You do know for this to stick, they had to have victim 5 change his story at least 3 times, don't you? Graham Spanier will win on appeal.
The reality was that "John Doe" was Victim 5 and anyone who desired to know his name could look it up in the Sandusky trial transcripts.
But why just one victim -- and why was it Victim 5?
Victims 1 and 9, who were victimized between 2004 and 2009,
were not victimized on the PSU campus.
Victim 3, despite Fina’s change to the dates of the crimes, testified that he was being victimized by Sandusky at the time he was an active coach and shortly afterwards (i.e., 1999 and 2000).
Victim 3 was not victimized after February 2001.
That left Victim 5, who apparently was willing to change his story to fit the OAG's narrative.
Victim 5 told the grand jury his encounter with Sandusky occurred in 1998 and that he did not understand the significance of Sandusky's erection when he observed it. That was a credible scenario for a 10 year-old boy.
At the Sandusky trial in June 2012, he testified the incident occurred in August 2001 when he was 13 years old. It is possible, but highly unlikely, that a 13 year-old wouldn't know what an erection was. Also, at the trial, Victim 5 added he was certain about the date because the incident happened
before 9-11.
In his abbreviated testimony at the Spanier trial, he was sure it was 2002 because he recalled it happened
after 9-11. The erection issue simply doesn't hold water for a 14 year-old boy, especially in the age of the internet.
The date was/is a very material issue for this case and it appears his testimony was perjurious.
In addition, prosecutor Patrick Schulte would seemingly have suborned perjury based on his questioning of Victim 5.
Undoubtedly, Schulte (and Ditka) knew the Victim 5’s allegations of being sexually assaulted by Sandusky resulted in a not guilty verdict.
The trial verdicts for Victim 5 (Counts 24-27) and 6 (Counts 28-31) from the Sandusky trial are shown below.
Both Victim 5 and 6 testified it was the first time they were alone with Sandusky in the PSU shower room. Victim 6 testified he and Sandusky worked out and that afterward there was playful activity in the shower— but no indecent touching occurred. The jury correctly determined not guilty on Count 28: Indecent Assault.
And btw the only victim 2 (the shower) that has ever come forward has said nothing happened that night
