Sandusky Accuser Victim 10 Moves to Recant 2012 Abuse Testimony as Judge Sets Sept. 8 Hearing
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Updated · abcnews.com · Aug 28
Sandusky Accuser Victim 10 Moves to Recant 2012 Abuse Testimony as Judge Sets Sept. 8 Hearing
3 articles · Updated · abcnews.com · Aug 28
Summary
Sept. 8 is the date a Pennsylvania judge set for an evidentiary hearing after Sandusky accuser Victim 10 said he is prepared to tell the court Sandusky did not abuse him.
Victim 10’s sworn affidavit says prosecutors coached him before the 2012 trial, urging him to revisit and reframe allegations and assuring him trauma could explain memory gaps.
Sandusky’s defense is using the recantation to seek a new trial and says Victim 10’s now-estranged wife would testify she concluded he was not abused by Sandusky.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office is expected to answer the coaching allegations at the hearing and has argued the wife’s opinion is irrelevant and inadmissible.
Sandusky, now 82, has served a decades-long sentence since his 2012 conviction for sexually abusing boys over more than a decade.