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Subscribe to RSSLawyers representing Jerry Sandusky on Tuesday called for a ream of additional information from the prosecution in the sexual abuse case against the former Pennsylvania State football coach — including phone numbers of the 10 alleged victims — as it attempts to show that the accusers conspired to bring charges, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
"In many cases, the defendant believes the accusers may have collaborated with each other in making these false accusations," according to the 37-page motion filed by defense attorney Joseph Amendola.
Sandusky, 68, is facing 52 counts of child sex abuse involving 10 boys between 1994 and 2008. Sandusky waived a preliminary hearing, and is slated to proceed to trial.
The filing asked the judge overseeing the case, John Cleland, to order the prosecution to turn over or disclose redacted details on dozens of police reports, as well as psychiatric evaluations of the alleged victims and interview notes from the three-year long investigation, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.
The report said that Cleland is expected to address this issue, as well Sandusky’s effort to modify his bail conditions at the same proceeding on Friday.
The coach has been under house arrest since he was released on $250,000 bail in December.
As NBC News’ Michael Isikoff reported Tuesday, the prosecutors are seeking to tighten bail conditions after receiving reports from anxious neighbors that Sandusky has been spotted sitting on the deck of his house watching schoolchildren in a nearby playground.
Sandusky had been seeking permission to have supervised visits with his grandchildren, but the prosecutors noted in a filing that the ex-wife of one of Sandusky's sons "strenuously objects to her three minor children having any contact whatsoever with the defendant."
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The reek of desperation is strong with Sandusky. The guys lawyer is trying so hard to make his guy sound like a victim. He can't even come up with a good defense.
Yeah, saw the headline and first thought was.."Oh here we go." it was just a matter of time before the scumbag lawyer tried to turn this on the victims. The guy is going to prison for the rest of his life, so i guess he has really nothing to lose.
As with any defense, attack the reliability of any and all witnesses. Victims become victims once more - compliments of our judicial system.
To anyone who has followed the many twists and turns in this case, a conspiracy of the "witnesses" is more credible than McQueary's testimony in this case.
When one realizes that McQueary's changed testimony is the only basis for the strong impression that irrefutable proof is there, and realizes that McQueary reportedly denied at first that he had seen anything overtly sexual, and then takes into consideration that there may be millions of dollars in payout to the "victims" in this case, it then becomes entirely reasonable to ask this very question. Did the accusers conspire to gether to falsely accuse Sandusky in order to profit therefrom?
Given ALL of the testimony that I have read about, that is the ONE scenario that makes any real sense here.
Believe whatever you choose. But if you believe anything that McQueary says at this point in time, you are deceived.
ALL of the available evidence from the other persons involved indicates that McQueary is the person who is lying.
If that is the case, then what becomes of the little army of "witnesses" he has gathered around him to "corroborate" his testimony? Think milions of dollars. Now, again, who is telling the truth? You think you KNOW?
Sandusky is too clumsy to be falsely denying this. His clumsy denials can only be sincere. Use your hearts.
I'm 100% sure that if Jerry Sandusky was a bum on the streets no one would have came forward.
I'm 100% sure that if Jerry Sandusky was a bum on the streets, he wouldn't have had access to children like he had in his role as both a Penn St coach and founder of a charity for disadvantaged youth.
Donald, usually when people are out for money, they first go to the person and say..."hey, i'm about to tell everyone this, you need to pay us off to keep us quiet." Considering, males are less likely to to come out and admit they had been molested, because socially their sexually will be questioned, and have to suffer thru constant questioning in the public eye with such a high profile case, more so when a trial begins and sooner or later their names are made public...wait...no, let me just say this...ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME? GET A GRIP.
I doubt there's been a vast conspiracy among children to be abused by Sandusky. I doubt the children are the evil ones in this sorry affair. I think the evil one is Sandusky himself; his lawyers are sampling a bit of that for themselves.
That is so sad those kids had to go through that. If anyone ever touches my child I would go crazy! and then for his lawyer to turn it on the kids ...obviously trying to take the attention off his GUILTY client! and the fact that he was doing this and getting away with it for so many years is sickening . I pray for the children and families that are going through this.
Blame the victim. That's always classy. The guy got caught, red-handed, having sex with a little boy. They didn't "collaborate" that.
Jeffor- your almost right. He was observed raping a little boy. Also the guy that observed this was a spineless
jerk(Mccreary) who was too scared to kick the living crap out of this P.O.S.. You are also right, they most certainly didn't collaberate thier stories.