Shocking details from the Penn State grand jury report

By HLNtv.com Staff, November 8, 2011

NEED TO KNOW

Former Penn State football coach accused of sexually abusing 8 young boys
The grand jury report was released Tuesday
Read the full report here

Former Penn State Football defensive coach Jerry Sandusky's arrest Saturday for allegedly raping eight young boys between 1994 and 2009 has rocked the sports world.

Sandusky is accused of seven counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, along with multiple counts of unlawful contact with a minor, endangering the welfare of a child, indecent assault and several other charges.

Read the grand jury findings in the case (PDF) [WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT]

Some of the highlights from the report:

-- "Victim 1 testified that ultimately Sandusky performed oral sex on him more than 20 times through 2007 and early 2008."

-- In March 2002, a graduate assistant allegedly saw Sandusky sexually assaulting a boy (identified as Victim 2), who appeared to be about 10 years old, in the locker room showers. The assistant notified head coach Joe Paterno, who told the grand jury that he then reported the incident to athletic director Tim Curley.

-- "Sandusky initiated physical contact with Victim 3 in the shower by patting him, rubbing his shoulders, washing his hair and giving him bear hugs."

-- In the fall of 2000, a janitor "observed Sandusky in the showers of the Lasch Building with a young boy pinned up against the wall, performing oral sex on the boy. He immediately made known to other janitorial staff what he had just witnessed."

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