Penn State Sex Scandal: Jerry Sandusky Back In Court
April 5 2012, Published 5:00 a.m. ET
By Alexis Tereszcuk - Breaking Celebrity News Entertainment Editor
Jerry Sandusky returned to court in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania on Thursday morning as his attorney said he may resubmit a motion to have the 52 counts of child molestation dismissed.
Sandusky, 68, the former Penn State defensive coordinator, denies the charges that he abused 10 boys over a 15 year period; he remains under house arrest.
His attorney Joe Amendola is pushing to have the charges dropped but the prosecution says a grand jury investigation is continuing and that the defense has been given “voluminous” quantities of evidence.
He said charges involving at least eight of the 10 boys that his client is accused of molesting fell outside the statute of limitations and that others could not be sufficiently substantiated by witnesses.
"The defendant submits that his due-process rights will be violated if he is forced to proceed to trial," Amendola previously wrote to the judge.
"He cannot adequately prepare and present a defense to those charges."
Judge John Cleland said he would not make a ruling until the middle of next week “at the earliest,” and said that it was “premature to decide what can and cannot be prosecuted…because of (the prosecution’s) ongoing investigation.”
He said “the whole process is somewhat complicated and in limbo. It’s still in flux.”
Sandusky -- dressed in tan pants and a blue blazer -- sat quietly during the hearing.