THE ACCUSED
Jerry Sandusky: The 68-year-old former defensive coordinator for Pennsylvania State University’s football program now charged with 52 counts of sexual abuse. Prosecutors allege Sandusky molested at least 10 boys he met through the Second Mile, the charity he founded for underprivileged youth in 1997. The former coach has denied the charges.
THE ACCUSERS
Victim 1: The Clinton County youth, now 18, whose allegations launched the attorney general’s investigation into Sandusky. Says the former coach took him out of classes, called him frequently, and molested him several times between the ages of 11 and 14.
Victim 2: The youth at the center of the most explosive allegations against Sandusky. Then-graduate assistant Mike McQueary says he saw Sandusky raping the boy — who appeared to be about 10 — in February 2001 in the university’s football locker-room showers. Prosecutors do not know his identity. He would now be about 21.
Victim 3: A 25-year-old man who maintains Sandusky often showered with him and touched him inappropriately when he was between the ages of 12 and 14.
Victim 4: A now 28-year-old man who claimed he was molested on Penn State’s campus, at nearby hotels and on trips with the football team. He often slept in Sandusky’s home and attended football games when he was between 12 and 17 years old. Was listed as part of Sandusky’s family party for the 1998 Outback Bowl and the 1999 Alamo Bowl.
Victim 5: Now 22, claims that Sandusky showered with him when he was 12 or 13 and touched him inappropriately.
Victim 6: The now 25-year-old man, whose experience with Sandusky launched a 1998 investigation by university police. When he was 11, he claimed Sandusky touched him inappropriately in a football locker-room shower. That case was closed after investigators determined they could not prove abuse had occurred.
Victim 7: A 26-year-old man who testified that Sandusky stuck his hands down the waistband of his pants on several occasions while they were riding in the former coach’s car. The boy was between 9 and 11 at the time.
Victim 8: An approximately 11- to 13-year-old boy who was allegedly seen by a Penn State janitor receiving oral sex from Sandusky in November 2000 in the football locker-room showers. Prosecutors do not know his identity. He would now be between 23 and 25.
Victim 9: Currently 18, he testified that Sandusky forced him to perform oral sex and penetrated him on several occasions during sleepovers in the coach’s basement. He was 12 to 15 years old at the time. Contacted authorities after Sandusky’s initial arrest.
Victim 10: A 25-year-old man who says Sandusky engaged in oral sex and touched him inappropriately on several occasions between the ages of 10 and 12. Contacted authorities after the coach’s initial arrest.
THE LEGAL PARTICIPANTS
Joseph Amendola Sandusky’s outspoken and colorful attorney, who has raised eyebrows as much for his unorthodox decision to make his client available for pretrial media interviews as for his willingness to spend hours briefing the news media outside the Centre County Courthouse. Began his career in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Now, a solo practitioner in State College.
Joseph E. McGettigan III The deputy attorney general leading the state’s case. He joined the office last year, after leaving his job as Philadelphia’s first assistant district attorney. Has previously worked in the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office as well as the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Judge John M. Cleland: A senior judge from McKean County appointed to handle Sandusky’s trial after all local judges recused themselves. A former Superior Court justice, Cleland also led the state investigative panel that handled the Luzerne County cash-for-kids judicialcorruption scandal.
THE WITNESSES
Mike McQueary A currently suspended assistant Penn State football coach who, as a graduate assistant in 2001, said he saw Sandusky with a boy in the locker-room showers. His story and his actions after have made him a lightning rod for criticism. His attorney placed a bookmark for a suit against the university as a whistle-blower.
Tim Curley Penn State’s athletic director, on leave as he fights charges of perjury and failing to report abuse. Prosecutors allege he did not alert authorities after learning of allegations against Sandusky and lied about the statements made by Mike McQueary to a grand jury last year.
Gary Schultz Penn State’s former vice president for finance and business, who retired after his arrest on charges of perjury and failing to report abuse. Prosecutors allege he did not alert authorities after learning of allegations against Sandusky and then lied about remarks made by Mike McQueary to a grand jury. His former purview included the university police department.
Joe Paterno Penn State’s lauded longtime head football coach brought down by his response to allegations against Sandusky. Though he was not criminally charged, the university’s board felt he did not do enough to alert outside authorities and removed him as head coach shortly after Sandusky’s arrest. He died in January from complications of lung cancer.
TIMELINE OF THE CASE
1969: Jerry Sandusky starts his coaching career at Penn State as a defensive-line coach.
1977: Sandusky starts the Second Mile, first as a group foster home for underprivileged boys. It grows into a charity dedicated to children with absent or dysfunctional families.
1994: Boy identified as “Victim 7” meets Sandusky through the Second Mile at age 10.
1994-95: Boy identified as “Victim 6” meets Sandusky at the Second Mile picnic at age 7 or 8.
1995-96: Boy known as “Victim 5” meets Sandusky through the Second Mile at 7 or 8.
1996-97: Boy known as “Victim 4” meets Sandusky through the Second Mile at age 12 or 13. 1997: Boy identified as “Victim 10” meets Sandusky through the Second Mile at age 10.
Jan. 1, 1998: “Victim 4” is listed, along with Sandusky’s wife, as a member of Sandusky’s family party for the 1998 Outback Bowl.
May 3, 1998: Sandusky allegedly takes “Victim 6” to the Penn State football locker-room showers when he is 11. His mother reports the incident to university police, who investigate. Officers eavesdrop on conversations between the mother and Sandusky, who allegedly says, “I wish I could get forgiveness … I wish I were dead.” No criminal charges are filed after then-Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar closes the case.
June 1999: Sandusky retires from Penn State; maintains emeritus status.
Dec. 28, 1999: “Victim 4” is listed, along with Sandusky’s wife, as a member of Sandusky’s family party for the 1999 Alamo Bowl.
Summer 2000: Boy identified as “Victim 3” meets Sandusky through the Second Mile.
November 2000: Penn State janitor James Calhoun purportedly observes Sandusky performing oral sex on an 11- to 13-year-old boy identified as “Victim 8” in the football locker-room showers. He reports it to his supervisor.
Feb. 9, 2001: Mike McQueary, then a Penn State football graduate assistant, allegedly observes Sandusky and a 10-year-old boy, identified as “Victim 2.” in the shower for 2 3 second glances. McQueary tells his father, Dr. Jonathan Dranov MD., head football coach Joe Paterno, and later athletic director Tim Curley and university vice president Gary Schultz. Outside authorities are never notified. Curley reports the incident to Jack Raykovitz at the Second Mile and supends Sandusky’s locker-room privileges with kids.
2005: Boy identified as “Victim 9” meets Sandusky through the Second Mile at age 11 or 12. 2005-06: Boy identified as “Victim 1” meets Sandusky through the Second Mile at age 11 or 12. He later claims Sandusky abused him over a period of three years starting in 2006.
2006-09: “Victim 9” spends several nights at Sandusky’s home in a bedroom in his basement; maintains he was abused on numerous occasions.
Spring 2008: “Victim 1’s” mother reports a sexual assault. Sandusky is barred from a Clinton County high school that the boy attends. and early in 2009: The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, under Tom Corbett, launches an investigation into “Victim 1’s” allegations that takes until Nov 5 of 2011 to result in charges by the Grand Jury almost 3 years later.
September 2009: Sandusky retires from day-to-day involvement with the Second Mile, saying he will spend more time with family and handle personal matters.
Nov. 5, 2011: Sandusky is arrested, charged with molesting at least eight boys over a 15-year-period, and released on $100,000 bail after being arraigned on 40 criminal counts.
Nov. 9, 2011: Penn State’s board of trustees ousts Paterno and university President Graham Spanier amid growing criticism brought on by the outrageous misrepresentations in the Grand Jury Presentment by AG Linda Kelly and perjury charges against Curley and Schultz over alleged differences in the memories of Mike McQueary and Tim & Gary about what was said in a 10 to 15 min meeting a decade in the past.
Nov. 13, 2011: Second Mile CEO Jack Raykovitz resigns amid the scandal that has engulfed the charity. And the public is still not privy what Jack Raykovitz did with the knowledge of the 98 and 01 shower incidents.
Nov. 14, 2011: In an interview with NBC’s Bob Costas days after his arrest, Sandusky says: “I enjoy young people. I love to be around them, but no, I’m not sexually attracted to young boys.”
Dec. 3, 2011: In an interview with the New York Times, Sandusky characterizes the roughhousing and wrestling he frequently did with youths he took under his wing as “precious times.” He denies sexual contact with children.
Dec. 7, 2011: Sandusky is arrested again as prosecutors add two more alleged victims — “Victim 9” and “Victim 10” — to their case. He is released on a $250,000 bond and confined to his home under monitoring.
Dec. 13, 2011: Sandusky waives his preliminary hearing in Centre County and vows to fight the charges.
May 25, 2012: The Second Mile, citing a severe drop-off in donations and volunteer support, asks court permission to shut down and transfer its assets and programs to a Texas-based charity Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky goes on trial on Tuesday on 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a 15-year period.
ANOTHER REPORT CONCERNING THE VICTIMS
Here are details from grand jury reports about the boys Sandusky is alleged to have abused and on the former coach's alleged behavior. The boys are known in court documents as Victims 1 to 10.
Here are details from grand jury reports about the boys Sandusky is alleged to have abused and on the former coach's alleged behavior. The boys are known in court documents as Victims 1 to 10.
VICTIM 1 - The boy alleges Sandusky indecently fondled him and they performed oral sex on each other. He was 11 or 12 when he met Sandusky in 2005 or 2006 through the Second Mile, a charity Sandusky founded to help at-risk children. An elementary-school wrestling coach discovered Victim 1 and Sandusky having physical contact in a weight room in 2006 or 2007.
VICTIM 2 - Mike McQueary, then a graduate assistant, said he saw Sandusky with a boy about 10 years old on February 9, 2001, in a Penn State shower room. The date was originally reported as 2002 but prosecutors amended it. The incident was not reported to police or child welfare services. The boy has not been identified. Gary Schultz, the former vice president for business and finance, and former Athletic Director Tim Curley face charges of perjury due to differences in their recollection of a 10 to 15 min conversation with Mike McQueary a decade in the past.
VICTIM 3 - Met Sandusky through the Second Mile in 2000, when he was in seventh or eighth grade. He testified that Sandusky bearhugged him and initiated physical contact in showers. Sandusky touched his genitals through athletic shorts when he slept over at the older man's home.
VICTIM 4 - Testified he repeatedly underwent involuntary sexual intercourse and indecent assault. The assaults allegedly took place on campus, at Toftrees, a resort where the football team stayed before home games, and at bowl games in 1998 and 1999. Sandusky initiated physical contact through a "soap battle" in a shower. The boy was lavished with gifts.
VICTIM 5 - Testified that he met Sandusky through the Second Mile in 1995 or 1996, when he was 7 or 8. He said Sandusky allegedly took the victim's hand and placed it on his genitals in a locker room shower.
VICTIM 6 - Met Sandusky through the Second Mile in 1994 or 1995, when he was 7 or 8 years old. Sandusky lathered the boy with soap and bearhugged him in football showers in 1998. The boy's mother reported the incident to university police. It was thoroughly investigated by police and child services but no criminal charges were filed. The mother confronted Sandusky while police eavesdropped, and Sandusky told her: "I wish I were dead."
VICTIM 7 - Testified he met Sandusky through the Second Mile in 1994 when he was about 10. Sandusky bearhugged him and cracked his back, showered with him, and put his hand on the boy's thigh.
VICTIM 8 - A janitor saw Sandusky performing oral sex on a boy in a football locker room in fall 2000, another employee has testified. The incident was not reported. The boy's identity is unknown. The janitor has dementia and is incompetent to testify.
VICTIM 9 - Met Sandusky after he started attending Second Mile activities in 2004. He stayed overnight in the Sandusky home several times between the ages of 12 and 15. He described a pattern of sexual assault over a period of years, including oral and anal sex. Sandusky gave the boy gifts and money.
VICTIM 10 - He became involved with the Second Mile in 1997 at age 10. He testified that he and Sandusky performed oral sex on each other, and Sandusky bought him gifts and took him to football games.
ANOTHER STORY LISTS THE VICTIMS AND CHARGES THIS WAY
Victim 10, According to the grand jury report, he was 10 years old in 1997 when he first met Sandusky. Victim 10 testified that Sandusky submitted him to touching and attempted sexual acts in the fall of 1997. He is now 23 or 24 years old, the report states.
ANOTHER STORY LISTS THE VICTIMS AND CHARGES THIS WAY
Victim 1, According the grand jury report, he was was 11 or 12 when he met Sandusky in 2005 or 2006. During 2007, he spent several nights at the Sandusky home, where he was abused 20 or more times, he testified. He is now 17 or 18 years old.
Victim 2, According to the grand jury report, he is the child involved in the alleged 2002 incident which Mike McQueary witnessed in the showers of the Lasch football building. The boy's age is unknown, and according to the report, has never been identified. Sandusky's defense team believes they have located him and that he will testify. The date was later changed to Feb 9 2001
Victim 3, According to the grand jury report, he was 13 in 2000 when Sandusky allegedly abused him in the showers at a local gym by touching and hugging him. The abuse happened several times, the grand jury states, and he is reported to have been been a friend of Victim 4. Victims 3 is now 24, the report says.
Victim 4, According to the grand jury, he was 12 or 13 when he met Sandusky in 1996 or 1997. He was sexually abused by Sandusky at the Toftrees Golf Resort, where Penn State stays the night before a home football game, it's alleged. Sandusky also abused Victim 4 at the 1998 Outback Bowl and 1999 Alamo Bowl, where he was listed as a family member in Sandusky's party, the report states. The report says he is now 27 years old.
Victim 5, The grand jury alleges he met Sandusky in 1995 or 1996, when he was 7 or 8 years old. The alleged abuse took place in 1996 or 1997 in the showers of the football locker room, the report states. Victim 5 is now 22, the report states.
Victim 6, According to the grand jury, he called an episode in 1998 at age 11 when Sandusky approached him in the shower, grabbed him around the waist and said, "I'm going to squeeze your guts out." Victim 6's mother reported the incident to police but no charges were filed and the case was dropped. Victims 6 is now 24 years old, the grand jury report states. This incident was thoroughly investigated by police and child services.
Victim 7, According the grand jury report, he met Sandusky in 1994 at age 10. He is now 26. Victim 7 testified he had a blurry memory of some of alleged contact between him and Sandusky in the locker room showers. The report states he had not had contact with Sandusky for nearly two years but was contacted separately by Sandusky, his wife and a family friend in the weeks leading up to his appearance before the grand jury. He did not return these missed calls, the report states.
Victim 8, His age is unkown, but he was seen in the showers with Sandusky by a janitor in the fall of 2000, the grand jury alleges. Various sexual acts were reported to have taken place, but Victim 8 has not been identified. The janitor now suffers from dementia.
Victim 9, was 11 or 12 years old when alleged abuse by Sandusky took place, according to the grand jury report. He had been an active member of The Second Mile between 2004-08 and reported to have been abused by Sandusky in the basement of the Sandusky home more than a dozen times. He testified his scream for help went unanswered even when he knew Sandusky's wife was upstairs. He is now 18, the report states.
