Following a ruling on Monday that changed Jerry Sandusky's bail conditions to allow him to interact with his grandchildren, Jill Thomas, the ex-wife of his son Matthew and mother of three of Sandusky's grandchildren, issued a statement accusing Sandusky of inappropriately touching one of her children.
The lawyer for former Penn State Athletic Director Tim Curley has asked for the Commonwealth to drop perjury charges against her client stemming from the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
This morning, Judge Cleland ruled on several motions proposed at Friday's hearing in Bellefonte, Pa.
Today, during the hearing on bail conditions for Jerry Sandusky, Onward State staffers in Bellefonte used the hashtag #PSUcharges to classify their tweets of the coverage. #PSUcharges was the hashtag created by local media sources when the charges against Jerry Sandusky AND Tim Curley and Gary Schultz were made public on November 5th. Some who follow Onward State wanted a change in the hashtag to #Sandusky, presumably because of the prevailing thought that Jerry Sandusky "does not represent Penn State". We explain our continued use of the hashtag after the jump.
Judge John M. Cleland heard five separate motions this morning from Jerry Sandusky’s defense team and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Jerry Sandusky and his defense team will attend court proceedings in Bellefonte this morning in an effort to change his bail conditions. Sandusky has expressed interest in being able to visit and communicate with his eleven grandchildren -- all under the age of 18 -- and to be able to leave his house to visit with his lawyers in preparation for his defense. Sandusky is currently under house arrest and monitored by an ankle bracelet.