Sandusky Hires Private Investigator: Attorney

Attorney says that former PSU coach has hired an investigator to prove that he is innocent

Jerry Sandusky is not going down without a fight.

The former Penn State football coach accused of sexually abusing several young boys has hired a private investigator to look into the allegations against him, Sandusky’s attorney says.

Sandusky’s lawyer Joe Amendola tells the Patriot-News that the man whose scandal has taken down Penn State legends such as Joe Paterno and university administrators is innocent of all charges.

Amendola told the Patriot-News that Sandusky has hired an investigator to prove that he did not abuse any boys. The attorney states that the touching of youngsters, as well as his admitted naked showers with them, must have been misinterpreted by the victims.

Sandusky has been charged with 40 counts of sexual abuse against eight boys over 15 years.

The U.S. Department of Education, Penn State University, and other agencies are also doing their own investigations on the case.

"Jerry says he's innocent," said Amendola. "There is a lot of evidence that suggests he didn't do the things that they say he did."

Amendola believes the case rests on the testimony of Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary.

"If we can discredit the McQueary allegation I think a lot of people will start wondering about the rest of the allegations," said Amendola.

McQueary told the grand jury he saw Sandusky raping a young boy in the Penn State locker room showers back in 2002.

The grand jury says the incident was never reported to police and the boy never sought or identified.

Amendola says the boy came to Amendola's office. The attorney claims the boy said "I was the boy, I was in the shower that night with Jerry, nothing of a sexual nature occurred."

"The young boy said he remembered Jerry saying to him that somebody form Penn State might call him and if he did that it's okay to talk and tell him what was going on," said Amendola. "And he gave the Penn State official his name and number. Now it turns out, according to the young boy, no one ever called from Penn State."

Amendola claims he will take the alleged victim to court "at the appropriate time" and "hopefully voluntarily."

Amendola also says Sandusky maintained a relationship with the boy the Grand Jury called "Victim Number Six." The alleged victim's mother called police back in 1998 and reported Sandusky showered with her son.

"The mother of that boy, after that incident occurred, after it was investigated and after charges were not filed because there wasn't enough evidence to file criminal charges, she encouraged Jerry to continue to see her son," claims Amendola.

Amendola believes Sandusky's trial will eventually be moved, possibly to Philadelphia. Sandusky is expected to appear in court on December 13 for his arraignment.

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