Court Docs: Accuser of Former Penn State Football Coach Jerry Sandusky Expected to Recant Testimony
The court will hear testimony from R.R., his estranged wife and others after documents show he recanted in June 2025.
- Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will return to a Centre County courtroom in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 8 for an evidentiary hearing after one of his accusers recanted testimony.
- Sandusky, now 82, has been serving a prison sentence since his 2012 conviction for child sexual abuse. The hearing focuses on testimony from a Victim who previously testified for the prosecution at trial.
- Court documents released Thursday show the Victim recanted his testimony in June 2025. He originally testified meeting Sandusky at Second Mile Charity in 1997, claiming abuse began then.
- During the evidentiary hearing, multiple witnesses are expected to testify, including the Victim, his estranged wife, a Sandusky family investigator, and a former state prosecutor before the Court.
- The Sept. 8 hearing is related to Sandusky's effort to challenge his 2012 conviction through a Post-Conviction Relief Act petition. The outcome could affect the standing of the original abuse case.
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Accuser of ex-Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky to recant testimony
Sandusky, now 82, will return to court Sept. 8 for an evidentiary hearing after one of his accusers, who testified in his trial, is prepared to tell the court the retired Nittany Lions coach did not abuse him -- and that prosecutors swayed his previous testimony, ABC News reported.
Accuser of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky expected to recant testimony - Regional Media News
(NEW YORK) - Jerry Sandusky is due to return to court next month as one of his accusers is expected to recant his testimony against the former Penn State assistant football coach who was convicted of sexually abusing boys for more than a decade. A judge scheduled an evidentiary hearing for Sept. 8 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Sandusky, who is now 82, has been serving a decades-long prison sentence after he was convicted in 2012 of abusing boys. …
Sandusky Accuser Expected to Recant Testimony
One of the accusers who testified more than 14 years ago that Jerry Sandusky sexually abused him is expected to recant his allegations at an upcoming appeal hearing for the former Penn State football assistant coach and Second Mile charity founder. The man identified as Victim 10 during Sandusky's 2012 trial on child sexual abuse charges and in court documents as "R.R." said in a 2025 affidavit that he was extensively coached by investigators an…
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