Jerry Sandusky: Joe Paterno Never Questioned Me About Child Abuse
Jerry Sandusky Paterno Never Questioned Me About Child Abuse
Accused child molester Jerry Sandusky claims Joe Paterno never once confronted him about Sandusky's alleged rape of a 10-year-old boy in 2002 inside a Penn State locker room, despite having knowledge of the incident.
In an interview with the New York Times, Sandusky claims the former head coach also never spoke to him about a similar molestation complaint in 1998, investigated by the Penn State campus police. Sandusky said, “I never talked to him about either one. That’s all I can say. I mean, I don’t know.”
Paterno was fired last month, after failing to report the incidents to police.
During the interview, Sandusky insisted he never sexually abused any child, claiming prosecutors have "taken everything that I ever did for any young person and twisted it to say that my motives were sexual or whatever."
Sandusky has been charged with 40 counts of molesting eight boys over 15 years and is currently free on $100,000 bail.