Maybe I'm remembering incorrectly. Amendola may not have been in on it from the beginning, but he explained it away after the fact. And There were definitely allegations of witness tampering:
Alleged victim's lawyer raises questions:
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/12/alleged_victims_lawyer_raises.html
Police had asked Victim Six to wear a hidden recording device to tape any conversation with Sandusky at the July dinner. But the man was too nervous. Instead, his lawyer said, he reported the conversation to police.
"When you look at the invitation, look at how it's couched, the timing of it, and look at what his attorney has attempted to make of it, I think there are some very serious questions raised," attorney Howard Janet said.
Janet wouldn't say if Sandusky talked about the police investigation during the dinner at his home.
Amendola said Victims Six and Two attended the get-together that included Sandusky's wife. "Dottie thought it was a pleasant evening among friends," he said.
Justine Andronici, an attorney for one of the alleged victims, took issue with that description.
"These statements play on the victims' worst fears: that if they stand up and tell the truth they will be called liars and victimized again," she said. "Perpetrators of sexual abuse also maintain manipulative, long-term contact with their victims for the very purpose of continuing to silence them." Janet, the lawyer representing Victim Six, called Amendola's description "grotesque."
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"Why was he arranging to meet with victims while under investigation? Was he trying to tamper with or improperly influence potential witnesses?" Janet asked in a statement released Friday.
"Was he trying to use the victims' attendance at dinner to discredit their accusations against him as part of a devious strategic plan of defense?" In discussing his legal strategy this week, Amendola said he plans to dispute claims made against Sandusky in each of the eight cases.
