Penn State Scandal: Mother of Alleged Victim Says Son Was Afraid to Tell Sandusky 'No'

[PoliticAverse]

Text and video story: http://gma.yahoo.com/penn-state-scandal-mother-alleged-victim-says-son-082520374.html

The mother of the boy who triggered the investigation into Jerry Sandusky's alleged child sex assaults says that during the years of abuse the boy suffered he felt he didn't have the power to say no to the former Penn State football coach.

Speaking exclusively with George Stephanopoulos on ABC News' "Good Morning America" the mother of the boy, who is referred to in court papers as Victim 1, describes how she learned of the abuse and how her son lived in fear of coming forward to implicate a football coaching legend.

"I had said, 'You know, maybe we should have come to this conclusion earlier -- you should have told me,'" the mother, whose name is being withheld, said she told her son. "He was like, 'Well, I didn't know what to do … you just can't tell Jerry no.'"

[Karia]

1. He was taking the boy out of school without the mother's knowledge!

I cannot imaging any school permitting that, but it goes to show what a "hero figure" Sandusky was in that town.

[JohnnyLib2]

2. And she's had to wait 2 or 3 years since blowing the whistle!

It's hard to imagine the fear and anxiety in that one family, or what they are putting up with now.
This is another example of the extreme difficulty of taking on TPTB. ;( :grr: