By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

10:30 a.m. EST: UPDATE: Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison Tuesday. Story developing…

Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky will read a statement during his sentencing hearing Tuesday morning following his conviction on 45 counts of sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. Several of his victims are also expected to read impact statements during the emotionally-charged hearing that comes just a day after Sandusky released a public statement from his jail cell, claiming he is innocent.

"I'm responding to the worst loss of my life," said Sandusky from the Bellefonte, Pennsylvania prison in the stunning recording that aired on the Penn State Student Radio.

"They can take away my life, they can make me out as a monster, they can treat me as a monster, but they can't take away my heart. In my heart, I know I did not do these alleged disgusting acts. My wife has been my only sex partner, and that was after marriage. Our love continues," he vowed.

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, after being found guilty in June, Sandusky, 68, is expecting to serve a long-term prison sentence in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and even his own attorney believes he will probably pass away behind bars.

Once sentenced, he will be sent to the Camp Hill state prison near Harrisburg, the Associated Press reports, where he will be subjected to a couple weeks of mental and physical health testing and will be treated as needed.

Instead of accepting the verdict and apologizing to his many victims, Sandusky claimed that his accusers were lying attention-seekers making up stories