Sandusky Breakthrough in Mainstream Media Heralds a New Possible View: ‘Wrongful Conviction’

More than ten years after his conviction for sexual assault and grooming, disgraced Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky maintains his innocence, telling DailyMail.com that his accusers were manipulated by investigators and motivated by money, in an explosive new interview.

Additional Frank Report comment to amplify the truth.

Whether you agree money motivated them or not, the eight accusers at trial settled with Penn State for between $1.5 million and #20 million.

Sandusky, 80, was found guilty in 2012 of 45 counts of sexual abuse of ten boys he met at his Second Mile charity which allegedly took place over a period of 15 years between 1994 to 2009.

Two of the ten “boys” never appeared at trial. Why? Because the prosecutors said they did not know their names. They never interviewed them. They heard about them, but could not find them. Hearsay evidence was used to convict Sandusky.

None of the eight “boys” who testified were boys when they testified. The youngest was 18.  None of them reported any abuse to anyone during the time of the alleged abuse. None of the accusers came forward on their own. Police and the prosecutors recruited them.

Speaking from Laurel Highlands State Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania, the former defensive coach again insisted that he was innocent of the charges he was convicted of.

‘I never ever in my life ever thought about molesting anybody,’ he told DailyMail.com.

‘I was accused of heinous crimes, which I’ve never committed. My wife was my only partner in sex and that was after marriage.

‘I was in disbelief in terms of how this happened. Why were they [accuser] saying things that were so inconsistent with what they had said before?

‘I believe I was wrongfully convicted by inconsistent, perjured testimony.’

The eight liars changed their stories all the time.  Let me give you an example: So-called victim 3, Jason Simcisko.

SIMCISKO and His Changing Numbers

On July 19, 2011, Jason Simcisko, then 24, told PA State Troopers that he had extensive contact with Jerry Sandusky when he was in 7th, 8th, and 9th grades. He stayed overnight at the Sandusky’s residence on numerous occasions during that time. He also accompanied Sandusky on a speaking engagement at Syracuse College. He also trained at Penn State football facilities with Sandusky on numerous occasions.

Simcisko stated Sandusky never once attempted anything inappropriate.

Of Sandusky, Simcisko said, “I lost touch with him around the time I went into 10th grade. I was in a lot of trouble then; in and out of foster homes and stuff…. I don’t believe any of this stuff is true and I hope that he’s found not guilty.”

This was less than a year before the beginning of the trial, but well after the publicity and common knowledge in the small rural towns surrounding and dependent on Penn State as the region’s economic driver, that Penn State would pay for any person who cared to show up and say they were a victim – once Sandusky was convicted.

Exactly one month later, on August 18, Simcisko told Scott Rossman of the PA State Police a very different story. He said Sandusky began being inappropriate after they worked out in the public Penn State locker room shower.

He said he showered with Sandusky six times and felt Sandusky’s penis three of these times. He added he stayed at Sandusky’s residence approximately 20 times. Sandusky would always come in to “tuck him in.”

This is when there would be rubbing and other inappropriate behavior from Sandusky, Simcisko now told police, who were careful not to tape record any interviews lest, as one trooper said, it might help the defense.

All of a sudden, Simcisko’s story is similar to the other boys who had civil lawyers and planned to sue Penn State once Sandusky was tried and convicted.

Samcisko had a lawyer too. After meeting with his civil lawyer in January 2012, Simcisko added more instances of abuse by Sandusky, such as Sandusky kissing his shoulder and washing his butt in the shower.

By the time he testified at Sandusky’s trial, Simcisko upped the number of abuse incidents from 20 to 50.

After the trial and sentencing were over, it was time to cash in at Penn State for his testimony at trial.

Simcisko upped the number of abuse incidents to over 100 times. In his Penn State intake form, he said he felt like Sandusky’s “girlfriend.”

On September 4, 2013 Penn State settled with Simcisko for $7,250,000.

Under the leadership of Penn State trustee Ira Lubert, Penn State never questioned Simcisko about his changing story or had him examined by a psychologist trained in detecting liars. In fact, no one at Penn State spoke with Simciscko at all. They took him at his word, as represented by his attorney.

I don’t know about anybody else, but I smell a rat. Or, rather, a whole nest of them.

TIMELINE

July 19, 2011 – First PSP Interview Nothing inappropriate

August 18, 2011 – Now states there were around 20 times
January 2912 – Meets with Attorney Matthew A Casey et al
June 12, 2012 – Testifies that the number of times is over 50
Fall, 2012 – Tells PSU Attorneys there are over 100 instances

September 4, 2013 – Gets payment of $7,250,000 from PSU

[Sandusky]  maintains his accusers were ‘vulnerable and susceptible’ people who were ‘coached and led’ by law enforcement and two therapists – who he blames for the ‘inconsistent testimony’.

The former Penn State coach believes that his accusers were ‘incentivized’ by money, adding that ‘nobody came forward on their own’.

In our next post, we will prove the above statement by Sandusky in spades.

Frank Parlato

Frank Parlato is an investigative journalist, media strategist, publisher, and legal consultant.

Frank Parlato

Frank Parlato is an investigative journalist, media strategist, publisher, and legal consultant.

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