Jerry Sandusky Lawyer Causes a Stir with Media Interview

While Jerry Sandusky's lawyer, Joe Amendola, is the major face for the defense of the former Penn State defensive coordinator, another member of the team is Karl Rominger. Rominger caused some ripples in the Sandusky defense argument on Wednesday during an interview with ABC 27 in Harrisburg, Pa.

When attempting to explain why a man of Sandusky's age would be showering with boys between the ages of 10 and 12, Rominger suggested Sandusky was merely trying to teach the boys about good personal hygiene.

"Some of these kids don't have basic hygiene skills," Rominger said during the interview. "Teaching a person to shower at the age of 12 or 14 sounds strange to some people, but people who work with troubled youth will tell you there are a lot of juvenile delinquents and people who are dependent who have to be taught basic life skills like how to put soap on their body."

The argument may carry some weight in the courts with the proper framing of the discussion and perhaps some key experts on the stand backing up the idea ,but it still comes off as a peculiar decision for a man of Sandusky's age to make. Sandusky did meet these alleged victims through The Second Mile charity he founded to help troubled youth, and personal hygiene may have been an issue (although it is completely unconfirmed at this time).

Despite Rominger's explanation, Sandusky will have a major battle to face when the trial officially gets underway. Arraignment is scheduled for Jan. 11, but Sandusky will not be in court that day (he is not required to be in attendance).

To view the full interview, click here.

Rominger has since released a statement suggesting his media interview was taken out of context and exaggerated.

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When answering why a person might be in a shower with a youth, I proposed one hypothetical, such as an adult leading by example and encouraging a youth with bad or poor hygiene to shower regularly.

Some commentators have argued that I am saying that Mr. Sandusky showered with youths and touched them inappropriately for the purpose of teaching them how to shower. That is not what I said.

First, there's no evidence of inappropriate touching in a shower, except for discredited statements from the grand jury presentment. Further, Jerry has maintained his innocence and denies any sexual touching or inappropriate touching in the shower.

Therefore, I would like to clarify that I am not suggesting that this is what happened in this case, but was answering questions about possible motivations an individual might have for an adult to shower with a juvenile.

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All of this brings up one question, which one person posed to me on Facebook:

What is the difference between the right and wrong way?

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