Matt Sandusky: Adopted Son's Claims of Abuse by Father Make Case Even Uglier

You thought the case against Jerry Sandusky couldn't get any stronger, and it did. You thought you couldn't be any more disgusted by all of the allegations, and now this.

The harrowing case against the former Penn State assistant football coach got even uglier on Thursday, when his adopted son Matt came forward and claimed that as a child, he was abused by his father.

According to the New York Times, there were no details and no explanations given for why 33-year-old Matt Sandusky didn't testify in the trial against Sandusky. The Times reports that a statement by lawyers Andrew Shubin and Justine Andronici reads:

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During the trial, Matt Sandusky contacted us and requested our advice and assistance in arranging a meeting with prosecutors to disclose for the first time in this case that he is a victim of Jerry Sandusky’s abuse. At Matt’s request, we immediately arranged a meeting between him and the prosecutors and investigators.

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Matt's allegations came after the jury had already started deliberating. 

Sandusky has already been charged with molesting 10 young boys, and some or all of the abuse occurred during his time on the staff of Penn State's football team and as a mentor at The Second Mile, a charity for troubled youth where Sandusky first encountered Matt.

According to the Times, Matt was about 11 years old when he went to live with the Sanduskys as a foster child. Up to this point, he has publicly supported his father and denied any abuse. 

Whether or not Matt does end up testifying is irrelevant; even if the sequestered jury cannot take his claims into account, it doesn't matter. The evidence continues to mount, and as each day goes by, it becomes more and more clear that the claims against Sandusky are too enormous in scope to ignore. 

The Times reports that Sandusky's lawyer, Joseph Amendola, said during his closing remarks that the lawsuit against his client "makes no sense, absolutely no sense." Hopefully the jury is smart enough to see that defense for the desperate plea that it is.

This case makes perfect sense: Terrified young men whose childhoods were stolen from them were afraid of the repercussions if they accused a coach of one of the most storied, beloved football programs in history of such a heinous crime.

How is that nonsensical? Matt Sandusky's allegations only add more credence to a case that should, at this point, be cut and dry. It's unlikely that so many people—including Sandusky's own family—fabricated allegations of this magnitude. 

Unless Jerry Sandusky is truly the unluckiest guy in the world and is the victim of one of the universe's most epic conspiracies, as Bob Costas suggested several months ago, there is just too much evidence to chalk it all up to a misunderstanding.