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hysical aspect of the relationships “just happened
that way.”
Wrestling, hugging — “I think a lot of the kids rea
lly reached out for that,” he said.
Mr. Sandusky said his wife, Dorothy, known as Dott
ie, ultimately had some concerns about the househo
ld dynamics. He said she had warned him not to neg
lect his own children — the Sanduskys had adopted
six children, including one from the Second Mile —
“for the sake of other kids.” Mr. Sandusky recall
ed one scene after a Penn State football game that
underscored her concerns.
“I remember the kids were downstairs, and we alway
s had dogs,” he said. “And Dottie said, ‘You bette
r go down and check on those kids, you know those
Second Mile kids after football games.’ I went dow
n, and I look, and there goes a kid flying over a
couch, there goes a dog flying over a couch. And I
go, ‘I don’t think she wants to see this.’ ”
He said of his household: “Yeah, I mean it was turm
oil. It was turmoil.”
During the interview, conducted at the home of his
lawyer, Mr. Sandusky was at times subdued, but oc
casionally capable of humor — some of it awkward l
aughter about his legal jeopardy and ruined reputa
tion, some of it bright amusement at a recalled an
ecdote about his own father, who himself had worke
d with disadvantaged and disabled children, or a m
oment of remembered comedy at one of the many summ
er camps he helped run for children.
He grew most animated when talking about his relat
ionships with children, and he grew most disconsol
ate when he, with a touch of childlike reverence,
spoke of Mr. Paterno and Penn State, and the damag
e his indictment had caused them. “I don’t think i
t was fair,” he said.