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‘Victim 2’ Takes Stand in Sandusky Case

BELLEFONTE — For the first time, we heard from a key witness in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case. He’s the one Mike McQueary said he saw Sandusky s...

BELLEFONTE -- For the first time, we heard from a key witness in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case. He's the one Mike McQueary said he saw Sandusky sexually assaulting in a shower on campus.

The defense called that alleged victim to testify in an attempt to get Sandusky a new trial.

The man who has only been known as "Victim 2" took the stand on Friday. He is the person Mike McQueary said he saw Jerry Sandusky sexually abusing in the shower. Victim 2 did not testify at Sandusky's trial.

Testimony on Friday also brought Sandusky himself back to the stand.

Sandusky walked into the Centre County Courthouse for his post-conviction relief hearing, in hopes of getting a new trial or having his charges dropped.

The defense called someone to the stand who has never testified before. The man known as "Victim 2" or "A.M." did not testify at Sandusky's trial because prosecutors did not think he was reliable. But Friday, he got the chance to tell his story.

Victim 2 was the boy former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary says he saw Jerry Sandusky assaulting in a shower in a Penn State locker room in 2011. Since then, Victim 2 has told investigators different stories. In court he was defiant, telling defense attorney Al Lindsay many times that he did not remember.

Victim 2 was called to testify for the defense but when questioned by prosecutors, he told the court he was sexually abused.

After that, Lindsay briefly called Jerry Sandusky to the stand. Sandusky denied abusing Victim 2 saying, "absolutely not."

Lindsay then tried to prove Victim 2 changed his testimony because he got money from Penn State. This surprised the judge. The judge asked Lindsay if he was trying to impeach his own witness.

"I want to show that he changed his story," said Lindsay in court. "It's highly relevant."

"He later engaged an attorney and he later, I think we've established, received a monetary reward. So you can draw your own conclusions," Lindsay added.

No decision was made on Friday. The next step is for both the prosecution and defense to file briefs to the judge by next Thursday so the judge can make his decision on whether to give Sandusky a new trial.

Sandusky, a former Penn State University assistant football coach, was found guilty in June of 2012 of 45 counts related to the sexual abuse of children.

In October of 2012, a judge sentenced Sandusky to 30 to 60 years in prison.

The charges against Sandusky came to light in the fall of 2011.

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