Posted on 08/28/2026 7:17:36 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Jerry Sandusky is due to return to court next month as one of his accusers is expected to recant his testimony against the former Penn State assistant football coach who was convicted of sexually abusing boys for more than a decade, according to an affidavit.
A judge scheduled an evidentiary hearing for Sept. 8 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Sandusky, who is now 82, has been serving a decades-long prison sentence after he was convicted in 2012 of abusing boys.
An accuser known as Victim 10, who testified for the prosecution at Sandusky's trial, is now prepared to tell the court Sandusky did not abuse him.
Victim 10 alleges prosecutors coached him in order to steer his testimony and asked him to revisit and reframe his allegations, writing in a sworn affidavit provided to the defense that "[t]hroughout the pretrial process, I was told -- both directly and indirectly -- that trauma may have fragmented my memory, and that I could safely affirm details I did not fully recall. I was assured this was common and even expected." The Pennsylvania Attorney General's office is expected to address the allegation at September's hearing.
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(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.com ...
somebody reach out to Vic 10’s family with $$$?
I found it. It was called “With the benefit of hindsight...”
Remember the McMartin preschool trials?
Ray Buckey was retried later on 6 of the 13 counts of which he was not acquitted in the first trial. The second trial opened on May 7, 1990, and resulted in another hung jury on July 27, 1990. The prosecution then gave up trying to obtain a conviction, and the case was closed with all charges against Ray Buckey dismissed. He had been jailed for five years without ever being convicted of any crime.A similar case was The Fells Acres CaseThe case lasted seven years and cost $15 million,[48] the longest and most expensive criminal case in the history of the United States legal system, and ultimately resulted in no convictions.[2][5][26] The McMartin Preschool closed, and the building was ultimately demolished. In 2005, one of the children (as an adult) retracted the allegations of abuse.[19][49]
Never did anyone do anything to me, and I never saw them doing anything. I said a lot of things that didn't happen. I lied. ... Anytime I would give them an answer that they didn't like, they would ask again and encourage me to give them the answer they were looking for. ... I felt uncomfortable and a little ashamed that I was being dishonest. But at the same time, being the type of person I was, whatever my parents wanted me to do, I would do
People's lives were ruined for nothing.
Sorry everyone. Latent network.
There was other compelling testimony
Yes - former Penn State QB and assistant coach Mike McQueary.
Lots of people are leaping at ‘prosecutorial misconduct’, but I suspect (if true on one of 10 victims that testified is recanting) the answer might be a much more simple preparing for a civil suit/settlement with a deep pocket.
I wasn’t on the jury and I won’t claim I followed the case any more than a lot of shocked and horrified college football fans.
But, I really have no respect for this whole “Sandusky truther” movement. There’s just way, way, way too much smoke and it simply makes zero sense that there was some grand conspiracy to take down a *retired* 70 assistant coach. I also remember that ugly crapola well enough to remember there were accusations - including from Sandusky’s own adopted son, IIRC - that DIDN’T testify at trial, plus a paper trail (police reports, other accusers) that simply weren’t admitted at trial because they were beyond the statute of limitations.
Courts are courts and the law is the law - so I have no idea if one possible money seeker invalidates the original conviction.
I have no investment in the matter beyond the highest level of disgust for perverts and abusers of children - but in the grand scheme of things? Jerry Sandusky will one day meet his maker - and God doesn’t have a statute of limitations or need to rely on statutes for admissibility of evidence.
Not my place to judge him beyond the court of public opinion, but mere mortals are generally best with Occam’s Razor: There’s just way, way too much ugly smoke to ignore.
The ‘Little Rascals’ child daycare case out in California?
That rings a bell, perhaps. One in SoCal, one in S FL.
At trial, 8 of the 10 victims testified. Jerry Sandusky was found to have sexually abused all 10 victims. The recantation by one victim will probably lead to an evidentiary hearing. Keep in mind, under the doctrine of severability, the conviction and resultant sentence s regarding the other 9 victims will generally be unaffected.
The inference may be that other witnesses were also coached by the prosecution or that this particular witness provided key facts in support of the case against Sandusky. Notably, cash money from civil settlements was readily available to supposed victims who testified against Sandusky.
What could go wrong when lawyers get a chance to profit and advance their careers, along with those lawyers in robes called judges?
This is interesting; I might listen to it.
I remember feeling very bad about Joe Paterno in all of this.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/with-the-benefit-of-hindsight/id1562078872
Very good researcher. As a juror, I found her to be a compelling expert witness. Later as a psychologist I have relied on her research to withstand occasional prevailing winds.
Yes, I followed most of these cases. It was sad to see innocent people framed.
I personally was involved in several cases, verifying that the memory was false. Thus, I researched it extensively as I was also using hypnosis at the time. Many police and therapists use hypnosis techniques without disclosure.
I was a professor at Penn State and still think very highly of the moral credibility of Joe Paterno. I observed him first hand. I was no fan of his coaching, but as a human being I put him on a pedestal, something I rarely do.
Yes, I followed most of these cases. It was sad to see innocent people framed.
I personally was involved in several cases, verifying that the memory was false. Thus, I researched it extensively as I was also using hypnosis at the time. Many police and therapists use hypnosis techniques without disclosure.
I was a professor at Penn State and still think very highly of the moral credibility of Joe Paterno. I observed him first hand. I was no fan of his coaching, but as a human being I put him on a pedestal, something I rarely do.
“The ‘Little Rascals’ child daycare case out in California?”
Pretty sure that case (& the documentary series) was North Carolina.
I had a few conversations with God about the unfair treatment of Joe Paterno.
Joe was a by the rules guy. He would have benched his starting quarterback for a bowl game if warranted.
He also really cared about his players. My son lived in the on campus dorm with the football team for a summer. There is good reason that Joe’s players have a higher grade point average and graduation rate than most teams.
The State Attorney General who prosecuted this case used it for publicity to win the Governor seat. As Governor, he was automatically on Penn State’s Board of Trustees where he was unfair to Joe.
This is a technique used in stage hypnosis to influence the skeptics. You select the most suggestive and vulnerable person first, and then when the skeptical observers see it working, they conform to the group beliefs.
I agree. She went to the dark side and sold her knowledge to lawyers to help select jurors who could be easily manipulated. She was involved in selecting the jurors for the OJ Simpson trial for the defense team.
Tom Corbett (2005–2011): He was the state’s Attorney General when the initial investigation into Jerry Sandusky began in 2009. Corbett later left the post to become Governor of Pennsylvania in 2011. During subsequent political campaigns and reviews, his office faced scrutiny over “inexplicable delays” in bringing charges, though a later independent review found no evidence of deliberate political interference.
Linda Kelly (2011–2013): She was appointed as acting Attorney General by Governor Corbett to finish his term. Kelly was in office during Sandusky’s 2012 trial and conviction, and she publicly praised the victims’ courage after the verdict was delivered.
Then Corbett was involved by being on Penn State’s Board of Trustees.
Also, remember that the Center County DA disappeared during this time.
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