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Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is driven from the Centre County Courthouse after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa., on Tuesday.
PHILADELPHIA -- Convicted child sex abuser Jerry Sandusky perceived himself as David, fighting Goliath as the sex scandal unfolded, sending him to prison for at least 30 years, rewriting the history of one of the greatest college football programs in the country, and prompting the firing of its legendary coach, Joe Paterno.
"I was supposed to be David but failed to pick up the sling shot," Sandusky wrote in a letter to Judge John Cleland of McKean County Common Pleas Court less than two weeks before he was sentenced. "Goliath won, and I must deal with the outcome. Just like preparing for an athletic contest, I am trying to prepare for what comes."
The letter was released to the public Thursday morning by court officials.
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Sandusky sent the letter to the judge hoping to influence him as he decided how to punish the former Penn State assistant football coach. Sandusky was convicted in June on 45 counts of child sex abuse. His wife, Dottie, also wrote a letter. Both parents put some of the blame for Sandusky's guilty verdicts on their son, Matt. Late in the trial, as the jury was already deliberating, Matt Sandusky made a stunning announcement through his attorney that his father abused him too when he was a boy.
"In my heart I know I did not do these disgusting acts," Sandusky wrote. "However, I didn't tell the jury. Our son changed our plans when he switched sides."
"We have forgiven him many times for all he has done to our family thinking that he was changing his life, but he would always go back to his stealing and lies," she wrote. "He has been diagnose (sic) with Bipolar, but he refuses to take his medicine."
Dottie Sandusky to judge: 'Jerry is not the monster'
Information came out after Sandusky's conviction that he never testified at trial because his son Matt had threatened to take the stand if Sandusky talked. Sandusky, 68, ended up defending himself, defiantly, a total of three times before he was sentenced. First, in an 11th-hour type of move, a Penn State radio station played a three-minute statement he recorded from jail earlier that day. The tone and themes of that statement lasted for 18 minutes the next morning, as Sandusky rambled on in court, blaming a web of conspirators for his downfall. That was right before the judge admonished him and then sentenced him to a minimum of 30 years, but no more than 60 years, in prison.
"You abused the trust of those who trusted you. . .so the crime isn't just what you did to their bodies, but to their psyche; their soul," Cleland said in court.
Jerry Sandusky, who is officially labeled a sexually violent predator, will be transferred from county jail to state prison next week to begin serving what amounts to a life in prison following Tuesday's sentencing. NBC's Michael Isikoff reports.
Here is the entire text of Sandusky's letter to the judge:
September 27, 2012
Hon. John M. Cleland, Senior Judge Specially Presiding
Dear Sir:
I write without expectation or a plea for leniency. However, I write with hope and resolve to keep fighting for a brighter day. This has been quite an experience. As I sat looking at walls, I spent many hours reliving this ordeal. First, I looked at me, my vulnerability, my naivety (some say stupidity), and my trust in people. Soon, my thoughts turned to all the special people who have been hurt. My heart saddened, and my eyes filled. Later, I began to relive the events leading up to the trial and the trial. Having the time to do it was not the problem it had been in preparation. There were so many people involved in the orchestration of this conviction (media, investigators, prosecutors, "the system", Penn State, and the accusers). It was well done. They won! When I thought about how it transpired, I wondered what they had won. I thought of the methods, decisions, and allegations. I relieved the inconsistent and dishonest testimonies. My mind wondered again. What would be the outcome of all the honest testimonies? My mind wondered again. What would be the outcome of all the accusers and their families who were investigated? I knew the answer. All of their issues would surface. They would no longer be these poor, innocent people, as portrayed. I have been blamed for all of their failures and shortcomings, but nobody mentioned the impact of the people who spent much more time with them than I did. Nobody mentioned the impact of abandonment, neglect, abuse, insecurity, and conflicting messages that the biological parents might have had in this. Those who have worked with troubled lives realize a common reaction for those with low self esteem is often to blame others. They have been rewarded for forgetting, fabricating, and exaggerating. Maybe, they will have a better place to live, a new car, access to more highs, but they won't change. Most of their rewards will be very temporary.
When I reflected, I realized much of what transpired was about protection. I was placed in protective custody; "the system" protected "the system", the media, the prosecution, the civil attorneys, and the accusers. Everybody protected themselves. Penn State, with its own system, protected their public image, their decisions, and the allegations. The authorities were protected. Media protected their jobs and ambitions. Prosecutors protected their jobs and egos. "The system" protected the prosecution. As the stakes became higher, people had more to protect. Civil attorneys were protected. The accusers were protected and provided access to potential financial gain, free attorneys, accolades, psychologists, and attention. Current and former police investigators protected their decisions and explanations to avoid criticism. The jury put up a protective shield to avoid criticism from family, friends, and the public.
Ringing through my ears were attorney Amendola's words, "It doesn't make sensei" I asked myself. Is justice more than just a word? Is fairness more than just a dream? My jaw began to tighten. Then I thought of not being able to be with my wife Dottie, not seeing our dog, Bo, not being there for our kids, not seeing our grandchildren mature, not being with friends, not playing games with loved ones and friends, helping others less, laughing less, and crying more. A chill went up my spine, and my eyes filled again.
Eventually, I thought of the words of Thoreau sent to me by a friend, "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." Instead of walls, I saw great memories: I saw loved ones who will carry the light; I saw family and friends; I saw those who overcame huge obstacles; I saw all the people who thrived with a little of our help and hope; I saw a locker room with people hugging and crying as national champs; I saw all the people who have stood by me; I saw all the inspirational cards and letters I had received; I saw me throwing thousands of kids up in the air and them asking for more; I saw me in hundreds of water battles that nobody wanted to end; I saw black, white, brown, yellow, young, old, gifted, and handicapped all at our home; I saw kids laughing and playing; I saw a big, lovable dog licking their faces; and I saw inmates who smiled at me and offered kindness even when I was confined. My heart began to warm.
I've had some difficulties seeing a purpose. The best immediate one may be some vulnerable children may be helped. Some, who may have been abused, might not be as a result of the publicity. I'm not sure about that. I would relish the opportunity to be a little candle for other inmates, as some have been a light for me. Otherwise, I hope the suffering improves our chances for a better life when the last breath comes.
Searching for strength I read many books. One was about a family's efforts to help abandoned children in Romania. It was familiar to me. Most of them were about life's struggles and people's strength to endure. Systems all over the world demanded control and were willing to destroy lives to maintain it. These books represented the worst of life and the best of life. There was extreme greed, hate, and cruelty, combined with love and forgiveness. It was as dismal as it could be, but there was always a little light. The suffering of millions put my struggle in some perspective, and hopefully, will bring strength and courage throughout the rest of my journey.
The book with the most impact for me was entitled Left to Tell. It was about an amazing woman of tremendous faith who survived the Rwandan Holocaust. Over a million people were killed because they had to pick sides. She talked about what happened. In the words of a pastor, "I've seen these killing sprees before - once the blood lust is in the air, you can trust no one, not even your own children." There was betrayal and murder. Families turned against one another. Best friends became enemies. Those who had been helped at one point in their life sought and killed those who had helped them. In a lesser way I've experienced this. Through the darkness there was light. Loyalty prevailed when the lady's (Imaculee's) brother stood up for her before his execution. He said, "Even if I knew where my beautiful sister was, I wouldn't tell you." I also related to that as my loved ones and true friends have remained loyal to me.
My trust in people, systems, and fairness has diminished. My faith in God who sends light through the darkness has remained. My heart has been broken but still works. In my heart I know I did not do these disgusting acts. However, I didn't tell the jury. Our son changed our plans when he switched sides. I was supposed to be David but failed to pick up the sling shot. Goliath won, and I must deal with the outcome. Just like preparing for an athletic contest, I am trying to prepare for what comes. I have chosen books with this mind. I have given many second chances and will ask for one. The battle will continue for me and those like Imaculee's brother who remained loyal and shared the hurt.
Respectfully submitted,
Jerry Sandusky
Although Sandusky's sentence is tantamount to a life sentence for the 68-year-old, his attorneys say he truly believes he can get the verdict overturned. They are planning to appeal on the grounds that Sandusky's defense team did not have enough time to adequately prepare his case.
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bend over david.this guy is just too much.
bailiff? whack his pee pee!
if i were the judge (and i'm SO glad i'm not), i'd have sent my response: "tl;dr"
Sandusky spent his entire life sexual abusing little boy’s; he did not become a pedophile mid life as some sort of mid life crisis. For 40 plus years he had everyone convinced he could do no wrong and each time confronted with an allegation he convinced the idiot people that he had done nothing wrong. Sandusky is flabbergasted that you do not believe him anymore; he is mortified that he has been convicted because in his little immature mind he did nothing wrong; he loved the boy’s and they turned against his love. Sandusky is a very sick and demented man and he will die claiming he did nothing wrong and Dottie will die claiming she did nothing wrong. No pedophile will EVER admit they did anything wrong because the only person they care about is themselves.
When a child is sexual abused, you kill all that that child could have been. You smash that child’s soul. You ruin that child’s body. You ruin that child’s trust in the world. One in four girls is sexual abused. One in six boys are sexual abused. Strangers rarely abuse kids. Parents make extra double sure that anyone around your child deserves the trust you are giving them; if he is “too good to be true”, he is too good to be TRUE.
We all know someone that has been sexual abused. The greatest thing anyone can ever do is just ask. Just simply ask and listen. You know someone that was sexually abused, you just do not know it yet.
Kim-You sound like you know first hand. I hope not-but if so, you are strong to speak to others so eloquently.
I can't wait until enough time has gone by that this POS is forgotten about and left to rot in prison with no publicity.
"Goliath" is coming in the shower Jerry and he can't wait until you get there. The guards will shut the shower doors and smile as you scream just like your wife did when you raped little boys. Justice has been served very well.
Troy1101: Really, I wish the media would stop giving this guy so much press. They won't let wounds heal. Sandusky is a POS and he is continuing to torment those he abused by what is coming out of his mouth and the press is aiding him. Sandusky paints himself and his wife as the only ones involved in this incident of pure of heart. Like he is a martyr and the rest of the world villains. Jerry grew up in my area. His father ran the Brownson House. It is a charity for kids sports. Sometimes I wonder if Jerry wasn't jealous of the kids his father helped. I wonder if Jerry has ever thought what his father would think of him or if he is doing this to spite his father.
Funny, did you notice how many times he stated "I" in the letter? It's always about the abuser, they're needs, wants, wishes. Sadly they want to keep abusing yet be loved by they're victims. If the victims speak up at all, even just to defend themselves, protect themselves or cut off contact then the victim is at fault, have emotional problems or are "BAD" in some way therefore it still is not the abuser's fault. I saw someone state he might not be guilty and that it would be really sad if a great man went down for false allegations. You know whats sad, when a child that's abused speaks up and no one listens or believes or does anything at all. That's what happens alllllll the time just take it from me
Get busy Dieing Jerry! Ever hear of the game Korn-Hole? You'll learn the "hard" way.
I am 56 years old and have spent my adult life talking about my sexual abuse, because NO ONE was talking about sexual abuse. I can not tell you how many times I have heard’ “I have never told anyone this before…” People are just starting to talk openly about it. I guess I just always knew I was not the only one. To make a long story very short, my neighborhood sexual abused me, different men and teenage boy’s a different times. The first time I was around five and this old grandpa type was sexually abusing all the boy’s and girls in the neighborhood. I eventually told my parents and the cops told my parents to keep me away from him. See, back 50 years ago the cops did nothing. Well we moved, but once you have that tattoo on your forehead, “I am Sex”, you just fall into the trap of more abuse. The very last person was my high school teacher. So if I can get anyone to listen, I will talk about, because I know I have a bunch of brothers and sisters just like me out there. I have used Sandusky as a learning tool, as he is a fine example of a true pedophile.
Hate to say it, but Sandusky sounds really delusional-not as in mentally ill, but as in serious denial. It's not unusual for abusers to find ways to justify their actions and to blame others.
Denial, denial, denial is all about life. My uncle abused me for many years since the age of 3 years old and after I grew up he say sorry to me but denies it in front of the family. Write to me for consulations at fredysan2006athutmaildotcome
I feel as though his wife needs to be locked up and I think they need to investigate weather she is hiding the abuse of his and her own child.
Someone do something to put this monster of a "woman" away before we find out she is doing it too to others. I think she is and has.
There child needs to request both of them be put to death.
What a Monster! Sandusky said:
"the system" protected "the system", the media, the prosecution, the civil attorneys, and the accusers. Everybody protected themselves. Penn State, with its own system, protected their public image, their decisions, and the allegations. The authorities were protected. Media protected their jobs and ambitions. Prosecutors protected their jobs and egos. "The system" protected the prosecution. As the stakes became higher, people had more to protect. Civil attorneys were protected. The accusers were protected and provided access to potential financial gain, free attorneys, accolades, psychologists, and attention. Current and former police investigators protected their decisions and explanations to avoid criticism. The jury put up a protective shield to avoid criticism from family, friends, and the public."
He blamed everyone except his sorry a.s.s.e.d self.
Sorry David. You were Goliath to those innocent boys you were terrorizing. The "System" finally protected more innocent boys from YOU!
If this monster (Sandusky) views himself as David, he'll meet his real GOLIATH in jail. I hope he's ready to take Goliath's head!
What a delusional POS! After reading his letter, it made my skin crawl! What goes around comes around and I pray to God he will get whats coming to him, one way or another!
Go away ugly old man. The big boys in prison want to play with you.
Yup more of the denial and why me and I I I, attitude. Time for this scumbag to shut up and the media to stop focusing on him. If they want to focus on anything they need to turn the cameras back onto Penn State and start grilling the administration again for starters; there should be others joining him, including his wife. And focus on what we as a country can do to make sure there are no more system failures like this again.
I personally don't care if this scum bag ever decides to finally admit what he did but at least he won't be able to hurt anyone else now. IMO he should be standing in front of a firing squad or a post with a rope but again at least he can't hurt anymore kids and chances are good he will get a little taste of his own medicine. Not to step down to his level but sometimes the sentence of sitting in a cell just doesn't quit do it since that is where he is going to be, again though, I would rather he be put down and forgotten then allowed to live any longer and on the TP'ers dime.
It is time
It will be nice when this guy gets swallowed up into the "system" and we don't hear any more about this.
Matt: you were brave to come forward with the truth. You did the right thing; now, go surround yourself with strong, ethical, loving people who will do you no harm.
MSNBC and all other media: don't give SandSCHMUCKsky any more attention than is absolutely necessary to report the news. Don't show his face. Don't give full accounts of everything he says. Let him slither into the hell he has created for himself.
Would somebody please just stomp his face in already?
So Kim, because you were sexually abused, anyone and everyone who is accused of sexual abuse must be guilty. Right? In light of the fact that so many people are falsely accused and sent to prison, only to be found innocent many years later, I am so happy that YOU are not judge, jury, and executioner. Because of your severe emotional condition, you would most certainly be a threat to society were you to have such power. And, by the way, thank God you can never sit on a jury. I am sorry for the tragedies that occurred in your life, but having you post on this board is like having you as a witness for the prosecution. All you will do is poison the facts of the case with your bad personal experiences.
Kim, thank you for telling your story. No, sadly you are not alone. Years ago children were not taught about appropriate touching or, for that matter, what physical abuse was. Had I had those lessons several adults in our family would have found themselves behind bars. I have stopped the cycle of abuse in my family. You sound like you have come to a strong and self-accepting point in your life. Good for you!
Parents need to talk with their children about what is and what is not appropriate. They need to tell their children that they should never believe the threats of an abuser and that the parents welcome and encourage the children to come talk with them if someone does something that does not seem right. Too many parents talk with their children about stranger danger, but molesters are typically PEOPLE THEY KNOW.
PAJ, you're a twisted, sick slime ball. Are you a pedophile? Kim didn't say anywhere in her post that everyone who makes accusations of molestation is telling the truth. She is speaking to her experience and the experiences of people who have opened up to her...with nothing to gain for doing so.
Go back under your bridge, troll!
Read Malcolm Gladwell's excellent article in the New Yorker to understand the methodical way pedophiles--including Sandusky--groom their victims and fool everyone else. Sandusky is a self-serving narcissist/sociopath who throws his OWN CHILD (Matt) under the bus. And Dottie's own denial has contributed to the years of hurt he inflicted. No one--except possibly the delusional Sandusky and his wife--believes his lies. His rambling self-serving letter and tears--exclusively for HIMSELF--fool no one else. I do feel a little bit for Dottie: if she emerges from her denial--which she may do without Sandusky present in her life--the pain will be excruciating, as she will realize she has really spent her life with a monster.
He is a pedophile that is wealthy and has powerful friends he will be in protective custody and isolated from the general population from the day he steps into prison to the day he taken out in an ambulance. He will most likely die sitting in a recliner watching tv in his special important people cell that has no bars on the window. He will have access to better medical facilities and food then the general population and will probably have a key to his own door that lets him walk around the isolated facility he is in whenever he chooses. The class system carriers over even to prison.
Yep, Rhazes is correct. Even though he's been sent to prison, his life there will still be better than a lot of Americans. The very wealthy usually go to a country club without a golf course. We'll see what happens.
POOR, POOR Jerry!
I hope you get at least a few years in with the general population!!!!
Wrong, Jer, all the Davids you raped won.
You, Paterno, and the vile administrators at Penn State were the Goliaths.
Amazing!, Neither this doucebag or his miserable c@nt of a wife get it. YOU RAPED CHILDREN!!!
Reading his letter, you can just tell he is guilty. He blames everyone but himself and his only defenses are words of blame for everyone else and most especially his accusers and his own son - he won't even use the word victims. An innocent man fights back with facts while a guilty man fights with words because that's all he has since there are no facts that will support his innocence.
Now, stop posting stories about this guy - I am sick of seeing that goofy grin on his stupid face! Toss him in his cell and let him rot!!!
PAJ - I have read your posts and your are a very angry, frustrated, venomous person that has no compassion, empathy, and heart. You can not ever get anyone to listen to you with venomous words filled with hate, lack of true knowledge and poison. Just like no one cares what Sandusky wrote; no one cares to read your words. You cry out in a scream and no one will ever hear your venom words that are nasty. I am not quite sure why you think Sandusky is innocent, but I do know that the evidence against Sandusky is overwhelming. They withheld victims from the trial because they were ready with an entirely different prosecuting case, just incase, because they were so determined to keep Sandusky away from children; children he readily had available to get to through his charity. As I suspect there are people on this comment panel that have a completely different agenda; and agenda that Sandusky did no wrong, that Sandusky had a right to abuse those little boy’s and the little kid in me, that is always right there, says you and Sandusky walk the same path. The world is full of pedophiles and they stick together in a brotherhood of vile evil straight from the devil himself.
Here's something to remember, pedophiles seek positions in life that give them access to children. Sandusky is no different than that clown who raped that 12 year old girl, he was just in a better position and had more respect which made it all the more easier for him to get away with it for so many years.
I highly doubt they will call him David in the "Slamher". It'll be more like "Big Old P.U.S.S.Y! Better get caught up on the Spranos Jer.
for someone accused of such an awful thing, as sexually abusing/molesting/harming a child...you'd think their defense would be more than this:
"In my heart I know I did not do these disgusting acts."
the problem with this statement isnt just that, in this entire letter, it's the ONLY statement denying the charges against him, but that he's not REALLY denying the charges against him, but rather the charges against him are DISGUSTING.
in his mind, everything he ever did - sexually - to a child was beautiful and loving, from a place of love and happiness. he never harmed a child, in his mind, especially, as he laid out, that all the children he sexually abused were harmed far greater by other people in their lives.
naturally, because it's so much easier to claim the child you sexually abused is a liar if they have a really troubled life to begin with, issues with being trusted and believed, especially.
which explains why his son matt, the bipolar liar, cheat and thief, is the one he sexually abused. if had done so to his more trusted children, how could his wife or anyone else not believe Sandusky's version of events?
it's not rocket science...he picked his victims carefully and with great consideration for whether or not they were to be believed and trusted.
Like a kid is going to just come out of the woodwork for no apparent reason and admit to something unimaginably disgusting like that ? Sure thing you sick bstrd..
Judges LOVE it when convicted felons refuse to take any responsibility but plead for a lower sentence based on the fact that they were wrongly convicted and the system screwed them.... This guy is delusional. EVERYBODY made up ALL their stories because they hate Penn State football and they wanted to get even with you, Jerry. The fact that you were seen having sex in the shower with a boy was all part of the conspiracy. The fact that everyone at Penn State knew you were a molester and protected you was part of it as well.
You should be thankful you lived as a free man until you were 68 years old. That's much better than you deserved!
Kim I read with interest your 1st post, but then grew back after I read your response to Paj - No where did he say Sandusky was innocent, yet you said he did. Paj is right about one thing, you are not an objective viewer, your experiences causes you to interpret differently than others who don't have your life experience in common. Paj also has compassion for you and others, you need to re-read his post, especially the latter part..
I hope this POS gets the therapy he needs to see the beast he really is, although I doubt he will understand. He more or less confessed to showering with young boys back when this latest chapter broke in an interview shown on tv. He denied he did anything wrong then, too. Someone on this board mentioned that Sandusky's father ran a charity for young, troubled boys. Since abusers usually have a history of being abused, I wonder if his father did the same thing. Mind you, I am not looking for any excuses for him - there is no excuse for what he did to these boys - but it is a possibility.
As for Kim, I hope that talking with other abuse victims is helping you to heal in some way. Willowbrook, it could be that Kim's feelings, as well as Paj's feelings, are colored by what they went through. And, yes, it did sound as if Paj was defending Sandusky's behavior to Kim in the earlier posts, IMO.
Willow - I read all of his post, not just this one of his post.
To the Sanduskys:
You can blame Matt all you want, HOWEVER, the fact remains that Jerry was convicted of his crimes by a jury of his peers and NOT ONE OF THEM knew about Matt's testimony until it was over. How do you explain that you explain that you POS? Dottie - you are the most despicable mother I have ever seen, blaming your own kid for your pervert husbands crimes. Maybe there is a reason nature wouldn't let you have any kids of your own.
(And btw, I don't mean for that comment to offend anybody else reading this. Just her.)
KIm, thank you for your honesty. Perhaps I can't be objective, but I've always thought the problem of child abuse (sexual as well as other forms) is much more pervasive than people realize.
Three of my sisters were sexually abused as toddlers by my father, and my brother was molested by our Catholic priest. Even though I was spared, I was affected. I also had childhood friends, a brother and sister, who at ages 9 and 7, confided in me and my little sister of being sexually molested by the son of their church's pastor. I still remember the anger and helplessness of knowing there was no adult I could tell, nor, frankly, any adult I could trust. After all, in my little hometown, my now dying father, that long dead priest and the pastor as well, are still considered to have been pillars of the community.
I'm 57 years old, and I feel I've lived a fairly charmed life, despite an unpleasant childhood, but as fortunate as my life has been, the scars and ugliness of my family upbringing has never ever faded and is ever present in deep in my soul.
Bless you, Kim, for speaking up. Predators like Sandusky spend their lives depending on people remaining silent, on turning away from what they don't want to accept. I don't care what happens to this man once in prison--I care more that everyone do what they can to prevent future victims of child abuse, who end up in mentally crippling prisons as bad or worse than any cushy place Sandusky is being sent to.
We all know this POS got what we wanted..he'll never see freedom again!
Instead of posting your opinions ( which you have that rights) about it..we should now focus on those who are still free..but did a cover up...send these people to prison too !
I can't BELIEVE any fool on this board would try to argue with Kim. Some of you must be nuts!
Kim, thank you for sharing that very personal and touching story.
It's hard to even discuss these pedophiles/child abuser news stories with others... so many people have been abused.
Kim, what exactly was it about you that "attracted" the abusers, over and over?
Just wondering. Your story is atypical of an abused person (multiple, un-related abusers).
No, Kim's story is very typical. Read the literature.
Sandusky has got it totally backwards, the real David's in this story are the abused kids and they used the sling shot to bring him "Goliath" ( Sandusky) down. It is a pitty for any child to go through such heartbreak, my heart goes out to them and it's my prayer for God to heal all the wounds that have been inflicted on them by people who are to selfish to think about the consequences of their actions.
If you are interested about learning about the sexual abuse of child there are ways to educate your self. You should definitely do this if you are a parent or a grandparent. Like I always told my daughter when she was a child; “we can solve any problem, we just need to find the answer and most of the time it is in a book“. You need to read a book so you can tell the signs of an abused child and the signs of a pedophile. You must recognize and accept that every single neighborhood has a pedophile and you just do not know it. Yes!!! That is a hard pill to swallow, but it is the Gods truth. Next you just need to open the door to conversation; just simply open the door and allow people to talk about it. Oh!!! You so know people that have been sexually abuse, you just do not know it. Just simply ask and let them speak and listen, just listen. It will help them by openly talking about it and releasing the heavy burden of weight that they carry every single day. It will help you to understand how devastating this is to children and how it affects them for the rest of their lives. Child sexual abuse affect each and ever child totally different; it depends on the situation, the person doing the abuse, the severity and length of time the abuse went on. It also matters where the kids head was at, at the time when the abuse was going on; which is why some fair better than other. A lot of people that where sexually abused turn to self medicating with drugs and alcohol. A lot are very sexually promiscuous at a young age. And a lot of them “stuff” there feelings down their throats and build a wall around them selves, so they are undesirable sexually. The only way to stop the sexual abuse of child is to have an army of knowledgeable soldiers out there, with the evil eye looking for these guys. Sandusky got away with it for his entire life, because no one was giving him the evil eye and too many idiots fell for his stories, time and time again. Do not trust anyone ever with your kids, until they have proven they can be trusted. Strangers do not hurt kids; people they know hurt kids.
Fine. Now go die, Jerry. You lying sack of monkey dung!
hope your ignorant lying old dingbat wife loses every dime you two had before your appeal, can you say public defender?.......
He needed to be given the 400 years to prove a point...;this jerk off needs to die....as soon as he can to end the agony for the people he hurt. i agree the dingbat wife (she had to have known) can go down in flames like her crazy, sick husband.
I hope he rots in hell for eternity!!!!!
LA Scooter - no I dont hope his wife looses everything - no - since I firmly believe she knew what he was doing I want her charged, tried and convicted. Than justice is really servered. WHile his perverted crimes are horrific, I think the worse crime is kinowing about it and not stopping it - thus her crime (as well a Paterno's) is much worse.
^^^^^agree agree agree Hollykb. Someone put this "woman" away. She turns her back on her child to save her rapist partner....
maybe society will solve this one
I am appalled that the wife is standing by him!
However, I absolutely believe Matt Sandusky. I don't doubt his own father abused him. I wish him the very best and hope that he, as well as the rest of this monster's victims, recovers from the horrors suffered.
Unfortunately, IA.ScooterTramp, I believe there was an article last week that he will still get his huge pension from Penn State. It should be garnished and the proceeds used to pay for therapy to help his victims.
It will take the victims going to civil court to get that to happen. Maybe it still will. I read some of the letters this guy wrote and think how weird they all are. The tone of them reminds of many of the letters my best friend would write to guys she had a crush on in high school. Full of flowery phrases and totally lacking in reality. But she grew up...Sandusky obviously never has and now his latest letter shows a continuing trend toward childish thinking. This is one really sick person. And his wife obviously is as well.
The scariest thing is that we still think of children as possessions. Look at how Sarah Palin railed against Michelle Obama's campaign to end childhood obesity..."parents should be able to make their own decisions". This whole attitude enables abusers because we are all then afraid to step in and "interfere" with a parents rights. I understand there needs to be a balance but we need to allow for more safeguards and we can't keep relying on the government to be the only safeguard. It has to take all of us.
three cheers for "Goliath"
now go cry someone else a river... hope you get "punked" daily.................
Goliath lost. A dozen Davids won.
He says that people with low self-esteem blame others for their problems. And then he blames everyone else for his problems. Imagine that.
If I remeber right before the trial the defense was arguing that he had a psychological issue with low self esteem.
Perfect example is a quote from the article:
That alone tells a lot. They blame so many people for causing their problems. Especially their son. Obviously, the history on the son was not brought up until Dottie wrote her letter, but why would they change their plans if they are claiming he was always getting into trouble and can't be trusted? If he was called as a surprise witness, they could have provided proof of police reports of his troubled history that they were claiming. But without the proof and wanting to blame their son for part of their problems, it just shows they don't know how to take responsibility for what they were enabling under their own roof. Very sad and sick.
If he truly did suffer from low self esteem, Sandusky wouldn't have been able to function and get to the point he was able to. If he truly was suffering from low self esteem, he would be suffering from a wide range of symptoms.
http://www.getesteem.com/lse-symptoms/behavioral.html
He doesn't fit the persona of someone suffering low self esteem.
State - I have no clue if he did or not but if I remember (gee I got the second m in this time) that is one of the ideas his attorney was floating. I personally suggest e is suffering for m the opposite of low self esteem.
His attorney was trying to paint him as someone with low self esteem prior to the trial starting. There are articles that pointed that out earlier this year. But when they began the trial, they dumped that idea and tried to portray all the victims as troubled boys who got together to cash in on a lie instead. And I agree, he is suffering too much from very high self esteem. So much so that he started believing his own lies about his innocence and not being responsible for what happened, and it doesn't help that the mentality of pedophilia aids in that type of thinking as well as they fully believe they didn't do anything wrong. But I was just pointing out that his attorney was foolish to use the low self esteem excuse as Sandusky didn't fit any of the criteria for someone who did suffer from such.
Sounds to me more like instead of low self esteem, Sandusky gets that "feeling" of guilt which he attributes to low self-esteem. He has felt guilty for decades, and so attributes that feeling to low self esteem. This is a cycle for him.
People can actually keep telling themself something, (I am innocent, I am a good person) and they will start believing it. That is what he is doing. It is essential to his survival. No, I have no concern for his survival, but that is just what is going on here. Positive mental attitude works for creeps as well as non-creeps.
These people are just full of themselves. This idiot is playing on historical content instead of apologizing to all the young men he has ruined. It's a game to them, I hope he has fun in prison, his only problem is going to be, it's not little boys, it's men with BIG STICKS!!!!
I really hope he gets beaten to death in prison. Fast.
nope ..........to quick............
Perhaps "at a medium pace"?
One day of brutal beating for each offence committed - trouble is - that could last a long long time.
Now meet your new cell mates - Benjamin Dover and Haywood Jablome
As a Pennsylvanian I'd like to see him cease to exist sooner than later. But, medium paced beatings will do.
attention book writers;
don't bother ...no one wants to read it.............
Scooter, I like it. Same goes to the freaky producers in sickowood
It just goes to prove if you have power you think that anything you do should be overlooked and the people you use, treated as less than human.
That in essence is what he is telling the victims. This guy is so unrepentant, he should have gotten the max. If he express even one word of yes, I did it and I was wrong. But just nothing.
Makes one wonder if he was a sex abused victim himself as a child and really believes that he did nothing wrong. His kind of mentality says that is so.
Most times it takes years and years for the abuse a child suffered to come out and in ways we don't yet understand. He needs a lot of help.
Gee, I wonder how their son got so messed up. Could it be a family environment that allowed the father to abuse his son while the mother denied that reality and blamed the son?
As far as I'm concerned...the mother, wife of Sandusky, should be in prison also.
Jerry is the lowest piece of rat feces ever molded in the semblance of a human.
kudos..... very well put.....you may have a cookie.............
I hope he gets his hole ripped open on a daily basis....STFU Jerry, you lost now deal with it....
i truly and seriously hope he gets "punked out" daily....time for him to understand the word.....victim.......
What a POS, just think your next stop is HELL. So hurry up and die so we can get on with the rest of our lives.
A sock and a couple bars of soap should just about take care of this guy for good. Save the state a lot of $$ rather than housing this skinful of septic tank slurry.
I read Jerry's letter and also Dottie's letter. These two pitiful sub-human beings are living in la-la land. No wonder they've been married for so long......they are a pair of brain-dead peas in a pod. And how dare this child molester mention the Bible! These two have become the most unbelivable pair in the universe because they certainly don't live in the real world.
Real class acts, throw their own kid under the bus.
I noticed neither letter addressed Mike McQuery's eye witness accounts, they just went after the victims and called them liars and in it for the cash. The fact is the level of proof was so astounding, that it's impossible to believe he didn't do it.
I really hope the lawsuits strip Dotty of all wealth, she should be in prison, but broke will do.
In disrespecting a long-term commited marriage in your attack on Sandusky, you have sunk lower that a child molester.
I hope you're being sarcastic Joe Pawlak...if not, you are truly demented.
Wow, Joe, you really are a special kind of a$$hole....
Hmmm, Joe might rape kids too?
Warning: This article contains the rantings of the convicted serial rapist, incest pervert extraordinaire, Jerry Sandusky. Common side effect of reading Sandusky's letter include: loss of appetite, irritability, anger, hostility, nausea, and projectile vomiting. If you experience any of these side effects, remain calm. Do not seek medical attention. A quick examination of any state issued ID card will reveal that you are NOT Dottie Sandusky or Joe Paterno.
LOVE your post. skysurfer!
Sexually abusing a child is not the worst thing I have ever heard of. There are things like murder. Children are not totally innocent, they have to learn somewhere, at some time, that the world is a mean place. If an adult knocks them upside the head once in a while it will not kill them. Everyone's souls and innocence gets destroyed eventually. These accusers won the lottery, they will get huge payouts.
And Dottie, what a freaking piece of work this chick is. I think she is a brainless Stepford wife.
Wow, Jerry and Dottie are the only ones in the world that think he isn't guilty. And they have absolutely no clue that by their actions (not apologizing to these abused boys) they have become hated to the core!
She's probably still a virgin, too. Wayyyy to old for Jer but, makes for a good prop.
Dottie HAS to say her schmuck-of-a-husband is innocent. If she tells what she knows she will be complicit in the crimes. We know he's guilty. She knows he's guilty. We know she knows he's guilty.
If I were the judge, I would write back, "There were witnesses, man. Write a letter to them, not me."
Good one. Guess COWARD McCleary must be imagining things.....right, Jerry?
sad thing is this turd will be in pc the rest of his life. no chance for prison justice just tax payers paying for his room and board and medical care for the rest of his natural life. meanwhile is c*nt wife will live out the rest of her years on his pension. sometimes i wish justice wasnt so blind and the guilty get what they earned.
Uncle Henry,
What is really so bad, is some POS from Bollywood, and someone else will be offering movie & book deals to Ms. Dottie Cvnt. She will probably make millions off of this...
Get ready to face the day to day torment your fellow inmates will inflict, you sick, twisted, delusional, psychopath!!!! The pain for you and your few allies is just beginning. Including the dumb SOB wife of yours!!!!!! You could be the most despised person on the planet; and should be. I hope you live to 100, and endure 100x the pain you have inflicted on those kids! I only hope Spanier and Schultz get what they deserve for their cowardness/greedy actions. To hell with you all! 'YOU ARE, STATE PENN!!!"
How dare this montrous pervert even compare himself to any Biblical person is beyond hubris!
If I were compared to a biblical persoange, I would be mighty offended ... most of the good wholesome ethical stuff in that antiquated document is lost in the hate, murder and total disrespect for human life that has made "holy scripture" an obscenity.
Joe Pawlak,
See you have not made a habit of studying the scriptures, have you...?...
If I were the judge I would have used both of those letters to wipe my azz with the next time I visited the john......
Ha! Funny.
MSNBC
Enough of the Sandusky news. The sicko is where he's supposed to be. Who cares. How many stories are you going write where he claims he didn't do it. Enough already.
Go back to your fantacy stories about all the the thing Obama has done for us. At least, they are inventive and fun to read.
"Fantasy" is spelled with an "s," not a "c." There's no need for a comma after "At least." Now, go back to your fantasy with the lies of the GOP and reserve your ignorant comments for the political stories.
Preparing for what's to come, huh? Hey Ped, I think it's called "Astro Glide".
He deserves none, pour sand in the Vaseline for him. Maybe a little turpentine. Get Dottie to enjoy being raped right beside him as I still feel and allege that she is an accomplice and deserves to rot in hell too.
Glad this monster is in lockup.
I couldn't agree more, UDunno.
Dear inmates: do your thing to this monster.