Penn State Scandal: Jerry Sandusky's Serial Sexual Abuse May Stretch Back To 1970s
Nov. 17 2011, Published 7:30 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
It has been two weeks since the scandal broke about Jerry Sandusky's alleged sexual abuse, and now one of the former Penn State coach's victims has revealed that his alleged child abuse could have been going on as far back as the 1970s, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.
Sandusky's remorseless interview with Bob Costas on Monday has motivated a number of new victims to come forward after hearing their alleged abuser calmly claim he did nothing wrong, reported the Patriot-News.
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, in the shocking interview with NBC New's Rock Center, the former coach and founder of youth charity The Second Mile said: "I could say that I have done some of those things. I have horsed around with kids. I have showered after workouts. I have hugged them and I have touched their legs without intent of sexual contact.”
According to the Patriot-News, one alleged victim said the abuse went back to the 1970s, around the time Sandusky founded the charity that prosecutors say was his axis for finding victims.
"They’re literally processing it right in front of us,” said State College attorney Andy Shubin, who has been working closely with the victims.
“They have kept it from their families, moms, brothers and sisters... The folks we talked to are largely folks in their 20s, who, in a lot of cases, have never told their story before.”
Many of the victims haven't decided if they are going to come forward yet, and some cases spanning the past four decades might be too old for viable prosecution, but Sandusky's flippant comments have opened the raw wounds that need to be healed, revealed Shubin.