New accuser files first lawsuit against Penn State’s Sandusky
A ninth accuser has stepped forward and has filed a lawsuit against Jerry Sandusky for sexually abuse.
A new accuser has stepped forward to say he was sexually abused by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky more than 100 times and has filed a lawsuit against him, the Associated Press reported.
The accuser is identified as John Doe in the lawsuit and claims that he was abused by Sandusky after meeting him through Sandusky’s Second Mile charity. According to the lawsuit, Sandusky also threatened the boy’s family to keep him quiet about the abuse, the AP reported.
The lawsuit claims Sandusky sexually abused the boy multiple times at his State College home, in Penn State facilities and on at least one bowl game trip, the AP reported. Now 29-years-old, the plaintiff says he feels tormented after learning others were allegedly abused after him, the AP reported.
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This is the first lawsuit to be filed against Sandusky, Penn State University and The Second Mile, although this is the ninth case to emerge against the former coach, Reuters reported.
"I never told anybody what he did to me over 100 times at all kinds of places until the newspapers reported that he had abused other kids and the people at Penn State and Second Mile didn’t do the things they should have to protect me and the other kids," the statement read, Fox News reported.
"I am hurting and have been for a long time because of what happened, but feel now even more tormented that I have learned of so many other kids. Now that I have told and done something about it, I am feeling better and going to get help and work with the police. I want other people who have been hurt to know they can come forward and get help and help protect others in the future.”
The lawsuit claims the abuse allegedly happened after Sandusky met the boy when he was 10-yeas-old in 1992 through his charity and continued until 1996, Fox News reported. This is just the latest chapter of the allegations that have rocked the college football world, leading to the termination of longtime head coach Joe Paterno and University president Graham Spanier.
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