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Jerry Sandusky

April 08, 2023

Not to be confused with Baltimore sportscaster Gerry Sandusky.

Gerald Arthur Sandusky (born January 26, 1944) is an American convicted serial child molester and a retired college football coach. Sandusky served as an assistant coach for his entire career, mostly at Pennsylvania State University under Joe Paterno, from 1969 to 1999, the last 22 years as defensive coordinator. He received "Assistant Coach of the Year" awards in 1986 and 1999.[3] Sandusky authored several books related to his football coaching experiences.

Jerry Sandusky
Mugshot, c. 2012.
Born
Gerald Arthur Sandusky

(1944-01-26) January 26, 1944 (age 79)
Washington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationCollege football coach (retired)
Criminal statusIncarcerated at State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands; earliest possible release October 9, 2042[1]
Spouse
Dottie Gross
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(m. 1966)​
Children6
Conviction(s)June 22, 2012
Criminal chargeInvoluntary deviant sexual intercourse, indecent assault, criminal intent to commit indecent assault, unlawful contact with minors, corruption of minors, endangering welfare of children
Penalty30 to 60 years in prison, sentenced on October 9, 2012
Coaching career
Playing career
1963–1965Penn State
Position(s)Defensive end
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1966Penn State (graduate assistant)
1967Juniata (assistant)
1968Boston University (assistant)
1969Penn State (DL)
1970–1976Penn State (LB)
1977–1999Penn State (DC/LB)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame[2]

In 1977, Sandusky founded The Second Mile, a non-profit charity serving Pennsylvania's underprivileged and at-risk youth.[4] After Sandusky's 1999 retirement as assistant coach at Penn State, he continued working with The Second Mile at Penn State, maintaining an office at the university until 2011.

In 2011, following a two-year grand jury investigation, Sandusky was arrested and charged with 52 counts of sexual abuse of young boys over a 15-year period from 1994 to 2009.[5] He met his molestation victims through The Second Mile; they were participating in the organization. Several of them testified against Sandusky in his sexual abuse trial. Four of the charges were subsequently dropped. On June 22, 2012, Sandusky was found guilty on 45 of the 48 remaining charges.[6][7] Sandusky was sentenced on October 9, 2012, to 30 to 60 years in prison.[8] On October 18, 2012, Sandusky's lawyers appealed his conviction in Centre County Court in Pennsylvania. They claim that they did not have enough time to prepare for their client's case.[9] On October 31, 2012, Sandusky was moved to Pennsylvania's SCI Greene "supermax" prison to serve his sentence.[10] On January 30, 2013, Pennsylvania Judge John Cleland denied Sandusky's request for a new trial.[11]

Early life and family

Sandusky was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1944, the only son of Evelyn Mae (née Lee), an Irish Catholic homemaker who came from a small Pennsylvania coal-mining town,[12] and Arthur Sandusky, whose parents, Edward and Josephine Sendecki, were immigrants from Poland who moved to East Vandergrift, Pennsylvania. His father Arthur served in the field of youth service programs for over 30 years, mostly as director of the Brownson House in Washington, Pennsylvania, a community recreation center for children.[13] There, he founded the Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling program and created junior basketball, volleyball, boxing and football programs for the Brownson House. He improved the facilities there by adding a new playground, gym, outdoor basketball court, and a renovated football field. He managed the 1955 Washington baseball team that won the Pony League World Series championship, the only team from Washington to win that championship. Arthur was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.[13]

At home, Jerry Sandusky adopted his own personal code called "Jer's Law" that he observed for many years. The rules adopted were that Sandusky could be mischievous but not to the point where someone could be intentionally hurt; he also vowed to not be disrespectful to his teachers; and he swore to himself that he would tell the truth if he was caught breaking any rules.[12] Sandusky is a fan of the 1994 film Forrest Gump, confiding to one of his victims that he identifies with the title character. Sandusky signed off at least one of his letters to his victim as "Forrest Jer."[14]

Sandusky attended Washington High School, where he was a good student and standout athlete, playing baseball, basketball, and football.[15] He was a leader on his junior high basketball team that went undefeated through the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League playoffs in his final season there.[15] His classmates have described him as a studious "loner" who "never dated in high school" but was a popular and handsome athlete.[15]

Sandusky married Dorothy "Dottie" (née Gross) in 1966, and together they have six adopted children.[16] Sandusky and his wife have also served as foster parents.[17] One of Sandusky's sons, Jon Sandusky, was Director of Player Personnel for the Cleveland Browns from 2010 to 2014.[18][19] Another son, E. J. Sandusky, is an assistant football coach at West Chester University.[20] Sandusky described his family as "old fashioned", with Dottie being the leader.[21]

Matt Sandusky, adopted son and former foster child of Sandusky's, released a statement through his attorneys saying that Sandusky had sexually molested him as a child.[22][23] Matt Sandusky's statement was released on the day the jury began deliberations in the sex abuse trial against Sandusky.[24]

On February 13, 2017, Sandusky's adopted son Jeffrey (Jeff) was arrested and charged with sexual assault of a child and possession of child pornography, and entered a plea deal while awaiting trial in September 2017, with sentencing scheduled for December 2017.[25][26] On December 8, 2017, he was given a sentence of three-and-a-half to six years in prison after "pleading guilty to pressuring a teenage girl to send him naked photos and asking her teen sister to perform a sex act."[27][28]

Jerry Sandusky was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in State College.[29]

Education and football career

Sandusky played for Rip Engle at Penn State, starting at defensive end from 1963 to 1965.[17] He graduated first in his class with a B.S. in health in 1966 and physical education in 1970.[15][17]

Early coaching career

Sandusky served as a graduate assistant under Paterno at Penn State in 1966. He was the assistant basketball and track coach at Juniata College in 1967 and the offensive line coach at Boston University in 1968.[15]

Coaching career at Penn State

He returned to Penn State in 1969 and remained there as an assistant coach until his retirement at the end of the 1999 season. Sandusky served as defensive line coach in 1969, became linebacker coach in 1970, and was promoted to defensive coordinator in 1977, holding that position until his retirement. In his years as a linebacker coach and defensive coordinator, he coached many defensive squads, and Penn State gained a reputation for outstanding linebacker play, producing 10 first-team All-Americans at that position, and acquiring the nickname "Linebacker U". Jack Ham and LaVar Arrington were two of the noted pro football greats to emerge from his teams.[30]

Upon his retirement, Sandusky was awarded "both an unusual compensation package and a special designation of 'emeritus' rank that carried special privileges, including access to the university's recreational facilities."[31] Spanier approved a lump-sum payment to Sandusky of $168,000.[31] His final game coaching at Penn State was a notable game for Sandusky. Penn State faced Texas A&M in the 1999 Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. The Nittany Lions' defense shut out Texas A&M, 24–0, the only bowl game shutout victory for Penn State under Paterno.[32]

The Second Mile

Main article: The Second Mile

After retirement, Sandusky hosted many summer football camps and was active in The Second Mile, a children's charity he founded in State College, Pennsylvania, in 1977.[33]

President George H. W. Bush praised the group as a "shining example" of charity work in a 1990 letter,[34] one of that president's much-promoted "Thousand points of light" encouragements to volunteer community organizations.[30]

Citing Sandusky's work with The Second Mile charity to provide care for foster children, then U.S. Senator Rick Santorum honored Sandusky with an Angels in Adoption award in 2002.[35] On November 15, 2011, the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, a non-profit adoption awareness organization, rescinded its 2002 Angels in Adoption award to Jerry and Dorothy Sandusky.[36] Santorum, then running for the Republican nomination for President, said he was "devastated" by the scandal.[37]

Former Eagles head coaches Dick Vermeil and Andy Reid, former Phillies owner Ruly Carpenter, Matt Millen from ESPN, actor Mark Wahlberg, Arnold Palmer, and football player Franco Harris, among others, served on the Honorary Board of Second Mile.[38]

During the time period that Sandusky was being investigated by the Office of the Attorney General, investigators served subpoenas on the Second Mile to get records of boys who had been through the program as well as Sandusky's travel and expense records. As it turned out, the records from 2000 to 2003 were missing. Record keepers later found files for one year, but the records for the other three years were never found.[39]

Child sex abuse scandal

Main article: Penn State child sex abuse scandal

Investigation and charges

An investigation was initiated by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office into sexual abuse allegations against Sandusky in 2008. The charges were initiated at Central Mountain High School, where a student made allegations of abuse against Sandusky.[40] The investigation reached a new level of urgency when it became apparent that the allegations were not an isolated set of incidents, but that Sandusky had a strategy to abuse vulnerable boys. Through his Second Mile organization, Sandusky would first approach potential victims, typically boys without a father living at home, when they were 8–12 years old; subsequently, Sandusky employed classic child grooming strategies such as offering trips to football games or bestowing gifts, which would lead to incremental touching. This form of manipulation is generally the modus operandi of pedophiles as a ploy to build trust while invading personal boundaries—all part of instilling confusion, leading up to the sexual abuse. Eventually, Sandusky often initiated overtly sexual behavior in the locker room showers. "The testimony of one victim, who said he was forced to play with Sandusky's testicles and erect penis when he was 8 to 10 years old, particularly outraged investigators. 'The poor kid was too young to even understand what an erect penis means,' one said."[39][41]

On November 4, 2011, a grand jury[42] that had been convened in September 2009, or earlier,[30] indicted Sandusky on 40 counts of sex crimes against young boys. The indictment came after a three-year investigation that explored allegations of Sandusky having inappropriate contact with an underage boy over the course of four years, beginning when the boy was ten years old. The boy's parents reported the incident to police in 2009.[43] The grand jury identified eight boys who had been singled out for sexual advances or sexual assaults by Sandusky, taking place from 1994 through 2009.[5] At least 20 of the incidents allegedly took place while Sandusky was still employed at Penn State.[44]

According to the first indictment,[45] in 2002 assistant coach Mike McQueary, then a Penn State graduate assistant,[46] said he walked in on Sandusky anally raping a 10-year-old boy. The next day, McQueary reported the incident to head coach Joe Paterno. (Later while testifying during the Sandusky trial, McQueary spoke about what he had relayed to Paterno: "I told him and I want to make sure I'm clear. I made sure he knew it was sexual and wrong. There was no doubt.")[47] Paterno told McQueary at the time, "You did what you had to do. It is my job now to figure out what we want to do."[48] At the Preliminary Hearing for Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, McQueary testified that Paterno was "shocked and saddened, kind of slumped back on his chair." He said that Paterno told him: "'I'm sorry you had to see that. It's terrible.' And he said, 'I need to think and tell some people about what you saw and I'll let you know what ... what we'll do next.'"[49] Paterno then informed Penn State athletic director Tim Curley. At the Preliminary Hearing, McQueary also testified that he "believed" Sandusky was having "some type of intercourse" with the boy. He said that this was based on "the positioning" of Sandusky and the boy, but that he never saw "insertion" or "penetration" and is not "100 percent sure" that intercourse was occurring.[50]

Curley and senior vice president for finance and business Gary Schultz (who oversaw the Penn State police department) called McQueary to a meeting a week and a half later.[51] In McQueary's testimony he stated that during the meeting he relayed in "graphic detail" what he had witnessed in the locker room showers at the Lasch Building. At the Preliminary Hearing of Curley and Schultz, McQueary testified that he would have given Curley and Schultz a "rough idea" of the body positions of the individuals in the shower, and would have described the activity as "extremely sexual and I thought some kind of intercourse was going on."[52]

The indictment accused Curley and Schultz not only of failing to tell the police, but also of falsely telling the grand jury that McQueary never informed them of the alleged sexual activity.[53]

On November 5, 2011, Sandusky was arrested and charged with seven counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, eight counts of corruption of minors, eight counts of endangering the welfare of a child, seven counts of indecent assault, and other offenses.[54]

The prosecution charged Curley and Schultz with perjury and failure to report suspected child abuse by Sandusky.[55][56]

On November 6, 2011, Penn State banned Sandusky from campus.[57] His bail conditions did not include restrictions on his travel.[58][59]

In December 2011, Sandusky was charged with an additional 12 counts of sexual crimes against children.[60][61] The grand jury's second presentment charged Sandusky with an additional count of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and two additional counts of unlawful contact with a minor. The additional victims, known only as "Victim 9" and "Victim 10," were participants in Sandusky's youth program and were between the ages of 10 and 12 at the time of the sexual assaults.[61]

On December 7, 2011, Sandusky was arrested for a second time based on the additional sexual abuse charges. Sandusky was released on $250,000 bail and placed on monitored house arrest while he awaited trial.[62] Sandusky chose to waive his preliminary hearing that took place in mid-December.[citation needed]

Pre-trial interviews

On November 14, in a televised phone interview on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams, Sandusky admitted to correspondent Bob Costas to having showered with underage boys and touching their bodies, as he described it "without intent of sexual contact." Sandusky denied being a pedophile.[63] The interview received substantial coverage in the media, particularly regarding the manner in which Sandusky answered Costas when asked if he is sexually attracted to young boys:[64][65][66]

COSTAS: "Are you sexually attracted to young boys, to underage boys?"

SANDUSKY: "Am I sexually attracted to underage boys?"

COSTAS: "Yes."

SANDUSKY: "Sexually attracted, you know, I enjoy young people. I love to be around them... But no, I'm not sexually attracted to young boys."[67][68]

In the days following the interview, several potential victims contacted State College lawyer Andy Shubin to tell their stories, with one claiming Sandusky had abused him in the 1970s.[69]

In a taped interview with Jo Becker of The New York Times on December 3, 2011, Sandusky and his lawyer, Joe Amendola, attempted to clarify the remarks he made in the November 14 interview:[70]

SANDUSKY: "I was sitting there like, 'what in the world is this question?' am I going to be, if I say, 'no I'm not attracted to boys,' that's not the truth because I'm attracted to young people -- boys, girls."

AMENDOLA (off-camera): "Yeah but not sexually, you're attracted to them as in you like spending time with them."

SANDUSKY: "Right, I enjoy, that's what I'm trying to clarify, I enjoy spending time with young people. I enjoy spending time with people. I mean, my two favorite groups are the elderly and the young. The young because they don't think about what they say and the old because they don't care, you know?"

During the same interview, Sandusky responded to the initial 40 charges of sexual crimes against children:[71][72]

BECKER: "You must have some theory, without getting into individual cases or naming names."

SANDUSKY: "You would have to, to have my understanding of that. What I think? I mean, what I think are that these are individual matters. These kids, some of them, I know them. Some of them. I don't know all of them. [lawyer Amendola interjects 'we're assuming']. We're assuming we know them. Two of the kids. My gut feeling would be that they got pulled into this."

Trial

The trial, for 52 charges of sexual crimes against children, started on June 11, 2012, at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.[73][74] State Deputy Attorney General and former homicide prosecutor Joseph E. McGettigan III, led the prosecution team for the Commonwealth; defense attorney Joseph Amendola was Sandusky's lead attorney for the defense team; and Senior Judge John Cleland presided.

Over the course of the trial that lasted eight days, jurors heard from eight witnesses who testified that Sandusky sexually abused them.[75] Jurors also heard testimony about assaults committed against two other victims who were never identified.[75] Of the eight males who gave testimony, each explained that they met Sandusky through The Second Mile organization; their individual accounts spanned from the mid-1990s until 2009.[76][77] The witnesses testified to similar stories of being abused in the football locker room showers or in the basement of Sandusky's home.[76]

The first prosecution witness, identified in media reports as "Victim 4," described detailed accounts of many instances of sexual abuse, including forced oral and anal sex, by Sandusky while the witness was a participant in Sandusky's Second Mile charitable organization.[73] According to "Victim 4," he was sexually abused by Sandusky as many as three times a week for three years, beginning when he was 13 years old.[74] The witness further testified that when he attempted to distance himself from Sandusky, Sandusky offered the boy a contract for money to continue spending time with him.[74]

On the second day of trial, "Victim 1", the youngest of Sandusky's alleged victims, testified to over 20 incidents of abuse, including forced oral sex, by Sandusky during 2007 and 2008 while the boy was a participant in Sandusky's Second Mile program. The boy was 11 or 12 years old when the sexual abuse started.[78][79] Mike McQueary, former Penn State graduate assistant football coach, testified that in 2001 in a Penn State locker room, he heard "skin on skin" slapping sounds coming from the showers. McQueary testified that he then saw Sandusky naked behind a 10- to 12-year-old boy propped against a shower wall, with "Sandusky's arms wrapped around the boy's midsection in the closest proximity that I think you could be in."[47][80]

Sandusky's defense attorneys argued that the accusers were driven by financial motives.[81] The defense also pointed out some of the accusers had changed their stories and that some of them continued a relationship with Sandusky after the alleged abuse (one went to a football game with Sandusky shortly before his arrest, another brought his girlfriend to meet Sandusky). A psychiatrist testifying for the defense, Dr. Eliot Atkins, diagnosed Sandusky with histrionic personality disorder, a disorder characterized by attention-seeking behavior and exaggerated emotions. Atkins testified that the letters written by Sandusky to the accusers were consistent with this disorder, rather than "grooming" behavior as alleged by the prosecution.[82][83]

On June 18, 2012, it was reported that during the full-day court recess the previous Friday, prosecutors had contacted NBC "asking the network to re-authenticate a full unedited transcript" of the Bob Costas interview from November.[84] An unaired portion of the Costas interview featured Sandusky saying, "I didn't go around seeking out every young person for sexual needs that I've helped".[68][85] Legal analysts explained that this could be used by the prosecution to cross-examine Sandusky if he were to take the stand.[84]

On June 21, 2012, after the case had gone to the jury, Matt Sandusky, one of Sandusky's six adopted children, stated through his attorney that he was also a victim of the former coach's sexual abuse. He had been ready to testify for the prosecution, but did not do so.[86] Later, Amendola said that Jerry Sandusky had every intention of testifying in his own defense, but decided against it because he claimed that the prosecution would have called Matt to the stand.[7]

Subsequently, sources close to the investigation conducted by the Office of the State attorney general have stated that the prosecutor never threatened to have Matt Sandusky testify at trial, and that "prosecutor Joseph McGettigan relished the opportunity of taking-on Jerry Sandusky in cross examination and had promised Amendola early on that they would not call any additional rebuttal witnesses".[87]

Verdict and sentencing

The jury, consisting of seven women and five men, many with direct ties to Penn State,[88] deliberated for 21 hours over two days.[76] On the evening of June 22, 2012, the jury reached its verdict, finding Sandusky guilty on 45 of the 48 counts against him.[6][89] Specifically, Sandusky was convicted of the following charges and counts: eight counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, seven counts of indecent assault, one count of criminal intent to commit indecent assault, nine counts of unlawful contact with minors, 10 counts of corruption of minors and 10 counts of endangering the welfare of children. Cleland immediately revoked Sandusky's bail and remanded him to the Centre County Correctional Facility to await sentencing.[81]

Sandusky faced a maximum sentence of 442 years in prison.[90] According to NBC News' Michael Isikoff, Sandusky faced a minimum sentence of 60 years under Pennsylvania sentencing guidelines — at his age, effectively a life sentence.[91] A sentencing hearing was expected 90 days from the date of conviction.[75][89] On September 17, it was announced that Sandusky would be sentenced on October 9.[92]

Sandusky's statement the evening before his sentencing

On the evening before his sentencing hearing, Sandusky released an audio statement maintaining his innocence.[93] The next day, Cleland sentenced Sandusky to 60 years in prison–as mentioned above, the minimum possible sentence under Pennsylvania law. He will not be eligible for parole until he serves at least 30 years. Sandusky's earliest possible release date will be October 9, 2042, when he will be 98 years old. In pronouncing the sentence, Cleland said that Sandusky was a particularly dangerous breed of child molester because he masked his manipulation and abuse of children behind a respectable facade. "It is the remarkable ability to conceal that makes these crimes so heinous," he said. While acknowledging Sandusky's "positive work," Cleland called him a "dangerous" child molester who should never be allowed to be free again.[94] At the same hearing, Cleland granted prosecutors' request to have Sandusky declared a "sexually violent predator" under Pennsylvania's version of Megan's Law. This would subject him to stringent reporting requirements if he is released. Sandusky would not only have to report his address to police every three months for the rest of his life, but would also have to participate in a court-approved counseling program; however, this designation will likely be academic since as mentioned above, Sandusky will almost certainly die in prison.[92][95] Earlier, on August 30, the Pennsylvania Sexual Offenders Assessment Board had recommended that Sandusky be declared a sexually violent predator.[96][97]

Sandusky could also potentially face federal charges for molesting boys at both the 1999 Outback Bowl in Tampa and his final game as a collegiate coach, the 1999 Alamo Bowl in San Antonio. Although these were spelled out in the state indictment, federal authorities have jurisdiction over any crime that crosses a state line.[98] Although federal investigators appear to be focusing their probe on a possible cover-up of Sandusky's crimes by officials at Penn State, it would not be double jeopardy to bring charges against Sandusky himself.[99] Officials in San Antonio are conducting a probe of the 1999 Alamo Bowl case, and Sandusky could potentially face charges there; again, it would not be double jeopardy for him to be charged in Texas.[100]

Reaction

Penn State became the subject of significant media criticism because several members of its staff allegedly covered up Sandusky's assaults.[101][102] Maureen Dowd wrote of the scandal: "Like the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, the Penn State hierarchy appears to have covered up pedophile crimes to protect its brand."[103]

In June 2012, Penn State University implemented a policy to require mandatory reporting of child abuse by any Penn State employee working with children. The policy also requires all Penn State employees working with children to go through a background check and training related to child abuse and reporting requirements.[104]

Freeh report

The Penn State Board of Trustees commissioned a report by a special investigative group headed by former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Louis Freeh. After interviewing over 400 people and reviewing over 3.5 million documents, the crux of the report's findings, which were released July 12, 2012, state:

Taking into account the available witness statements and evidence, the Special Investigative Counsel finds that it is more reasonable to conclude that, in order to avoid the consequences of bad publicity, the most powerful leaders at the University — Spanier, Schultz, Paterno and Curley — repeatedly concealed critical facts relating to Sandusky's child abuse from authorities, the University's Board of Trustees, the Penn State community, and the public at large.[105]

The Freeh Report states that although the "avoidance of the consequences of bad publicity" was the main driver in failing to protect child abuse victims and report to authorities, the report outlines other causes as well, among which were: "A striking lack of empathy for child abuse victims by the most senior leaders of the University"; a failure of oversight by the Board of Trustees; a University President "who discouraged discussion and dissent"; "a lack of awareness of child abuse issues"; and "a culture of reverence for the football program that is ingrained at all levels of the campus community".[106]

The report outlines how all four men were aware of the 1998 abuse incident in the locker-room shower, and had followed its investigation at the time.[107] Freeh's investigation uncovered a file kept by Schultz in which he wrote notes about Sandusky's 1998 incident. For instance, Schultz wrote: "Is this opening of Pandora's box?" He also wondered, "other children?"[108] Freeh stated that Schultz had "actively sought to conceal those records".[109][110]

The evidentiary weight of Freeh's report draws heavily upon retrieved emails from 1998 and 2001, which Freeh referred to as "the most important evidence" in the report.[110] The report asserts that these emails demonstrate that in 1998 Paterno knew of the investigation of Sandusky, and followed it closely;[111] and suggest that it was Paterno, "long regarded as the single most powerful official at the university," who persuaded Spanier, Curley, and Schultz not to formally report Sandusky to law enforcement or child welfare authorities. According to The New York Times, the university's handling of the 2001 report of Sandusky raping a young boy is "one of the most damning episodes laid out by Mr. Freeh's investigation ..."[112]

The report states that nobody took any "responsible action after February 2001 other than Curley informing the Second Mile that Mr. Sandusky had showered with a boy"[113] and then telling Sandusky not to bring his "guests" into the Penn State facilities; but the topic of sexual abuse was not broached with Sandusky.[114][115]

The report criticizes Paterno for his failure to "alert the entire football staff, in order to prevent Sandusky from bringing another child into the Lasch Building".[116]

According to details in the report, despite being aware of Sandusky's sexual misconduct with young boys in the locker-room showers in the Lasch Building in 1998, and 2001, Spanier, Paterno, Curley, and Schultz never restricted Sandusky's access to Penn State facilities. The report states that Sandusky had access to the Lasch Building until November 2011. Over the next ten-year period, Sandusky "was frequently at the Lasch Building working out, showing up at campus events that Penn State supported ... He was showering with young boys, staying in dormitories ... There are more red flags than you could count, over a long period of time."[108] Consequently, out of the 10 young boys that Sandusky would be convicted of sexually assaulting, most of them were abused after he was investigated in 1998[117] — at least five of them were assaulted "at Penn State's football facilities and other places on campus after May 1998".[118] After his retirement in 1999, the report notes that Sandusky continued to have "unrestricted and unsupervised access to the University's facilities and affiliation with the university's prominent football program. Indeed, the continued access provided Sandusky with the very currency that enabled him to attract his victims".[116][119]

Beyond the question of building access, the report details that as part of Sandusky's retirement agreement he could "continue to work with young people through Penn State" for more than a decade, including Second Mile events on campus, youth football camps, etc.[120]

At the July 12 press conference announcing the report's findings, Freeh stated in his prepared remarks: "The most powerful men at Penn State failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children Sandusky victimized." He said they "never demonstrated, through actions or words, any concern for the safety and well-being of Sandusky's victims" until after he was arrested in 2011.[121]

Further allegations and investigations

Three men came forward and told police that they were abused in the 1970s or 1980s by Sandusky. They are the first men to allege abuse before the 1990s.[122] CBS News also reported that the United States Postal Inspection Service is leading an investigation to see whether Sandusky sent child pornography through the mail across state lines.[123] According to one source, child pornography was found on at least one of Sandusky's computers.[124] Other reports indicated that individuals had come forward claiming that Sandusky had assaulted them during the 1960s, while he was living at the Brownson House in Washington, Pennsylvania.[125]

On August 24, 2012, as reported by the Associated Press, the individual known as "Victim 1" who testified at the trial of Sandusky brought suit against Pennsylvania State University. They reported that the suit charged the university's conduct with regard to the complaints that Sandusky had acted towards boys with sexual impropriety was "deliberate and shameful", saying that Penn State engaged in "purposeful, deliberate and shameful subordination of the safety of children to its economic self-interests, and to its interest in maintaining and perpetuating its reputation."[126]

In September 2012, former Philadelphia child prostitute Greg Bucceroni alleged that in 1979 and 1980 Philadelphia philanthropist Ed Savitz brought him from his New Jersey residence to State College Second Mile fund raiser for the purpose of child trafficking.[127]

Imprisonment

Sandusky served time on home confinement prior to his trial and sentencing. The time he served on home confinement, from the day of his second arrest, to the day of his sentencing, was not counted as credit towards his prison sentence, meaning Sandusky's sentence began on the day of his sentencing. His earliest release date is 30 years from his sentencing date.

On October 23, 2012, Sandusky was transferred to Camp Hill state prison in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, for pre-imprisonment evaluation.[128] He was then moved to Greene state prison in Franklin Township, where most of the state's life and capital inmates are housed, on October 31, 2012, to serve his sentence. He was housed in protective custody.[10]

On December 3, 2014, KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh reported that Sandusky received a letter from Penn State asking to renew his season ticket plan for the football team and attend a "recruiting" trip to a Penn State basketball game. The letter was reportedly sent out in error.[129]

Sandusky was transferred to SCI Somerset, a medium-security prison outside Somerset, Pennsylvania, in March 2017.[130] As of May 2017, he is currently serving his sentence at SCI Laurel Highlands, a minimum security facility near Pittsburgh that primarily serves ill or elderly inmates.[1]

Sandusky has been trying to obtain a new trial. Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus would testify in his defense as a specialist of repressed memory,[131] as many victims' testimonies against Sandusky are allegedly based on repressed memories.[132]

Publications and interviews

Main article: Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story

Sandusky co-wrote an autobiography titled Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story (ISBN 9781582612706), which was published in 2001.[133] His co-writer was Keith "Kip" Richeal. The book also includes a quote in a foreword[134] from football coach Dick Vermeil about Sandusky: "He could very well be the Will Rogers of the coaching profession."[135]

Other books by Sandusky include:

Sandusky granted his first interview for television since his conviction on NBC's Today show on March 25, 2013.[136]

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External links

  • Sandusky, Penn State case timeline
  • Jerry Sandusky collected news and commentary at The New York Times
  • Works by or about Jerry Sandusky in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
  • Grand jury indictment ()

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jerry, sandusky, confused, with, baltimore, sportscaster, gerry, sandusky, gerald, arthur, sandusky, born, january, 1944, american, convicted, serial, child, molester, retired, college, football, coach, sandusky, served, assistant, coach, entire, career, mostl. Not to be confused with Baltimore sportscaster Gerry Sandusky Gerald Arthur Sandusky born January 26 1944 is an American convicted serial child molester and a retired college football coach Sandusky served as an assistant coach for his entire career mostly at Pennsylvania State University under Joe Paterno from 1969 to 1999 the last 22 years as defensive coordinator He received Assistant Coach of the Year awards in 1986 and 1999 3 Sandusky authored several books related to his football coaching experiences Jerry SanduskyMugshot c 2012 BornGerald Arthur Sandusky 1944 01 26 January 26 1944 age 79 Washington Pennsylvania U S OccupationCollege football coach retired Criminal statusIncarcerated at State Correctional Institution Laurel Highlands earliest possible release October 9 2042 1 SpouseDottie Gross m 1966 wbr Children6Conviction s June 22 2012Criminal chargeInvoluntary deviant sexual intercourse indecent assault criminal intent to commit indecent assault unlawful contact with minors corruption of minors endangering welfare of childrenPenalty30 to 60 years in prison sentenced on October 9 2012Coaching careerPlaying career1963 1965Penn StatePosition s Defensive endCoaching career HC unless noted 1966Penn State graduate assistant 1967Juniata assistant 1968Boston University assistant 1969Penn State DL 1970 1976Penn State LB 1977 1999Penn State DC LB Accomplishments and honorsAwardsPennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame 2 In 1977 Sandusky founded The Second Mile a non profit charity serving Pennsylvania s underprivileged and at risk youth 4 After Sandusky s 1999 retirement as assistant coach at Penn State he continued working with The Second Mile at Penn State maintaining an office at the university until 2011 In 2011 following a two year grand jury investigation Sandusky was arrested and charged with 52 counts of sexual abuse of young boys over a 15 year period from 1994 to 2009 5 He met his molestation victims through The Second Mile they were participating in the organization Several of them testified against Sandusky in his sexual abuse trial Four of the charges were subsequently dropped On June 22 2012 Sandusky was found guilty on 45 of the 48 remaining charges 6 7 Sandusky was sentenced on October 9 2012 to 30 to 60 years in prison 8 On October 18 2012 Sandusky s lawyers appealed his conviction in Centre County Court in Pennsylvania They claim that they did not have enough time to prepare for their client s case 9 On October 31 2012 Sandusky was moved to Pennsylvania s SCI Greene supermax prison to serve his sentence 10 On January 30 2013 Pennsylvania Judge John Cleland denied Sandusky s request for a new trial 11 Contents 1 Early life and family 2 Education and football career 2 1 Early coaching career 2 2 Coaching career at Penn State 3 The Second Mile 4 Child sex abuse scandal 4 1 Investigation and charges 4 2 Pre trial interviews 4 3 Trial 4 4 Verdict and sentencing 4 5 Reaction 4 6 Freeh report 4 7 Further allegations and investigations 4 8 Imprisonment 5 Publications and interviews 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and familySandusky was born in Washington Pennsylvania in 1944 the only son of Evelyn Mae nee Lee an Irish Catholic homemaker who came from a small Pennsylvania coal mining town 12 and Arthur Sandusky whose parents Edward and Josephine Sendecki were immigrants from Poland who moved to East Vandergrift Pennsylvania His father Arthur served in the field of youth service programs for over 30 years mostly as director of the Brownson House in Washington Pennsylvania a community recreation center for children 13 There he founded the Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling program and created junior basketball volleyball boxing and football programs for the Brownson House He improved the facilities there by adding a new playground gym outdoor basketball court and a renovated football field He managed the 1955 Washington baseball team that won the Pony League World Series championship the only team from Washington to win that championship Arthur was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1989 13 At home Jerry Sandusky adopted his own personal code called Jer s Law that he observed for many years The rules adopted were that Sandusky could be mischievous but not to the point where someone could be intentionally hurt he also vowed to not be disrespectful to his teachers and he swore to himself that he would tell the truth if he was caught breaking any rules 12 Sandusky is a fan of the 1994 film Forrest Gump confiding to one of his victims that he identifies with the title character Sandusky signed off at least one of his letters to his victim as Forrest Jer 14 Sandusky attended Washington High School where he was a good student and standout athlete playing baseball basketball and football 15 He was a leader on his junior high basketball team that went undefeated through the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League playoffs in his final season there 15 His classmates have described him as a studious loner who never dated in high school but was a popular and handsome athlete 15 Sandusky married Dorothy Dottie nee Gross in 1966 and together they have six adopted children 16 Sandusky and his wife have also served as foster parents 17 One of Sandusky s sons Jon Sandusky was Director of Player Personnel for the Cleveland Browns from 2010 to 2014 18 19 Another son E J Sandusky is an assistant football coach at West Chester University 20 Sandusky described his family as old fashioned with Dottie being the leader 21 Matt Sandusky adopted son and former foster child of Sandusky s released a statement through his attorneys saying that Sandusky had sexually molested him as a child 22 23 Matt Sandusky s statement was released on the day the jury began deliberations in the sex abuse trial against Sandusky 24 On February 13 2017 Sandusky s adopted son Jeffrey Jeff was arrested and charged with sexual assault of a child and possession of child pornography and entered a plea deal while awaiting trial in September 2017 with sentencing scheduled for December 2017 25 26 On December 8 2017 he was given a sentence of three and a half to six years in prison after pleading guilty to pressuring a teenage girl to send him naked photos and asking her teen sister to perform a sex act 27 28 Jerry Sandusky was a member of St Paul s United Methodist Church in State College 29 Education and football careerSandusky played for Rip Engle at Penn State starting at defensive end from 1963 to 1965 17 He graduated first in his class with a B S in health in 1966 and physical education in 1970 15 17 Early coaching career Sandusky served as a graduate assistant under Paterno at Penn State in 1966 He was the assistant basketball and track coach at Juniata College in 1967 and the offensive line coach at Boston University in 1968 15 Coaching career at Penn State He returned to Penn State in 1969 and remained there as an assistant coach until his retirement at the end of the 1999 season Sandusky served as defensive line coach in 1969 became linebacker coach in 1970 and was promoted to defensive coordinator in 1977 holding that position until his retirement In his years as a linebacker coach and defensive coordinator he coached many defensive squads and Penn State gained a reputation for outstanding linebacker play producing 10 first team All Americans at that position and acquiring the nickname Linebacker U Jack Ham and LaVar Arrington were two of the noted pro football greats to emerge from his teams 30 Upon his retirement Sandusky was awarded both an unusual compensation package and a special designation of emeritus rank that carried special privileges including access to the university s recreational facilities 31 Spanier approved a lump sum payment to Sandusky of 168 000 31 His final game coaching at Penn State was a notable game for Sandusky Penn State faced Texas A amp M in the 1999 Alamo Bowl in San Antonio Texas The Nittany Lions defense shut out Texas A amp M 24 0 the only bowl game shutout victory for Penn State under Paterno 32 The Second MileMain article The Second Mile After retirement Sandusky hosted many summer football camps and was active in The Second Mile a children s charity he founded in State College Pennsylvania in 1977 33 President George H W Bush praised the group as a shining example of charity work in a 1990 letter 34 one of that president s much promoted Thousand points of light encouragements to volunteer community organizations 30 Citing Sandusky s work with The Second Mile charity to provide care for foster children then U S Senator Rick Santorum honored Sandusky with an Angels in Adoption award in 2002 35 On November 15 2011 the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute a non profit adoption awareness organization rescinded its 2002 Angels in Adoption award to Jerry and Dorothy Sandusky 36 Santorum then running for the Republican nomination for President said he was devastated by the scandal 37 Former Eagles head coaches Dick Vermeil and Andy Reid former Phillies owner Ruly Carpenter Matt Millen from ESPN actor Mark Wahlberg Arnold Palmer and football player Franco Harris among others served on the Honorary Board of Second Mile 38 During the time period that Sandusky was being investigated by the Office of the Attorney General investigators served subpoenas on the Second Mile to get records of boys who had been through the program as well as Sandusky s travel and expense records As it turned out the records from 2000 to 2003 were missing Record keepers later found files for one year but the records for the other three years were never found 39 Child sex abuse scandalMain article Penn State child sex abuse scandal Investigation and charges An investigation was initiated by the Pennsylvania Attorney General s Office into sexual abuse allegations against Sandusky in 2008 The charges were initiated at Central Mountain High School where a student made allegations of abuse against Sandusky 40 The investigation reached a new level of urgency when it became apparent that the allegations were not an isolated set of incidents but that Sandusky had a strategy to abuse vulnerable boys Through his Second Mile organization Sandusky would first approach potential victims typically boys without a father living at home when they were 8 12 years old subsequently Sandusky employed classic child grooming strategies such as offering trips to football games or bestowing gifts which would lead to incremental touching This form of manipulation is generally the modus operandi of pedophiles as a ploy to build trust while invading personal boundaries all part of instilling confusion leading up to the sexual abuse Eventually Sandusky often initiated overtly sexual behavior in the locker room showers The testimony of one victim who said he was forced to play with Sandusky s testicles and erect penis when he was 8 to 10 years old particularly outraged investigators The poor kid was too young to even understand what an erect penis means one said 39 41 On November 4 2011 a grand jury 42 that had been convened in September 2009 or earlier 30 indicted Sandusky on 40 counts of sex crimes against young boys The indictment came after a three year investigation that explored allegations of Sandusky having inappropriate contact with an underage boy over the course of four years beginning when the boy was ten years old The boy s parents reported the incident to police in 2009 43 The grand jury identified eight boys who had been singled out for sexual advances or sexual assaults by Sandusky taking place from 1994 through 2009 5 At least 20 of the incidents allegedly took place while Sandusky was still employed at Penn State 44 According to the first indictment 45 in 2002 assistant coach Mike McQueary then a Penn State graduate assistant 46 said he walked in on Sandusky anally raping a 10 year old boy The next day McQueary reported the incident to head coach Joe Paterno Later while testifying during the Sandusky trial McQueary spoke about what he had relayed to Paterno I told him and I want to make sure I m clear I made sure he knew it was sexual and wrong There was no doubt 47 Paterno told McQueary at the time You did what you had to do It is my job now to figure out what we want to do 48 At the Preliminary Hearing for Tim Curley and Gary Schultz McQueary testified that Paterno was shocked and saddened kind of slumped back on his chair He said that Paterno told him I m sorry you had to see that It s terrible And he said I need to think and tell some people about what you saw and I ll let you know what what we ll do next 49 Paterno then informed Penn State athletic director Tim Curley At the Preliminary Hearing McQueary also testified that he believed Sandusky was having some type of intercourse with the boy He said that this was based on the positioning of Sandusky and the boy but that he never saw insertion or penetration and is not 100 percent sure that intercourse was occurring 50 Curley and senior vice president for finance and business Gary Schultz who oversaw the Penn State police department called McQueary to a meeting a week and a half later 51 In McQueary s testimony he stated that during the meeting he relayed in graphic detail what he had witnessed in the locker room showers at the Lasch Building At the Preliminary Hearing of Curley and Schultz McQueary testified that he would have given Curley and Schultz a rough idea of the body positions of the individuals in the shower and would have described the activity as extremely sexual and I thought some kind of intercourse was going on 52 The indictment accused Curley and Schultz not only of failing to tell the police but also of falsely telling the grand jury that McQueary never informed them of the alleged sexual activity 53 On November 5 2011 Sandusky was arrested and charged with seven counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse eight counts of corruption of minors eight counts of endangering the welfare of a child seven counts of indecent assault and other offenses 54 The prosecution charged Curley and Schultz with perjury and failure to report suspected child abuse by Sandusky 55 56 On November 6 2011 Penn State banned Sandusky from campus 57 His bail conditions did not include restrictions on his travel 58 59 In December 2011 Sandusky was charged with an additional 12 counts of sexual crimes against children 60 61 The grand jury s second presentment charged Sandusky with an additional count of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and two additional counts of unlawful contact with a minor The additional victims known only as Victim 9 and Victim 10 were participants in Sandusky s youth program and were between the ages of 10 and 12 at the time of the sexual assaults 61 On December 7 2011 Sandusky was arrested for a second time based on the additional sexual abuse charges Sandusky was released on 250 000 bail and placed on monitored house arrest while he awaited trial 62 Sandusky chose to waive his preliminary hearing that took place in mid December citation needed Pre trial interviews On November 14 in a televised phone interview on NBC s Rock Center with Brian Williams Sandusky admitted to correspondent Bob Costas to having showered with underage boys and touching their bodies as he described it without intent of sexual contact Sandusky denied being a pedophile 63 The interview received substantial coverage in the media particularly regarding the manner in which Sandusky answered Costas when asked if he is sexually attracted to young boys 64 65 66 COSTAS Are you sexually attracted to young boys to underage boys SANDUSKY Am I sexually attracted to underage boys COSTAS Yes SANDUSKY Sexually attracted you know I enjoy young people I love to be around them But no I m not sexually attracted to young boys 67 68 In the days following the interview several potential victims contacted State College lawyer Andy Shubin to tell their stories with one claiming Sandusky had abused him in the 1970s 69 In a taped interview with Jo Becker of The New York Times on December 3 2011 Sandusky and his lawyer Joe Amendola attempted to clarify the remarks he made in the November 14 interview 70 SANDUSKY I was sitting there like what in the world is this question am I going to be if I say no I m not attracted to boys that s not the truth because I m attracted to young people boys girls AMENDOLA off camera Yeah but not sexually you re attracted to them as in you like spending time with them SANDUSKY Right I enjoy that s what I m trying to clarify I enjoy spending time with young people I enjoy spending time with people I mean my two favorite groups are the elderly and the young The young because they don t think about what they say and the old because they don t care you know During the same interview Sandusky responded to the initial 40 charges of sexual crimes against children 71 72 BECKER You must have some theory without getting into individual cases or naming names SANDUSKY You would have to to have my understanding of that What I think I mean what I think are that these are individual matters These kids some of them I know them Some of them I don t know all of them lawyer Amendola interjects we re assuming We re assuming we know them Two of the kids My gut feeling would be that they got pulled into this Trial The trial for 52 charges of sexual crimes against children started on June 11 2012 at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte Pennsylvania 73 74 State Deputy Attorney General and former homicide prosecutor Joseph E McGettigan III led the prosecution team for the Commonwealth defense attorney Joseph Amendola was Sandusky s lead attorney for the defense team and Senior Judge John Cleland presided Over the course of the trial that lasted eight days jurors heard from eight witnesses who testified that Sandusky sexually abused them 75 Jurors also heard testimony about assaults committed against two other victims who were never identified 75 Of the eight males who gave testimony each explained that they met Sandusky through The Second Mile organization their individual accounts spanned from the mid 1990s until 2009 76 77 The witnesses testified to similar stories of being abused in the football locker room showers or in the basement of Sandusky s home 76 The first prosecution witness identified in media reports as Victim 4 described detailed accounts of many instances of sexual abuse including forced oral and anal sex by Sandusky while the witness was a participant in Sandusky s Second Mile charitable organization 73 According to Victim 4 he was sexually abused by Sandusky as many as three times a week for three years beginning when he was 13 years old 74 The witness further testified that when he attempted to distance himself from Sandusky Sandusky offered the boy a contract for money to continue spending time with him 74 On the second day of trial Victim 1 the youngest of Sandusky s alleged victims testified to over 20 incidents of abuse including forced oral sex by Sandusky during 2007 and 2008 while the boy was a participant in Sandusky s Second Mile program The boy was 11 or 12 years old when the sexual abuse started 78 79 Mike McQueary former Penn State graduate assistant football coach testified that in 2001 in a Penn State locker room he heard skin on skin slapping sounds coming from the showers McQueary testified that he then saw Sandusky naked behind a 10 to 12 year old boy propped against a shower wall with Sandusky s arms wrapped around the boy s midsection in the closest proximity that I think you could be in 47 80 Sandusky s defense attorneys argued that the accusers were driven by financial motives 81 The defense also pointed out some of the accusers had changed their stories and that some of them continued a relationship with Sandusky after the alleged abuse one went to a football game with Sandusky shortly before his arrest another brought his girlfriend to meet Sandusky A psychiatrist testifying for the defense Dr Eliot Atkins diagnosed Sandusky with histrionic personality disorder a disorder characterized by attention seeking behavior and exaggerated emotions Atkins testified that the letters written by Sandusky to the accusers were consistent with this disorder rather than grooming behavior as alleged by the prosecution 82 83 On June 18 2012 it was reported that during the full day court recess the previous Friday prosecutors had contacted NBC asking the network to re authenticate a full unedited transcript of the Bob Costas interview from November 84 An unaired portion of the Costas interview featured Sandusky saying I didn t go around seeking out every young person for sexual needs that I ve helped 68 85 Legal analysts explained that this could be used by the prosecution to cross examine Sandusky if he were to take the stand 84 On June 21 2012 after the case had gone to the jury Matt Sandusky one of Sandusky s six adopted children stated through his attorney that he was also a victim of the former coach s sexual abuse He had been ready to testify for the prosecution but did not do so 86 Later Amendola said that Jerry Sandusky had every intention of testifying in his own defense but decided against it because he claimed that the prosecution would have called Matt to the stand 7 Subsequently sources close to the investigation conducted by the Office of the State attorney general have stated that the prosecutor never threatened to have Matt Sandusky testify at trial and that prosecutor Joseph McGettigan relished the opportunity of taking on Jerry Sandusky in cross examination and had promised Amendola early on that they would not call any additional rebuttal witnesses 87 Verdict and sentencing The jury consisting of seven women and five men many with direct ties to Penn State 88 deliberated for 21 hours over two days 76 On the evening of June 22 2012 the jury reached its verdict finding Sandusky guilty on 45 of the 48 counts against him 6 89 Specifically Sandusky was convicted of the following charges and counts eight counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse seven counts of indecent assault one count of criminal intent to commit indecent assault nine counts of unlawful contact with minors 10 counts of corruption of minors and 10 counts of endangering the welfare of children Cleland immediately revoked Sandusky s bail and remanded him to the Centre County Correctional Facility to await sentencing 81 Sandusky faced a maximum sentence of 442 years in prison 90 According to NBC News Michael Isikoff Sandusky faced a minimum sentence of 60 years under Pennsylvania sentencing guidelines at his age effectively a life sentence 91 A sentencing hearing was expected 90 days from the date of conviction 75 89 On September 17 it was announced that Sandusky would be sentenced on October 9 92 source source Sandusky s statement the evening before his sentencing On the evening before his sentencing hearing Sandusky released an audio statement maintaining his innocence 93 The next day Cleland sentenced Sandusky to 60 years in prison as mentioned above the minimum possible sentence under Pennsylvania law He will not be eligible for parole until he serves at least 30 years Sandusky s earliest possible release date will be October 9 2042 when he will be 98 years old In pronouncing the sentence Cleland said that Sandusky was a particularly dangerous breed of child molester because he masked his manipulation and abuse of children behind a respectable facade It is the remarkable ability to conceal that makes these crimes so heinous he said While acknowledging Sandusky s positive work Cleland called him a dangerous child molester who should never be allowed to be free again 94 At the same hearing Cleland granted prosecutors request to have Sandusky declared a sexually violent predator under Pennsylvania s version of Megan s Law This would subject him to stringent reporting requirements if he is released Sandusky would not only have to report his address to police every three months for the rest of his life but would also have to participate in a court approved counseling program however this designation will likely be academic since as mentioned above Sandusky will almost certainly die in prison 92 95 Earlier on August 30 the Pennsylvania Sexual Offenders Assessment Board had recommended that Sandusky be declared a sexually violent predator 96 97 Sandusky could also potentially face federal charges for molesting boys at both the 1999 Outback Bowl in Tampa and his final game as a collegiate coach the 1999 Alamo Bowl in San Antonio Although these were spelled out in the state indictment federal authorities have jurisdiction over any crime that crosses a state line 98 Although federal investigators appear to be focusing their probe on a possible cover up of Sandusky s crimes by officials at Penn State it would not be double jeopardy to bring charges against Sandusky himself 99 Officials in San Antonio are conducting a probe of the 1999 Alamo Bowl case and Sandusky could potentially face charges there again it would not be double jeopardy for him to be charged in Texas 100 Reaction Penn State became the subject of significant media criticism because several members of its staff allegedly covered up Sandusky s assaults 101 102 Maureen Dowd wrote of the scandal Like the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy the Penn State hierarchy appears to have covered up pedophile crimes to protect its brand 103 In June 2012 Penn State University implemented a policy to require mandatory reporting of child abuse by any Penn State employee working with children The policy also requires all Penn State employees working with children to go through a background check and training related to child abuse and reporting requirements 104 Freeh report The Penn State Board of Trustees commissioned a report by a special investigative group headed by former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Louis Freeh After interviewing over 400 people and reviewing over 3 5 million documents the crux of the report s findings which were released July 12 2012 state Taking into account the available witness statements and evidence the Special Investigative Counsel finds that it is more reasonable to conclude that in order to avoid the consequences of bad publicity the most powerful leaders at the University Spanier Schultz Paterno and Curley repeatedly concealed critical facts relating to Sandusky s child abuse from authorities the University s Board of Trustees the Penn State community and the public at large 105 The Freeh Report states that although the avoidance of the consequences of bad publicity was the main driver in failing to protect child abuse victims and report to authorities the report outlines other causes as well among which were A striking lack of empathy for child abuse victims by the most senior leaders of the University a failure of oversight by the Board of Trustees a University President who discouraged discussion and dissent a lack of awareness of child abuse issues and a culture of reverence for the football program that is ingrained at all levels of the campus community 106 The report outlines how all four men were aware of the 1998 abuse incident in the locker room shower and had followed its investigation at the time 107 Freeh s investigation uncovered a file kept by Schultz in which he wrote notes about Sandusky s 1998 incident For instance Schultz wrote Is this opening of Pandora s box He also wondered other children 108 Freeh stated that Schultz had actively sought to conceal those records 109 110 The evidentiary weight of Freeh s report draws heavily upon retrieved emails from 1998 and 2001 which Freeh referred to as the most important evidence in the report 110 The report asserts that these emails demonstrate that in 1998 Paterno knew of the investigation of Sandusky and followed it closely 111 and suggest that it was Paterno long regarded as the single most powerful official at the university who persuaded Spanier Curley and Schultz not to formally report Sandusky to law enforcement or child welfare authorities According to The New York Times the university s handling of the 2001 report of Sandusky raping a young boy is one of the most damning episodes laid out by Mr Freeh s investigation 112 The report states that nobody took any responsible action after February 2001 other than Curley informing the Second Mile that Mr Sandusky had showered with a boy 113 and then telling Sandusky not to bring his guests into the Penn State facilities but the topic of sexual abuse was not broached with Sandusky 114 115 The report criticizes Paterno for his failure to alert the entire football staff in order to prevent Sandusky from bringing another child into the Lasch Building 116 According to details in the report despite being aware of Sandusky s sexual misconduct with young boys in the locker room showers in the Lasch Building in 1998 and 2001 Spanier Paterno Curley and Schultz never restricted Sandusky s access to Penn State facilities The report states that Sandusky had access to the Lasch Building until November 2011 Over the next ten year period Sandusky was frequently at the Lasch Building working out showing up at campus events that Penn State supported He was showering with young boys staying in dormitories There are more red flags than you could count over a long period of time 108 Consequently out of the 10 young boys that Sandusky would be convicted of sexually assaulting most of them were abused after he was investigated in 1998 117 at least five of them were assaulted at Penn State s football facilities and other places on campus after May 1998 118 After his retirement in 1999 the report notes that Sandusky continued to have unrestricted and unsupervised access to the University s facilities and affiliation with the university s prominent football program Indeed the continued access provided Sandusky with the very currency that enabled him to attract his victims 116 119 Beyond the question of building access the report details that as part of Sandusky s retirement agreement he could continue to work with young people through Penn State for more than a decade including Second Mile events on campus youth football camps etc 120 At the July 12 press conference announcing the report s findings Freeh stated in his prepared remarks The most powerful men at Penn State failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children Sandusky victimized He said they never demonstrated through actions or words any concern for the safety and well being of Sandusky s victims until after he was arrested in 2011 121 Further allegations and investigations Three men came forward and told police that they were abused in the 1970s or 1980s by Sandusky They are the first men to allege abuse before the 1990s 122 CBS News also reported that the United States Postal Inspection Service is leading an investigation to see whether Sandusky sent child pornography through the mail across state lines 123 According to one source child pornography was found on at least one of Sandusky s computers 124 Other reports indicated that individuals had come forward claiming that Sandusky had assaulted them during the 1960s while he was living at the Brownson House in Washington Pennsylvania 125 On August 24 2012 as reported by the Associated Press the individual known as Victim 1 who testified at the trial of Sandusky brought suit against Pennsylvania State University They reported that the suit charged the university s conduct with regard to the complaints that Sandusky had acted towards boys with sexual impropriety was deliberate and shameful saying that Penn State engaged in purposeful deliberate and shameful subordination of the safety of children to its economic self interests and to its interest in maintaining and perpetuating its reputation 126 In September 2012 former Philadelphia child prostitute Greg Bucceroni alleged that in 1979 and 1980 Philadelphia philanthropist Ed Savitz brought him from his New Jersey residence to State College Second Mile fund raiser for the purpose of child trafficking 127 Imprisonment Sandusky served time on home confinement prior to his trial and sentencing The time he served on home confinement from the day of his second arrest to the day of his sentencing was not counted as credit towards his prison sentence meaning Sandusky s sentence began on the day of his sentencing His earliest release date is 30 years from his sentencing date On October 23 2012 Sandusky was transferred to Camp Hill state prison in Cumberland County Pennsylvania for pre imprisonment evaluation 128 He was then moved to Greene state prison in Franklin Township where most of the state s life and capital inmates are housed on October 31 2012 to serve his sentence He was housed in protective custody 10 On December 3 2014 KDKA TV in Pittsburgh reported that Sandusky received a letter from Penn State asking to renew his season ticket plan for the football team and attend a recruiting trip to a Penn State basketball game The letter was reportedly sent out in error 129 Sandusky was transferred to SCI Somerset a medium security prison outside Somerset Pennsylvania in March 2017 130 As of May 2017 he is currently serving his sentence at SCI Laurel Highlands a minimum security facility near Pittsburgh that primarily serves ill or elderly inmates 1 Sandusky has been trying to obtain a new trial Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus would testify in his defense as a specialist of repressed memory 131 as many victims testimonies against Sandusky are allegedly based on repressed memories 132 Publications and interviewsMain article Touched The Jerry Sandusky Story Sandusky co wrote an autobiography titled Touched The Jerry Sandusky Story ISBN 9781582612706 which was published in 2001 133 His co writer was Keith Kip Richeal The 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