Jeff Sandusky, son of Jerry, pleads guilty child sex abuse

Jeffrey Sandusky,* the 41-year-old son of Jerry Sandusky, plead guilty to 14 counts of child sexual abuse Friday.

The plea deal came a week before his child sex abuse trial was scheduled to begin. In a press release, the Centre County District Attorney said he will be registered at the highest tier of sex offender status in Pennsylvania.

Jeffrey will have to register his home, work, school address as well as his vehicle info with state police every three months for the rest of his life. 

Sandusky will also be evaluated by the Sexual Offender Assessment Board to determine whether he meets the criteria to be a Sexually Violent Predator as defined by the Sex Offender Registration Act.

The younger Sandusky was arraigned on the charges in February. 

Court records filed earlier this year charged Jeff with the 14 counts stemming from alleged incidents with two girls who are sisters, including criminal solicitation and corruption of minors. 

The other charges Jeff plead guilty to are as follows: statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, photographing and videotaping minors, and depicting on computer or filming sexual acts.

District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller said of his guilty plea: ‘While we were fully prepared to proceed to trial, today’s guilty plea to all charges ensures a significant prison sentence for Defendant’s solicitation of child sex crimes with two minors that once completely trusted him. This outcome also ensures the victims need not suffer the trauma and re-victimization of testifying at trial and importantly, the Defendant will have to comply with strict sex offender registration requirements for the remainder of his life. We are happy that these girls can move forward and experience a life with adults that deserve their trust.’ 

Jeffrey Sandusky, the 41-year-old son of Jerry Sandusky, has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a child

The younger Sandusky was arraigned on charges on Monday afternoon in Belleftone, Pennsylvania

Court records filed Monday claim the 41-year-old was charged with 14 counts stemming from alleged incidents with two girls who are sisters, including criminal solicitation and corruption of minors

He allegedly text messaged one girl asking for naked photographs, and later asked her for oral sex. The girl’s sister, ‘Victim 2’ said she had sex with Sandusky when she was 15 and he was 37, court documents claim, TMZ reports.

According to WJAC, the 41-year-old told the younger girl – ‘Victim 1’ – not to tell anyone about the message he was sending her, and later asked her to delete them so his ‘s**t’ was not seen by anyone. 

The unnamed girl replied, according to the network: ‘No, we don’t need to talk and we aren’t going to. You did what you did and I’m not going to give you a chance to try and justify it. 

‘You literally tried to guilt me into doing it and you even told me specifically what I ‘needed’ to do. You know who does that? Rapists and abusers, not [redacted] who care about their [redacted]. I don’t know how many times I need to tell you no and to stop before you get it.’

Jeffrey Sandusky (right, with hsi mother, Dottie), the 41-year-old son of Jerry Sandusky, has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a child

Online court papers filed on Monday list what the 41-year-old has been charged with

The network went on to claim the girl said Sandusky had made sexual comments about her and, ‘he is always looking at me in weird ways, starring me up and down’. 

The alleged victim’s mother reportedly confronted the 41-year-old about the messages, who initially claimed he did not know what he said in them before later admitting that ‘he knew it was inappropriate’, WJAC reports. 

‘Victim 2’ said she had texted her last March and in previous years in a way that made her upset, according to court documents.

The majority of those messages were redacted. 

State Police say Sandusky was dating the child’s mother at the time, according to WearecentralPA.com. 

Jeffrey Sandusky’s lawyer didn’t immediately return a phone message. 

Pennsylvania State Police began investigating him in November after the father of a teenage girl said his daughter had received inappropriate text messages from Sandusky. 

The state Corrections Department said Jeffrey Sandusky was suspended without pay Monday from employment as a corrections officer at Rockview State Prison, near State College as a result of the allegations. He had been hired in August 2015.

Jerry Sandusky (pictured in August 2016) is serving a lengthy prison sentence for sexual abuse of 10 boys during his time with Penn State University’s football team

Jeffrey Sandusky’s father Jerry (pictured in November) arriving in court in November 2016

Jerry Sandusky is serving a 30- to 60-year sentence in Greene State Prison on a 45-count conviction. He is pictured in 1999 while working as defensive coordinator with Penn State’s football team 

Sandusky’s father, Jerry, is serving a lengthy prison sentence for sexual abuse of 10 boys during his time with Penn State University’s football team.  

Jerry Sandusky is serving a 30- to 60-year sentence in Greene State Prison on a 45-count conviction.

A TIMELINE OF THE JERRY SANDUSKY AND PENN STATE SCANDAL 

1977: Jerry Sandusky creates the The Second Mile at State College – a ‘group foster home devoted to helping troubled boys’, according to grand jury findings. 

1993: Tim Curley and Gary Schultz become Penn State’s Athletic Director and treasurer and senior vice president respectively.

Penn State athletic director Tim Curley (pictured in November 2016) was charged with failing to report abuse allegations against Sandusky

1994: A boy, who was identified during court proceedings as ‘Victim 7’ meets Sandusky through the Second Mile program. The boy, who was 26 in 1994, said Sandusky touched him in ways that made him feel uncomfortable – most often during car trips or in the shower after workouts.

1998: An 11-year-old boy, ‘Victim 6’, returns home from a meeting with Sandusky with wet hair. He tells his mother he showered with the coach, during which Sandusky hugged him a number of times. The boy’s mother calls police, and an investigation is launched.

In May, Sandusky is recorded by police having a phone conversation with the boy’s mother. He admits to showering with the boy, in addition to others who were not her son. 

In June, the coach promises he will no longer shower with young boys during an interview with Detective Ronald Shreffler. The detective says he contacted campus police Thomas Harmon, who headed the Penn State force, to end his investigation.

1999: Sandusky retires from Penn State, but he is given a ’emeritus’ label. As a result, he is still allowed access to campus facilities – including the locker-room – and is given an office.

Penn State university vice president Gary Schultz (pictured in November 2016) told a grand jury in 2011 he admitted to meeting with Curley and Paterno about the abuse allegations against Sandusky

2000: A janitor, Jim Calhoun, says he witnesses Sandusky engaging in sexual activities with a boy in the assistant coaches’ shower. The boy, ‘Victim 8’ has never been identified.

Ronald Petrosky, another janitor at the school, says he saw Sandusky’s car in the parking lot on the night in question but claims staff were fearful of what would happen if they spoke out.

2002: Mike McQueary, who was then a graduate assistant and would go on to become an assistant coach with Penn State, reports seeing Sandusky sexually assaulting a boy in the showers. The boy was said to look like he was ‘about 10 years old’. The incident is reported to Joe Paterno – who tells Curley the next day. No report is made to police or child protection agencies. 

Two weeks later, Curley tells McQueary that Sandusky has had his locker-room keys taken away and that he no longer has access to the building.

2009: The mother of a boy, identified as ‘Victim 1’ calls a high school in nearby Clinton County to report her son was abused by Sandusky. The school district board bans Sandusky from its ground and tells police about the claim.

2010: McQueary testifies before a grand jury investigating Sandusky. He tells them what he claims to have seen, and what he told Paterno, Schultz and Curley.

On January 22, 2012 Paterno (pictured in October 2011) – a once legendary coach who was disgraced by the scandal – dies. Months later, Sandusky is found guilty on 45 of 48 charges of sexual abuse

2011: Curley tells the grand jury McQueary only said he witnessed ‘inappropriate’, not ‘sexual’ conduct, which he says was described as ‘horsing around’.

Schultz admits that he met with Curley and Paterno about the abuse allegations, but says he did not know what happened and believed the boy and Sandusky might have been wrestling when the inappropriate contact took place.

2012: On January 22, Paterno – a once legendary coach who was disgraced by the scandal – dies. 

The trial opens on June 11. Just 11 days later on June 22, Sandusky is found guilty on 45 out of 48 counts of sexual abuse. 

(Source: Grand Jury report via NPR) 

He is currently pursuing an appeal in county court near Penn State College.

In November, the judge handling that appeal – Judge John Cleland, who was also the trial judge – took himself off the case after Sandusky’s lawyers raised objections to Cleland’s role in a December 2011 meeting in a hotel the night before Sandusky waived a preliminary hearing.

Cleland’s sternly worded order included a footnote saying his review of the 34 issues raised by Sandusky found none of them had merit.

The state court system is working on appointing a new judge, but that decision has not been made.

In November last year the school was fined a record $2.4million for its failures during the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse case.

Federal officials said the school violated requirements about reporting campus crimes and warning people if their safety was threatened.

The fine was the result of a five-year investigation that began shortly after Sandusky’s 2011 arrest raised questions about what administrators had known about the former assistant football coach, now serving decades in prison for child molestation.

The report said Penn State officials disclosed in June that 45 people have claimed they were victims of Sandusky, who was convicted of abusing 10 boys.

The US Department of Education concluded that Penn State largely ignored many of its duties under the 1990 Clery Act.

The Education Department found the school violated regulations when it didn’t warn students and employees of the forthcoming charges against Sandusky, who was convicted in 2012 and is due in court Friday as he seeks to have the conviction thrown out or get a new trial.

‘In short, a man who was about to be charged with violent crimes against defenseless minors was free to roam the Penn State campus, as he pleased,’ the report said.