Penn State University's former president Graham Spanier is dropping a lawsuit that sought the release of his university emails involving convicted predator Jerry Sandusky.
 
Spanier’s attorneys made the move Wednesday to dismiss the case he had filed in May – according to online court records.
 
He had sought the emails to refresh his memory before being interviewed by ex-FBI chief Louis Freeh as part of an investigation on behalf of the school's board of trustees, according to his complaint. The issue now appears moot because Freeh issued his report last week.
 
The report accused Spanier, former football coach Joe Paterno and others of burying child sex abuse allegations against Sandusky more than a decade ago to avoid bad publicity, allowing the former assistant football coach to prey on other boys for years.