Schreffler said police and then District Attorney Ray Gricar set up Sandusky. They had him go to the mother's house and they listened in. Schreffler said -- Myself and investigator Ralph Ralston from State College were hiding in restroom and bedroom and attempted to hear the conversation. After that, there was another plan to make another call to get Sandusky back to the house.
Accuser 6 had been interviewed by a psychologist and a counselor and Children and Youth police asked the counselor to make another call to Sandusky and they would eavesdrop. Schreffler said that Sandusky made the following statement I wish I could ask for forgiveness. I know I will not get it from you. I wish I were dead.
by WGAL6/14/2012 3:04:00 PM 11:04 AM
Schreffler talked about the call from Accuser 6's mother in 1998 -- Her son had been in a shower with a staff member at Penn State. I asked her to bring her son in to police and he told about being in the shower. Schreffler said -- He was very laid back and the mother was agitated. Schreffler also said that he found out that a friend of Accuser 6 had also been in a shower, so he contacted Children and Youth Services.
by WGAL6/14/2012 3:00:54 PM 11:00 AM
The next witness called is Ron Schreffler. Currently he works with the Department of Homeland Security but he once worked at Penn State as a criminal investigator from 1972 to 2006.
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:58:41 PM 10:58 AM
Amendola then asks what happened between the day the Accuser sent the text to Sandusky and today. The accuser answered In January 2011 a state police officer contacted me that this resurfaced. I told him I would cooperate with it. I started to go over it in my mind. I quickly realized -- my perception changed as an adult from a 13-year-old. This was inappropriate.
Amendola said but his perception hadn't changed in 2009 and he was an adult then.
Amendola asks -- Did police tell you there were other kids Mr. Sandusky had abused? Did your change in perception have anything to do with looking for some financial gain? The Accuser answered that his change of perception happened in January 2011.
On redirect, Accuser 6 stated -- I feel violated. I have gone through a lot of emotional roller coasters since then.
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:57:46 PM 10:57 AM
Amendola brings up the fact that Accuser 6 has an attorney. He asked if the Accuser has paid the attorney any money. The Accuser answers zero. I signed something to let him represent me.
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:55:17 PM 10:55 AM
Amendola brings up the fact that Accuser 6 sent Sandusky cards and texts on holidays. The accuser said he did that for many people.
Amendola brings up a text from Thanksgiving 2009 that said "I'm glad God has placed you in my life. You are an awesome friend, love you."
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:53:38 PM 10:53 AM
Amendola points out that Sandusy gave Accuser 6 money for a mission trip to Mexico. Amendola also brings up that the Accuser had borrowed Sandusky's car and had lunch with him recently.
Accuser 6 also said that Sandusky called in the spring of 2011 and his tone was much different. The investigation had surfaced and Sandusky was looking for another accuser's information.
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:52:16 PM 10:52 AM
Amendola asked -- Did you ever think of him as a father figure? Accuser 6 answered -- I'm not sure.
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:50:22 PM 10:50 AM
Amendola asked -- You didn't think anything happened that was inappropriate? Accuser 6 said -- No, I didn't. I didn't want to get him in trouble. I still wanted to hang out with him and go to the games.
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:49:52 PM 10:49 AM
Amendola asked -- Did he ever touch your private parts. Accuser 6 answered -- Not that I remember.
Amendola said -- He wasn't groping your private areas. Accuser 6 said No. I tried my very best not to look down.
Accuser 6 said -- I can't remember anything else after he lifted me up to the shower head.
Amendola said -- Did you think anything unusual happened that day? Accuser 6 said -- No it was just awkward.
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:49:10 PM 10:49 AM
Defense attorney Joe Amendola then cross examined Accuser 6.
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:47:41 PM 10:47 AM
Accuser 6 said he felt he had done something wrong. He said once or twice Sandusky picked him up for games. He said he was not mad at Sandusky. He said he saw him after that. He said Sandusky would take him to games years after. When asked what his mom thought of that, he said he thought his mom was trying to get Sandusky in trouble. Accuser 6 said -- I was very defensive. We were on different pages. I was a very small kid then.
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:47:12 PM 10:47 AM
Accuser 6 said he then went home -- I walked in and said to my mom, by the way if you are wondering why my hair is wet we took a shower. And I walked away. She came into my room and asked me about what I just said. I told her bits and pieces not exactly what happened.
Accuser 6's mother called police.
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:45:33 PM 10:45 AM
Accuser 6 said more tickling occurred and he was told it was time to wash up ... put soap on my body. He said Sandusky told him to let him help with his back because he couldn't reach back there and Sandusky lathered the soap onto his back. Accuser 6 said at that point it escalated the uncomfortableness of it. Accuser 6 said -- at the same time I did not want to make him feel bad, awkward about it. Then he put his hands around my waist like this and lifted me up to the shower head get soap out of my hair. Last thing I remember. It was just kind of black.
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:44:23 PM 10:44 AM
Accuser 6 -- "He was the tickle monster" started to tickle me, underneath my arms and in my chest area.
At some point he grabbed me from behind bear hug. He said Sandusky told him I'm going to squeeze your guts out. I remember seeing chest hair next to my face. Accuser 6 said he thought "this is icky."
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:42:13 PM 10:42 AM
Accuser 6 said -- Once I turned on the shower on the other side of the wall he said why don't you come to shower next to me, he had already warmed it up for me. I didn't want to but went over. He made a lot of jokes to make me laugh -- started to kind of tickle me.
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:40:52 PM 10:40 AM
Accuser 6 said he and Sandusky went to the gym. After the workout, Sandusky said its time to shower, rinse off. Accuser 6 said -- My immediate thought was I'm not even sweating. I didn't want to be awkward about it, so we left the gym area. I started to really get uncomfortable taking clothes off -- only my parents saw me like that. I put a towel around me and walked to the shower. He was already in there with a shower going. He had shower next to him going. I went to the left and turned on the shower across the room. I didn't want to be next to him in the shower. It felt really awkward.
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:39:14 PM 10:39 AM
Accuser 6 said he and Sandusky went to Holuba Hall. He said -- We have two games he invented, Polish bowling and Polish soccer. The games involved rolling a ball of tape. Accuser 6 said -- I remember playing those games in the hallway. We wrestled a little bit on the carpet. He showed me how to pin. "I felt uncomfortable with it, but it was Jerry Sandusky."
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:37:52 PM 10:37 AM
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Accuser 6 says he believe Sandusky invited him to work out at Penn State. Accuser 6 said -- He reached over and put his hand on my knee. It was a little bit odd. I pulled away. It remained on there and I just rolled with it.
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:36:33 PM 10:36 AM
Accuser 6 took the stand. He said he met Sandusky at a picnic in 1998. He said if there was anything to do with Penn State, he wanted to be a part of it. He said he was a huge football fan.
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:35:38 PM 10:35 AM
We have an update from News 8's Barbara Barr. We'll add the details here shortly.
by WGAL6/14/2012 2:34:24 PM 10:34 AM
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