Jerry Sandusky's wife just doesn't get it...

[Archae]

Yeah, Jerry is so honest, and everyone else is lying!

Sandusky's Wife Goes on Offensive Against Accusers

It was long after former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had been arrested, tried and convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys before his wife said she realized just how much trouble he was in.

In an interview this week at her home in State College, Dottie Sandusky said she still had hope even after his 45-count guilty verdict. But when the judge handed down a 30- to 60-year prison term, she said she fully comprehended his predicament.

"I think it was at the sentencing," she said during a 90-minute interview at her dining room table. "I mean, I really and truly believe, I believe in, when you tell the truth and who you are, that things work out."

Jerry Sandusky, 70, was convicted in 2012 of sexually abusing boys over 15 years but maintains his innocence and is pursuing appeals. The scandal brought down the Penn State president and storied head coach Joe Paterno and eventually led the school to pay nearly $60 million to settle civil claims. Three former Penn State administrators await trial on charges they covered up allegations against Sandusky.

In recent weeks, Dottie Sandusky has been granting interviews, arguing her husband's conviction was unjust and claiming the accusers who testified against him told inaccurate stories to cash in. An attorney for one of the accusers calls her denials "obscene."

Speaking with The Associated Press, she said her husband had informed her when complaints were made against him regarding showering with boys in 1998 and 2001.

Those complaints didn't seem to worry Jerry Sandusky, she said, even though one spawned an investigation by police and child protective services and the other resulted in a restriction against him bringing children into Penn State facilities.

"He didn't think a thing about it," she said.

She said Jerry Sandusky also told her promptly about a 2010 investigation into his contact with a boy at a high school in central Pennsylvania that forced him to hire a lawyer and led to the filing of criminal charges.

"Jerry said when it first started it was really nothing," she said.

In the interview, Dottie Sandusky repeatedly turned her focus to the eight young men who testified against him and the couple dozen others who have contacted Penn State with abuse claims.

"I know who he is, and I know what he is, and people need to look into some of the other situations," she said.

(snip)

"I trust my husband," she said. "That's what the world is about today. People don't trust anybody. And all these young kids, all they think about is sex."

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/sanduskys-wife-offensive-accusers-23112419

[shenmue]

1. Wow

[Wounded Bear]

2. The power of faith...

to believe shit, even when the contrary proof is overwhelming.

[Politicalboi]

3. She should be in jail with him

You can't tell me she didn't know what was going on at home. STFU Dottie.

[Initech]

12. And Tom Corbett can join them.

For covering up this horrific crime so Penn State could continue to have a winning record. The really sad thing is if they had caught him and convicted him 10 years ago, this never would have been a problem and Joe Paterno would have died a hero. Instead Penn State is wiped of its' records and the students rioted.

[Solly Mack]

4. Yikes.

[spanone]

5. why does the media stick a microphone in front of her face? she's the wife of a convicted criminal

[Archae]

6. Because she'll cause controversy.

And controversy sells.

[gordianot]

7. This animal molested his adopted son and his wife defends him?

They both deserve prison and should not be allowed contact with children. Utterly disgusting, any media outlet that allows this woman to speak is enabling abuse.

[Warpy]

8. All she can see is her own terror

of poverty and social isolation. She also doesn't want to admit what a fool she'd been all those years of being the great man's wife.

I understand her. I just hope in time what he did to those boys dawns on her. She'll continue being a damned fool until it does.

[Nay]

9. WOW! "And all these young kids, all they think about is sex."

What an enabler!!

[Hekate]

10. Denial is a powerful coping mechanism that ultimately fails, but not before blaming everyone else...

...except the perp whose actions you can't bear to look at truthfully.

It's a sad business, but by now it also makes her culpable. She'd be well-advised to STFU at this point.

[Avalux]

11. Her world would fall apart if she admitted the truth, so she has to keep up the lies.

How on earth could she not have known her husband was molesting boys in the basement while she was upstairs?

But, any suspicions she may have had were buried deep in her psyche so that she could continue living her life as the college football coach's wife. Years and years of denial and lies are difficult to let go - especially when her world and the lifestyle she's accustomed to would go *poof* if she did. So - she is collecting Sandusky's pension, living in their home and keeping up the facade.

I doubt she is too broken up about his being in jail. It's all about money to her, and remember - there are civil suits that threaten to take her money away.

She should be in jail right along with him.

[sendero]

13. Never underestimate ..

.... the power of denial. Sometimes, it's all you got.