Jerry Sandusky to NBC: I’m Innocent

    Disgraced former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky spoke by telephone with NBC’s Bob Costas for a segment that aired last night on the television news magazine “Rock Center with Brian Williams.”

    Sandusky denied having inappropriate sexual contact with any of the 8 victims included in the graphic grand jury report released the same day Sandusky was arrested. That presentment included detailed descriptions of sexual interaction between Sandusky and the alleged victims, young boys who were involved in Sandusky’s Second Mile charity program for at-risk youths. The report also included an eyewitness account by then-graduate assistant Mike McQueary. During Monday night’s interview, Sandusky directly denied McQueary’s account of a 2002 incident in the football facility’s showers.

    Sandusky also says he never spoke with former Head Coach Joe Paterno about the case or anything else related to the accusations. When asked what he would concede to doing wrong, Sandusky would only say, “I shouldn’t have showered with those kids.”