Jerry Sandusky Victim #1 Breaks Silence: ‘I Knew They Wouldn’t Believe Me’
Oct. 19 2012, Published 11:30 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Aaron Fisher stepped out of the shadows Friday to reveal that he is the person simply known as Victim # 1 in one of the most notorious child sex abuse cases in U.S. history -- the Jerry Sandusky saga.
Fisher -- breaking his silence in an exclusive interview with ABC’s Chris Cuomo -- says he turned to officials at his high school while he was being abused by Sandusky, but to no avail.
"Here I am, beside my mom, crying, telling them and they don't believe me," Fisher, 18, told Cuomo in the emotional interview scheduled to air on 20/20 Friday. "I knew they wouldn't."
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In addition to his first TV interview about the horrors he suffered at the hands of the former Penn State Assistant football coach, Fisher tells his story in the new book, Silent No More: Victim 1's Fight for Justice Against Jerry Sandusky, now available.
Fisher says he first met Sandusky in the summer of 2005. He was eleven-years-old at the time and was picked to attend a summer camp run by Sandusky's charity organization for disadvantaged children, The Second Mile, on Penn State's campus.
Fisher -- who grew up in a struggling family without a dad at home -- said Sandusky took a special interest in him and even took him to sporting events.
"We sat in box seats," said Fisher. "He was just kind of like a giant stuffed teddy bear. He seemed like the all-natural father figure -- something that most kids wished their dads did."
Aaron’s mother, Dawn Daniels, said that Sandusky even took the boy away for the weekend to give her a break.
"Everybody knew who he was," said Daniels, "He's a great guy. Everybody, even my own father, said he does great things for kids."
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