Please cite your evidence that Jerry lied. Jerry seems to me to be honest to a fault. Until the 2011 allegations of CSA, Jerry had a stellar reputation for honesty and integrity. Then, instantly he became a pariah and not to be trusted or believed. He was guilty until proven innocent after the false grand jury presentment (aka statement of facts) that Mike McQueary had witnessed Sandusky engaging in an anal rape. Due to serial instances of prosecutorial misconduct and totally ineffective lawyers, he was not able to prove his innocence beyond a shadow of doubt. This, despite NCIS Special Agent John Snedden's belief that there is no credible evidence that wasn't subject to manipulation that Sandusky had engaged in any acts of CSA.
In terms of being told it was wrong, please tell me who told him, what he was told, and what the consequences of not doing what he was told? Regarding the 1998 incident, it was probably not a good idea to shower with ZK. ZK's mom was not very excited about, so that alone means is was not a good idea. It was thoroughly investigated by CYS, DPW, the Pennsylvania State Police, and the Centre County DA's office which concluded with a finding that no sexual assault occured and that Sandusky was in the clear. Penn State police detective Ronald Schreffler stated that he advised Sandusky not to shower with any more children; however, Sandusky only remembers that he was advised not to shower again with ZK and he never again did shower with ZK.
Regarding the v2 incident that occurred in the Dec. 30, 2000 - Feb. 9, 2001 timeframe that Mike McQueary observed, I believe the results of the Penn State investigation was that Penn State did not believe that CSA had taken place, they told Sandusky not to bring any youths on campus, and they notified Jack Raykowitz of the Second Mile of their findings, in particular that Second Mile youths were not to be brought onto campus any more. After this incident, I am not aware of Sandusky ever taking Second Mile youths on campus again.
You are entitled to your opinion, but it is absurd for you to state these issues are not up for debate. There is new information coming out all the time, in spite of this being 6 years after the story exploded. Graham Spanier still has an appeal pending and I think it is very likely that he will be exonerated and will not spend even a day in jail. Judge Fordora's ruling in the PCRA is being appealed and it will be interesting to see what the Superior Court has to say and I like the defense's chances. I don't think there has been any grand conspiracy. I think that the OAG thought that, given Sandusky behaviors, that he was likely a pedophile. With Aaron Fisher as there only accuser, they knew they didn't have a strong case. When they learned about the v2 and v6 incidents, they thought they could make a stronger case if they were able to find more victims even if that meant bending the rules a little bit. I don't view the serial acts of prosecutorial misconduct as a grand conspiracry, but more as a win at any cost type mentality.
No matter how he did it, Pendergrast did get Struble to state in his own words that he was only able to remember the abuse from Sandusky through the therapy he received from Cindy McNab. You may want to downplay the role Mike Gillum in helping Aaron Fisher to verbalize the abuse, but I think it is huge. His story has constantly changed. If someone has been subjected to horrific abuse, they don't forget it. Over time, Fisher gradually went from his initial reports to CMHS Principal Karen Probst in November 2008 that Sandusky cracked his back, wrestled with, and had other fully-clothed contact with Fisher to at trial in June 2011 that there had been over 100 incidents of oral sex. This transformation only occurred as described in Silent No More with the therapy that Gillum provided by peeling the onion and unlocking the memories that Aaron had hidden in his mind. Gillum knew that Aaron had been abused even before Aaron had actually told him! I believe Aaron Fisher is the key to the case and I don't believe his accusations have been adequately vetted. I believe this is especially important as over a dozen people who know him the best (best friends, ex-girlfriends, aunts, next door neighbors, parents of friends/girlfriends, etc.) have said in the own names in on the record interviews that they don't believe Aaron was sexually abused by Sandusky and he doesn't exhibit behaviors that you would expect to see from a victim.
