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Accuser of Former Penn State Football Coach Jerry Sandusky Expected to Recant Testimony
The court will hear testimony from R.R., his estranged wife and others after documents show he recanted in June 2025.
- Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will return to Centre County court on Sept. 8 for an evidentiary hearing in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, after one of his accusers recanted testimony.
- Sandusky, now 82, has been serving a prison sentence since his 2012 conviction for child sexual abuse. The hearing centers on a Victim who testified for the prosecution at the original trial.
- Court documents released yesterday show the Victim recanted testimony in June 2025. He originally testified in 1997 that he met Sandusky at Second Mile Charity, when alleged abuse began.
- During the evidentiary hearing, multiple witnesses will testify, including the Victim, his estranged wife, a Sandusky family investigator, and a former state prosecutor before the Court.
- The Sept. 8 hearing follows Sandusky's 30- to 60-year prison sentence from his 2012 conviction. The outcome could significantly impact the standing of the original abuse case against the 82-year-old.
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Sandusky Accuser Expected to Recant Testimony
One of the accusers who testified more than 14 years ago that Jerry Sandusky sexually abused him is expected to recant his allegations at an upcoming appeal hearing for the former Penn State football assistant coach and Second Mile charity founder. The man identified as Victim 10 during Sandusky's 2012 trial on child sexual abuse charges and in court documents as "R.R." said in a 2025 affidavit that he was extensively coached by investigators an…
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