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Center of Penn State Scandal, Sandusky Tells His Ow
n Story ... By JO BECKER
In an extensive interview, Jerry Sandusky, the for
mer assistant football coach, insisted that he had
never sexually abused any child.
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The former Penn State assistant football coach Jer
ry Sandusky, in his first extended interview since
his indictment on sexual abuse charges last month
, said Coach Joe Paterno never spoke to him about
any suspected misconduct with minors. Mr. Sandusky
also said the charity he worked for never restric
ted his access to children until he became the sub
ject of a criminal investigation in 2008.
The failure by Mr. Paterno to act more aggressivel
y after being told in 2002 that Mr. Sandusky had m
olested a 10-year-old boy in the showers of the un
iversity’s football building played a role in Mr.
Paterno’s firing last month after 62 years at Penn
State. Mr. Sandusky, in the interview, said that
Mr. Paterno did not speak to him or confront him o
ver the accusation, despite the fact that Mr. Sand
usky had been one of his assistant coaches for thr
ee decades and was a regular presence at the footb
all team’s complex for years after the 2002 episode.
Mr. Sandusky, in a nearly four-hour interview over
two days this week, insisted he had never sexuall
y abused any child, but he confirmed details of so
me of the events that prosecutors have cited in ch
arging him with 40 counts of molesting young boys,
all of whom came to know Mr. Sandusky through the
charity he founded, known as the Second Mile.
Mr. Sandusky said he regularly gave money to the d
isadvantaged boys at his charity, opened bank acco
unts for them, and gave them gifts that had been d
onated to the charity.
Prosecutors have said Mr. Sandusky used such gifts