He has said he saw Sandusky directly behind the boy's back, moving his midsection enough to convince McQueary it was a sex act. Dranov told the jury that McQueary described hearing sounds he considered sexual in nature but did not provide him with a graphic description of what he saw. Asked to describe McQueary's demeanour, Dranov said: "His voice was trembling. His hands were shaking. He was visibly shaken," Dranov said. McQueary's report to his superiors — and Penn State officials' failure to go to outside law enforcement — led to the firing of Paterno, who died of cancer in January.
McQueary had testified earlier in the trial that he wasn't "over-descriptive" in his conversation with Dranov, saying he told the doctor that what he saw was sexual, wrong and perverse. The defence rested around lunchtime Wednesday. Judge John Cleland said jury instructions and closing arguments by the defence and then prosecution would take place Thursday morning. If convicted, the year-old former defensive co-ordinator could be sent to state prison for the rest of his life.
The seven days of testimony were far shorter than the three weeks or so that Cleland had predicted, as many of the 28 defence witnesses were there to briefly vouch for Sandusky's reputation. Prosecutors called 22 witnesses, including eight young men, ages 18 to 28, who alleged a range of abuse from grooming, kissing and massaging to fondling, oral sex and anal rape. David Hilton, who met Sandusky through a summer camp of his charity, testified Wednesday he felt like investigators were trying to coach him into accusing Sandusky.
Earlier this week, sources said, the defense team was convinced they would have to put Sandusky on the stand to prevent him from being convicted of the 51 counts against him and possibly spending the rest of his life in jail. Sources said that the defense team made their decision after Tuesday's testimony in which the two lead investigators in the case told the court that they had not shared specific allegations of sex abuse with potential victims during interviews, but were shown to have done just that during an accidentally-recorded interview played for the jury.
One investigator was heard telling the man known as Victim 4 that others had already come forward claiming that Sandusky forced them to perform oral sex and raped them, even though Victim 4 had not said that Sandusky sexually abused him.
The defense has claimed that the investigation was "tainted" by eager state troopers who encouraged the alleged victims to claim they were abused. Defense attorneys Joseph Amendola and Karl Rominger, along with Sandusky, made their decision today just moments before they would have had to call Sandusky to the stand.
Sandusky was then brought into Judge John Cleland's chambers, where Cleland asked Sandusky if he knew that he had the right to testify in his defense and was giving up that right by choice. Sandusky told the judge he was aware, sources said. The frantic decision-making took place during 45 minutes of closed-door meetings in conference rooms off the courtroom, ending with Amendola telling the court that the defense had chosen to rest its case.
Both sides will offer their closing arguments to the jury on Thursday before the case is handed over to the jury of seven women and five men for deliberations. It would have been a gamble to put Sandusky on the stand because it would then open him up to withering cross examination by the prosecutor.
Sandusky, 68, is charged with 51 counts of sex abuse against 10 boys. If convicted he could be sentenced to life in prison. People in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky said the plan had been for Amendola to go to New York for the interview, but after he arrived there he decided it would be better to have Sandusky call in and assert his innocence. Sandusky said he was unprepared and caught off guard when Costas asked if he was sexually attracted to children.
He responded: "Sexually attracted, you know, I enjoy young people. I love to be around them. But no, I'm not sexually attracted to young boys. He was "absolutely surprised," Sandusky testified Friday. I was not in a good emotional state. Amendola testified Friday that he told Sandusky beforehand he did not have to answer every question but did not warn him his words could be used against him at trial, as later occurred.
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