Attorneys see challenges in federal probe of sex allegations against former Syracuse coach

 Attorneys see challenges in federal probe of sex allegations against former Syracuse coach

ALBANY, N.Y. — Prosecutors investigating allegations of child molestation against former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine face obstacles that include finding corroborating proof, statutes of limitations on old accusations, and the credibility of the men who accuse him of sex abuse, according to defense attorneys.
The 65-year-old Fine, who had been coach Jim Boeheim’s top assistant since 1976, has adamantly denied wrongdoing. He was fired when three men made public accusations and ESPN played a 2002 recording of a phone call in which a woman ESPN identified as Laurie Fine tells accuser Bobby Davis she knew “everything that went on.”