childhood sexual abuse, trustees of Penn State President Graham Spanier ousted University and longtime football coach Joe Paterno. The Trustees said Spanier and Paterno, who is not the goal of any criminal investigation, failed to act after an Assistant who saw Sandusky sexual abuse of a young boy in a shower of campus in 2002. School administrators ex Tim Curley — who is on leave — administrative and Gary Schultz charged with inadequately alerts authorities of suspected abuse and perjury. Maintain their innocence.

"It was the stuff of Sandusky that came out that really made me think about it," Tomaselli has dett