Convicted child molester and former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky once again maintained his innocence on Friday following reports that one of his accusers plans to retract his testimony.
In an interview with ABC6 from a Pennsylvania state prison, Sandusky claimed the victims fabricated allegations of sexual abuse for financial gain and to ruin his reputation.
“This is the worst experience of my life,” the disgraced coach whined.
“I am an innocent man, and I have been convicted by so many people with their own personal agendas, and this was an opportunity to take advantage of a tremendous personal gain,” Sandusky said.
The 82-year-old said he wants to prove his innocence to his grandchildren.
“I want to be home in the worst way, and I want my grandkids to know the truth,” he said, claiming that the payouts from Penn State and prosecutor pressure were the reasons victims came forward.
“Money became such a huge motive for everybody, and they incentivized the accusers and led them,” he continued.
“Without leading, the accusers in the beginning didn’t make allegations.”
Sandusky is currently serving a 30-to 60-year sentence on 45 counts of child sexual abuse, ranging from grooming to violent attacks against 10 different boys.
The abuse, which took place from 1994 to 2009, involved boys he met at his Second Mile charity, an organization for at-risk youth he used to lure vulnerable victims.
Now, Sandusky is set to return to court on Sept. 8 for an evidentiary hearing involving one of those accusers, who plans to tell the court that the retired Nittany Lions defensive coordinator did not sexually abuse him — and that prosecutors swayed his testimony.
The accuser, known as “Victim 10,” alleges that prosecutors convinced him to warp his testimony by asking him to reconstruct his allegations, according to an affidavit obtained by ABC News.
Victim 10 said that throughout the pretrial process, prosecutors convinced him that trauma may have “fragmented” his memory.
“[T]hroughout the pretrial process, I was told — both directly and indirectly — that trauma may have fragmented my memory, and that I could safely affirm details I did not fully recall. I was assured this was common and even expected,” the sworn affidavit said.
Sandusky’s new defense team said in a motion seeking a new trial that Victim 10’s estranged wife could corroborate that her ex-husband was not sexually abused by the convicted pedophile.
The lawyers are expected to argue that Sandusky received ineffective counsel, and that Pennsylvania prosecutors Joe McGettigan and Frank Fina used “psychological manipulation” and “investigative pressure” to convince accusers they were assaulted.
It’s a tune Sandusky has been singing for years.
“I never ever in my life ever thought about molesting anybody,” he told the Daily Mail earlier in 2024.
“My wife was my only partner in sex and that was after marriage.”
The Pennsylvania State Attorney General’s Office did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
