Attorney says Sandusky not considering plea agreement

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. —

A defense attorney for Jerry Sandusky said the former Penn State assistant coach is not considering any type of plea bargain as new allegations of child sex abuse continue to surface.

Sandusky is under house arrest and wearing an electronic monitor strapped to his ankle as he awaits his preliminary hearing next week.

“He’s looking forward to it in a sense,” Sandusky’s attorney Joe Amendola said on Friday.

Sandusky has posted $250,000 bail after spending a night in jail following his arrest on additional child sex abuse charges. Court records show Sandusky posted bail using $200,000 in real estate holdings and a $50,000 certified check provided by wife.

He will be facing more than 50 charges of sex abuse against 10 young men, charges that he has steadfastly denied since the scandal broke in November.

On Thursday, Sandusky’s wife, Dottie, made her first public comment about the sex abuse investigation. In a statement, she said she’s been shocked and dismayed by what she called “false accusations” against her husband and she denied one alleged victim’s claim that she ignored his cries for help while he said he was being attacked in the basement of the Sandusky home. She called that claim absolutely untrue.

In the meantime, Penn State officials said they plan to cooperate fully with a Big 10 Conference review of the sex abuse scandal. In a statement released Thursday, conference officials said there appears to be enough information to raise significant concerns about institutional control at the university being threatened or eroded. They said they reserve the right to hand down possible sanctions pending the outcome, and their findings are expected in the spring.

Penn State has won a round in its refusal to release records from a campus police investigation involving Sandusky. The state Office Of Open Records ruled on Thursday that Penn State is not a state agency and therefore is exempt from most provisions of Pennsylvania’s Right to Know law.

The ruling came on a request by ESPN for information about Penn State’s inquiry into Sandusky form a 1998 incident.

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