STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A 19- year-old man has filed a complaint with state police alleging he was sexually abused by Jerry Sandusky after the former coach gave him liquor on the Penn State campus in 2004, the accuser’s lawyer said Tuesday.
Charles Schmidt said the client, whom he did not identify, came to his law firm about three weeks ago, after Sandusky was charged with sexually abusing eight children over a 15-year period.
“He suffered one incident of abuse, to use the legal term — involuntary deviate sexual intercourse — allegedly at the hands of Mr. Sandusky,” Schmidt said. “That occurred on the Penn State campus, we believe in the area of the football facilities.”
Joseph Amendola, lawyer for Sandusky, said he was not familiar with the allegations Schmidt was making.
The new claim came the same day a lawyer for a different young man who accused Sandusky of sexual abuse said he expects his client and at least five other alleged victims to testify at a preliminary hearing next week.
The lawyer said he has information that the six young men whose testimony to a grand jury contributed to a report detailing allegations against Sandusky will be called to testify Tuesday. The attorney spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he said he is trying to ensure his client’s identity isn’t revealed publicly.
Sandusky is charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse, and prosecutors allege he met his victims through The Second Mile, a charity he founded in 1977 to help at-risk children. Sandusky, 67, denies being a pedophile and is fighting charges.
In interviews with NBC and The New York Times, he has said he showered and horsed around with boys but never sexually abused them.
