Disgraced Former Penn State DC Jerry Sandusky (convicted child molester)

[LightningRod]

Jerry Sandusky trial: Sandusky admitted giving 'raspberries' and back rubs to accuser, CYS worker testifies

The Children and Youth Services case worker who interviewed Jerry Sandusky after he was accused of molesting a Clinton County teen in 2008 began testifying in court today.

Jurors took a lunch break before case worker Jessica Dershem finished her testimony, but she told jurors that Sandusky admitted to blowing raspberries on his stomach, rubbing his back and kissing him on the forehead.

Sandusky denied anything sexual, she said, or that anything he did had sexual intent.

He said instead that the boy was ?like a son? who he was trying to help, but was frustrated by his recent behavior.

?He had asked (alleged Victim 1) for help with a Second Mile event,? she testified, but when the teen refused, he told him, ?he felt used.?

Sandusky also admitted to following the teen home from high school one day. Victim One testified Sandusky was yelling for him to get in his car, but he had refused.

Dershem is the case worker who ?indicated? a child abuse claim against Sandusky, which in Pennsylvania means that the process would move forward with an investigation.

During her interview of the 68-year-old former Penn State defensive coordinator, Dershem said Sandusky admitted that Victim One stayed at his home seven or eight times -- compared to the 100 that the teen estimated earlier this morning when he testified.

She said Sandusky also told her that he had taken Victim One to Philadelphia Eagles games, Penn State games and some Second Mile outings.

Sandusky admitted to having Victim One taken from school at least once.

The school -- Central Mountain High School -- has come under scrutiny for its handling of the situation. Sandusky was a volunteer football coach there.

Court is in recess until 1 p.m., and Dershem will likely be cross-examined when it returns.

 

[Mac]

Can't that still be considered sexual? I mean come on, I wouldn't want someone who is not me or the childs mother touching my kid like that.

 

[LightningRod]

Jerry Sandusky trial: Caseworker suspected abuse after second meeting with alleged Victim 1

After a second interview with alleged Victim 1 in November 2008, a Clinton County caseworker determined there was enough information to meet the definition of child sexual abuse, the caseworker testified this morning at the sexual assault trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.


Jessica Dershem of Clinton County Children & Youth Service testified Victim 1 was shy and nervous talking about his interaction with Sandusky following the first interview. "At the end of the interview we felt he had more to talk about but wasn't ready," she said.


Police were present during the second interview, Dershem testified.


State law requires social services to send a letter about the incident to Sandusky, but they decided to delay sending the letter because of fear of retaliation, Dershem told the court.


In a later interview between Sandusky and CYS, Sandusky admitted to rubbing the boy's back underneath his shirt and giving him "raspberries" on his stomach and said he couldn't honestly answer if his hand went below the boy's stomach, she testified.

 

[LightningRod]

Jerry Sandusky trial: Accuser's grandfather says he witnessed argument between Sandusky, grandson

The grandfather of alleged Victim 1 in the Jerry Sandusky trial testified today he witnessed an argument between Sandusky and his grandson over how much time his grandson could devote to the Second Mile organization over the summer four years ago.


The grandfather said his daughter called him and asked if he could come over to her house because the argument was happening on her front lawn. Sandusky wanted the boy to give him his schedule for the summer, but the boy said he didn't know what that was going to be yet, the grandfather testified.


Sandusky kept saying he needed to know the boy's schedule, the grandfather testified. "I need to know because I need to make plans," he said.


Shortly after the grandfather arrived, Sandusky got in his car and left, the grandfather testified.

 

[Saw31]

See, here's the thing, and I've heard this argument before many times in different contexts. Even if you concede, completely, the first bold...the second bold part is utter cop-out bullshit. It is likely that people like Sandusky are mentally ill, as we as a society define the term...but that doesn't mean they don't know right from wrong, or are not responsible for their CHOICES. So if someone wakes up one day and realizes they have an overwhelming urge to do something to a child, they then have a choice. They can seek help, which they can do under the anonymous auspices of patient/doctor privilege, or they can give in to their impulses, which they know victimizes the most innocent among us, for their own sexual gratification. Once a person makes that choice, that person and that person alone is responsible for the results of that choice in its entirety. I will not pretend that going to a psychiatrist and telling them that one thinks they have pederast impulses is easy. But by the same token, if one has anything short of sociopathic tendencies, they will also realize that victimizing children is the worst thing a person can do, and that once one makes this choice, there is no going back. The impulses are likely not chosen...the behavior most assuredly is.

There's another problem with that argument. The point of making the argument in the first place is to illicit sympathy for the pedophile. But if we are to take the argument at face value, then it should illicit the opposite response. If the person actually has "wires crossed" and is unable to control themselves, it makes them dangerous. Not sympathetic. I am not an unreasonable person, but I have no obligation to make concessions for dangerous people, be they fucked in the head or not. Their fault or not. The argument fails from the outset.

 

[LightningRod]

Jerry Sandusky trial: Alleged Victim 1 breaks down when pressed about inconsistencies in his story

In his testimony at the sexual assault trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, alleged Victim 1, said several times that many different state troopers came in and out of the investigation of child sex abuse charges.

It came up during cross-examination by attorney Joe Amendola, who was questioning the teen about inconsistencies.

Amendola said that the first time the teen testified before the grand jury, he estimated abuse happened more than 20 times. Another time he estimated it happened 12 times.

In all, the 18-year-old recent high school graduate testified before grand jurors three times.

?When a new person steps in to try to get me to tell them everything, it takes a little bit,? he said.

When pressed about changing his story about certain sex acts, the teen, began to cry, mouthed to prosecutors he wanted to stop, and then argued with Amendola about repeating his questions.

?I?m going to keep telling you the same answer. I want you to stop asking me the same questions over and over,? he said.

 

[OHSportsFan]

This has to be one of the most gut-wrenching trials to sit through. Can't imagine being on any of the sides- the victims testifying, the jurors, Sandusky's family, reporters- ugh.

That sick fuck Jer probably still has a smug look on his face thinking this is all quaint.

 

[JDC]

Obviously, there are multiple reasons for them not to do this, but in this Jerry Sandusky case, you'd think Big Ten Network would be covering the trial extensively.

But since the network is part-owned by the Big Ten, that's not going to happen (as it would shed even more bad light on Penn State).

 

[Oh8ch]

The last thing I want to see is this televised on the BTN.

I hate that I keep clicking this thread.

 

[Mac]

Apparently McQueary is testifying now

 

[Mike80]

Obviously, there are multiple reasons for them not to do this, but in this Jerry Sandusky case, you'd think Big Ten Network would be covering the trial extensively.

But since the network is part-owned by the Big Ten, that's not going to happen (as it would shed even more bad light on Penn State).

No, the Big Ten Network is sports. This is pedophilia. Completely and totally out of the BTN's purview.

 

[Woody1968]

No, the Big Ten Network is sports. This is pedophilia. Completely and totally out of the BTN's purview.

Right, it should be broadcast by NBC, in accordance with their Notre Dame contract

 

[LightningRod]

Jerry Sandusky trial: Mike McQueary says he 'wasn't thinking right' after seeing Sandusky in shower with young boy

Former Penn State coach Mike McQueary testified this afternoon he witnessed Jerry Sandusky behind a pre-pubescent boy, maybe 10-12 years old, in the showers of the Lasch football building with the boy's hands pressed against the wall and the slapping of skin-on-skin sounds Feb. 9, 2001.

McQueary witness account has come under fire after offering several versions of what he saw and when the date of the incident was changed in criminal paperwork by Judge John M. Cleland. Initially, McQueary said the incident occurred in March 2002.

The young boy has still not been identified.



"Sandusky was standing right up against the back of the young boy with his arms wrapped around (the boy's) midsection in the closest proximity I think you can be," McQueary said. "I was extremely alarmed, flustered and shocked."


He said he first witnessed the actions in a mirror which reflected into the shower, but then moved to see it with his own eyes. After witnessing it, McQueary said he moved several paces closer to the shower and the boy and Sandusky turned to face him.


McQueary said he then went up to his office.


"I wasn't thinking 100 percent right," he testified. "I'm used to pressure situations, but that's more than I could handle at the time."


McQueary said he went to the Lasch building that evening because he was watching the movie "Rudy" at home and it got him fired up about football. He wanted to review some recruiting tapes, he said.


McQueary said he first called his father when he got up to his office and went to his father's house to tell him what he had seen.


"I did not get overly into detail but I made sure he knew it was extremely wrong, extremely sexual," McQueary testified. "[I remembered saying] you don't have to be a rocket scientist to find out what was going on."

The first thing you need to do is tell then-Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, McQueary said his father told him.

McQueary said he remembers the next day very clearly. It was a sunny Saturday morning. He got up to walk his dogs and called Paterno around 7:30 a.m. Since there were job openings on the staff, Paterno immediately told McQueary: "No, I'm not giving you a job," McQueary recalled.

"I told him this is something very important," McQueary testified.

After going to Paterno's home, McQueary said he told Paterno what he had seen on the surface, "I made sure he knew it was sexual and it was wrong and there was no doubt about that," McQueary testified. "I did not go into gross detail about the actual act."

Prosecutor Joe McGettigan asked McQueary if he thought he witnessed anal sex between Sandusky and the boy. "I thought I saw that, yes," McQueary replied.

McQueary said he didn't go into that specific detail with Paterno because "I didn't feel comfortable using those terms. I didn't explain details in talking with those men out of respect and my own embarrassment."

McQueary said the conversation with Paterno lasted 10-12 minutes.

 

[Buckeye86]

Since there were job openings on the staff, Paterno immediately told McQueary: "No, I'm not giving you a job," McQueary recalled.

And yet, McQueary ended up with a job on the staff.

I wonder if Paterno reconsidered in time for that specific round of openings. It would certainly be interesting to find out, especially given that initial response and the cover up following that conversation.

 

[Mac]

And yet, McQueary ended up with a job on the staff.

I wonder if Paterno reconsidered in time for that specific round of openings. It would certainly be interesting to find out, especially given that initial response and the cover up following that conversation.

I was thinking the same thing. When was McQueary hired on at PSU? What if JoePa gave him a job to keep him hush hush? Might be a little far fetched, but at this point in the game, anything is possible