MSNBC: Sandusky victim comes forward, says he was abused over 100 times

[Amerigo Vespucci]

No link (live on MSNBC...they are in a commercial break right now, the story is coming up next).

UPDATE: "Man alleges Sandusky abused him over 100 times, has filed a lawsuit, and is not one of the original 8 victims."

[EOTE]

1. Victim or abuser? NT

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. Victim

[blue neen]

3. Could you please change your post to read "victim"?

(or a similar word).

The way you have posted this is very misleading.

Thank you.

[Ken Burch]

4. ...Sandusky ACCUSER, not "Sandusky ABUSER", for God's sake....

:puke:

[blogslut]

5. Please, can you change the title of your OP?

To something like: "Sandusky victim comes forward, says he was abused over 100 times"

or "Sandusky accuser comes forward, says he was abused over 100 times"

[Poll_Blind]

6. Please change the title of your op. Thanks! nt

PB

[backscatter712]

7. You mean abusee, no? n/t

[kestrel91316]

8. OP headline FAIL. "Accuser".

[Name removed]

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[blogslut]

10. Thank you for changing the OP title

I appreciate the fix and the news posted.

[robdogbucky]

11. Yikes, I'm almost afraid to post the details, as it may have been posted already but here it is:

Alleged sex abuse victim files suit against Jerry Sandusky, Penn State and Second Mile

Published: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 11:13 AM Updated: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 12:46 PM

A civil lawsuit is being filed on behalf of a man who claims to be a victim of sexual assault by Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach. Identified in the suit as John Doe, the man's alleged abuse was not included in the report from the grand jury that investigated Sandusky, who was charged with assaulting eight boys over 15 years.

The complaint, to be filed today in Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, names Penn State University, The Second Mile and Sandusky as defendants. The man's attorneys are Jeff Anderson and Marci Hamilton.

Some of the assaults Sandusky is charged with are alleged to have happened on Penn State property. Victims were part of The Second Mile, a children's charity Sandusky founded.

The suit alleges the man was sexually abused by Sandusky after meeting him through Second Mile when he was 10 years old, in 1992. It says that Sandusky assaulted the boy at least 100 times, including incidents at Sandusky's home, at Penn State and on trips...

..."I am the man in this lawsuit and I’m writing this statement and taking this action because I don’t want other kids to be hurt and abused by Jerry Sandusky or anybody like Penn State to allow people like him to do it—rape kids! I never told anybody what he did to me over 100 times at all kinds of places until the newspapers reported that he had abused other kids and the people at Penn State and Second Mile didn’t do the things they should have to protect me and the other kids. I am hurting and have been for a long time because of what happened but feel now even more tormented that I have learned of so many other kids were abused after me. Now that I have told and done something about it I am feeling better and going to get help and work with the police. I want other people who have been hurt to know they can come forward and get help and help protect others in the future."

In the suit, the man claims that Sandusky threatened to harm him and his family if he told authorities about the assaults.


http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/alleged_sex_abuse_victim_files.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. The lawyer, Jeff Anderson, is pretty well-known around here

and quite well-respected. He has been very successful with abuse lawsuits against the Catholic Church.

[Ken Burch]

13. Thanks for changing the title.

n/t.

[Quantess]

14. It was only a matter of time until more victims came forward.