Former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky, fired last month amid allegations of pedophilia, has been arrested on sex abuse charges and taken away in handcuffs after the grand jury issued its report (below) examining findings from two more accusers. Caution, the report is especially graphic in detail. The two latest accusers, making ten, were also affiliated with Sandusky’s Second Mile charity. These new allegations go as far back as 1997.
News also came that investigators have been looking at Sandusky for the past year and a half, and that he had been denied a position as a volunteer coach at Juniata College, a college in central Pennsylvania, after a May 2010 background check.
The Huffington Post adds:
A lawyer for one of the young men told The Associated Press his client plans to testify at Tuesday’s hearing and as many as five others who testified before the grand jury could also testify.
The attorney spoke to AP on condition of anonymity because he is trying to ensure his client’s identity isn’t revealed publicly.
Another accuser came forward Tuesday and filed a complaint with authorities. The now 19-year-old said he also met Sandusky through The Second Mile, a charity Sandusky founded in 1977 to help at-risk children, lawyer Charles Schmidt said.
Schmidt said the client, whom he did not identify, went to his law firm about three weeks ago, after Sandusky was charged with sexually abusing eight boys over a 15-year period.
“He suffered one incident of abuse, to use the legal term – involuntary deviate sexual intercourse – allegedly at the hands of Mr. Sandusky,” Schmidt said. “That occurred on the Penn State campus, we believe in the area of the football facilities.”
Schmidt told the AP that his client was 12 years old, dealing with the death of his mother and suffering emotional issues at the time of the campus incident. The lawyer said the two met through The Second Mile and his client claims Sandusky gave him liquor while in the office on campus. The grand jury report did not allege any instances of Sandusky giving boys alcohol.
Schmidt said his law firm is conducting its own investigation into the client’s claims.
“We hope to have it wrapped up within another week. We believe him to be credible,” Schmidt said. “Everything that we’ve been able to unearth since has corroborated what he told us, but we’ll continue to do our due diligence.”
Sandusky is charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse involving eight young boys, but it’s not clear if prosecutors know the identities of the last two victims. The preliminary hearing could last a day or more, since the defense has the right to cross-examine the state’s witnesses. The judge would then rule if there’s probable cause to uphold the charges.
Sandusky, 67, has denied being a pedophile and has vowed to fight the case. In interviews with NBC and The New York Times, he has said he showered and horsed around with boys but never sexually abused them.
This is a developing story; check back for updates.
Caution: This report is graphic. If it’s too difficult, hazy, or small to read, click the link below for a larger copy.
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Grand Jury Sandusky-Presentment 2-12-7-2011
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