several things that many around the country do not know because they only got what the big national news people wanted them to hear. First when the story broke about 1 victim within 12 hours the lawyers were advertizing for any other victims to come forward if they had had any contact with sandusky. Suddenly they started remembering from decades ago but funny they only remembered after the promise of huge amounts of money and only after coaching from the lawyers.
Some small number of people who have come out of the wood work might be lying but I doubt it. The rape victims were little boys who were told by a powerful figure that if they told what had happened to them nobody would believe them. Which is exactly what happened to the kids who reported the rape. Pedophiles groom their victims which is exactly what Sandusky was doing. Part of the grooming is to indoctrinate the kid that nobody will believe them if the victim tells.
The organization Sandusky setup gave him perfect hunting ground for his next victim. Pedophiles look for kids who do not have a decent family structure. They look for kids who have absent parent(s), parent(s) that are drug users, parent(s) that might have to work and leave the kids alone. Pedophiles look for the kids without many friends. Why? Because they "befriend" the vulnerable child which allows them to be groomed for what the pedophile wants. Sandusky's charity was a perfect setup for him to have access to vulnerable kids. It was a pedophiles dream come true.
Who would believe one of Sandusky's victims if they even wanted to make charges? Sandusky told his victims that nobody would believe them if they told. This is standard pedophile practice. Who would believe some "underprivileged" kid vs a PA football coach, a family man, an upstanding member of the community and a real nice guy who created a wonderful charity?
Which rape victim wants to admit they were raped? Especially a boy who know is a man? But if the victim finds out that they were NOT the only victim, that they were not alone, and maybe now someone will believe them which gives them courage to step forward.
It is sickening that the system failed these kids for so many years. It is not clear to me that Paterno and the administration violated the law at a state level. One thing that is for sure is that these kids did not get justice when they were children. The administrators who protected a child rapist might not get jail time for their actions but the kids might be able to punish them in civil courts.
Later,
Dan
