Jerry Sandusky Speaks

In a telltale jailhouse interview that aired yesterday, convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky is speaking out publicly, much to the dismay of the family of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno.

During the 3-hour interview with documentary filmmaker John Zieglar, who is making a film in the hopes of clearing Paterno’s name, Sandusky denied that he ever had sexual contact with young boys. He downplayed the testimony of key witness Mike McQueary, who testified that he saw Sandusky having sex with a minor boy in the locker room shower.  In fact, Sandusky flat out called McQueary a liar, while laughing at the idea that anything sexual was going on.

McQueary, who is a former Penn State assistant coach, testified he saw Sandusky standing “extremely” close to a young boy in the football locker room showers and heard “rhythmic slapping sounds” that he believed was sexual behavior.

“I don’t understand how anybody would have walked into that locker room, from where he was, and heard sounds associated that was sex going on,” Sandusky said in the interview. “I mean that would have been the last thing I would have thought about. I would have thought maybe fooling around or something like that,” he said, laughing.

The big question is, why is Sandusky speaking out now?  Why didn’t he take the stand and make these emphatic denials during the trial?  Is he truly trying to clear his good name, or is he just attempting to save face and a reputation that has long since been tarnished?