Pat LaLama Exclusive: New Sandusky Accuser Says Assault Involved Alcohol
December 23, 2011
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A civil suit just filed in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas is the latest legal salvo fired at former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The newest accuser in the schools sex abuse scandal has a shocking account of a 2004 sexual assault allegedly perpetrated by Sandusky. It involves whiskey and sodomy. Investigation Discovery has exclusive details.
Attorney Charles Schmidt tells me his client, who will be 20 years old in January, was a participant in Sandusky’s charity, The Second Mile. According to Schmidt, his client who was 12 years old at the time of the alleged incident was involved in an educational exercise where according to Schmidt, the children were answering questions about current affairs and history. Those who answered correctly were awarded a prize.
Schmidt told me that when his client correctly answered a question pertaining to a presidential quote, Sandusky announced that there were no more prizes but he would see what he could do.
According to Schmidt, Sandusky escorted the alleged victim to his office where the former coach began talking to the boy about his mother’s death the year before. (She suffered from severe diabetes and died as a result.) The boy was under a great deal of stress and still grief-stricken.
Schmidt says that after engaging the boy in conversation for a while, Sandusky brought out a bottle of whiskey, poured a glass and told the boy to drink it. Moments later, according to the accuser’s account, Sandusky “pulled his trunks down and sodomized him.” Then he says, Sandusky “cleaned him off”, gave him a couple of Penn State sports mementos, walked him back to the Second Mile area and handed him off to a counselor.
The accuser said he avoided Sandusky after the incident and never again had physical contact with him. Schmidt says for years his client was agonized by the incident believing he was the only one who had experienced something so terrible.
When the alleged victim became aware last month of the grand jury indictment against Sandusky, he says he got the courage to tell his story to police. The accuser has been interviewed by the State Attorney General which is investigating the claims. At this point he is not part of the criminal case which involves 10 other accusers.
This latest case is the second civil suit filed against Sandusky. Schmidt said he wanted to file the suit before the statute of limitations expires.
Other parties named in the suit include Penn State University and The Second Mile. “We believe our case will hold up in court. Our witness is credible”, says Schmidt. He adds, “When we interviewed him, he was in anguish. We could see the emotion in his face. It was hard to get him to talk to us. He relives the incident constantly.”
Schmidt says his client is apprehensive about moving forward with the lawsuit because of his fear of the publicity it will generate but “he’s doing it so he can get some sense of retribution. The assault took away part of his childhood.”
At the time of this posting, Sandusky’s attorney, Joe Amendola could not be reached for comment.
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04 - The Second Mile, located in State College, PA, is a nonprofit organization for underprivileged youth founded in 1977 by Jerry Sandusky, a former assistant coach at Penn State University. Jerry Sandusky met all of the alleged victims through The Second Mile according to the Grand Jury Presentment. © Matthew O'Haren/Icon SMI/Corbis

















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