CNN 2012-07-02

 Hey, I’m Anderson Cooper. Welcome to the podcast. Stunning¹ new developments in the Jerry Sandusky child rape² case. Another accuser comes forward – this time it is a Mac Sandusky - the adopted son of Jerry Sandusky. Also the bully-bust monitor mind interview with her(谁？剪得不好), her reaction to the prodigies³ that had been released by several of the kids who mocked this woman relentlessly⁴. Let’s get started.

 

We begin tonight with breaking news in the Jerry Sandusky child rape case. New accusations⁵, incredible accusations from yet another alleged⁶ victim. But this time, though, it is Jerry Sandusky's adopted son. Matt Sandusky is his name. He said through his attorney late today that Jerry Sandusky sexually abused him and that he was prepared to testify for the prosecution⁷ during the trial. Now he was not called to the stand. We're gonna get into why in just a moment because that's of course the question everyone wants to know the answer to. First, though, a bit of background. Matt Sandusky is 33 years old now. He went to live with the Sanduskys as a foster child. He was later adopted. He’d denied ever being abused by Sandusky until just this week. As the trial was going on, he apparently⁸ approached prosecutors¹⁰ and told them that his adopted father did molest¹¹ him. Joining me now live with the latest, national correspondent Jason Carroll. Also CNN contributor and Patriot¹² News reporter, Sara Ganim. 

 

Jason, if Matt Sandusky's claims that he was molested¹³ was known by the prosecution, why didn't they call him to testify? 

 

Well, I think it's a good question. I think there's a question in terms of whether or not his testimony¹⁴ would have been admissible simply because for one reason Jerry Sandusky is not charged with sexually abusing his son. I can tell you this, think of this scenario¹⁵. Let's say, for example, Jerry Sandusky had taken the witness stand and had said during his testimony, I'm a great father, I have a great relationship with my children. That then would have opened the door for the prosecution to call a rebuttal witness. And my sources told me if Jerry Sandusky had taken the stand, they were prepared to put Matt Sandusky on the stand as a rebuttal witness. And my source tells me that his testimony, Anderson, would have been, quote, "very, very damaging." Now also let me just sort of backtrack here a little bit. When the trial first began on day one, I saw Matt Sandusky sitting there on the sidelines with the rest of the Sandusky family. So what happened between then when the trial happened and today when we got this statement from his private attorney who basically said Matt Sandusky contacted this private attorney and said I wanted him to reach out to prosecutors and tell them, quote, "to disclose for the first time in this case that he is a victim of Jerry Sandusky's abuse." Anderson. 

 

No, Sara, Matt Sandusky, and correct me if I'm wrong here, but Matt Sandusky's wife had petitioned the court to not allow their kids to sleep over at Jerry Sandusky's house. This was a long time ago, correct? 

 

That's right. And probably even more importantly, his mother, as far back as 1996, had been asking the courts to take a deeper look into the relationship between Matt and Jerry Sanduskys. When he was in foster care at the Sandusky home, she had seen behavior that she would later describe to the grand jury as strange, as stalking-like behavior. 

 

She described one time where Matt Sandusky fled from the Sandusky, Matt, who was Matt Heigel at the time, fled from the Sandusky's home in the middle of a rainstorm in the middle of the night and didn't want to go back. Even after Jerry showed up in a relative's house where Matt was hiding out. 

 

And so she describes all of these things. But Matt Sandusky himself got before the grand jury and we don't know exactly what he testified to, but Joe Amendola, who's Jerry Sandusky's attorney, told me at the time, it was nothing that they were worried about. That they expected him to be a positive witness for Jerry Sandusky. And they felt that his biological mom was just angry at Jerry Sandusky and was making these allegations. 

 

And his biological mom had also testified in front of that same grand jury recently, correct? 

 

Right. She testified about a year ago. And that's what she said. 

 

A year. 

 

She said, you know, that she witnessed this stalking-like behavior. That she witnessed him flee from Jerry Sandusky's house in the middle of a rainstorm. And that she confronted her son before he was adopted. And asked him if anything strange was going on, and he said nothing, except I don't want to talk about it. 

 

And, Jason, the accuser number four who testified actually mentioned Matt Sandusky during his testimony. What did he, what did he say about him? 

 

He did. He was the first witness to testify on day one of the trial. He said he was about 13 years old. He had taken a shower with, with Jerry Sandusky at Penn State. It was one of those soap battles that we've heard so much about. And that's when he said he came into contact with Matt Sandusky, Sandusky. He said, quote, "He," as in Jerry Sandusky, "started pumping his hand full of soap like he was going to throw it. Matt got out. He went to another shower." Then prosecutor⁹ McGettigan said, "Can you describe how Matt looked?" Number four's answer was, "Nervous." And I think the implication was very clear there. Anderson. 

1 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

2 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

3 prodigies   

n.奇才，天才（尤指神童）( prodigy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It'seldom happened that a third party ever witnessed any of these prodigies. 这类壮举发生的时候，难得有第三者在场目睹过。 来自辞典例句
• She is by no means inferior to other prodigies. 她绝不是不如其他神童。 来自互联网

4 relentlessly   

adv.不屈不挠地；残酷地；不间断

参考例句：

• The African sun beat relentlessly down on his aching head. 非洲的太阳无情地照射在他那发痛的头上。
• He pursued her relentlessly, refusing to take 'no' for an answer. 他锲而不舍地追求她，拒不接受“不”的回答。

5 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

6 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

7 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

8 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

9 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

10 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

11 molest   

vt.骚扰，干扰，调戏

参考例句：

• If the man continues to molest her,I promise to keep no measures with the delinquent.如果那人继续对她进行骚扰，我将对他这个违法者毫不宽容。
• If I were gone,all these would molest you.如果没有我，这一切都会来骚扰你。

12 patriot   

n.爱国者，爱国主义者

参考例句：

• He avowed himself a patriot.他自称自己是爱国者。
• He is a patriot who has won the admiration of the French already.他是一个已经赢得法国人敬仰的爱国者。

13 molested   

v.骚扰( molest的过去式和过去分词 )；干扰；调戏；猥亵

参考例句：

• The bigger children in the neighborhood molested the younger ones. 邻居家的大孩子欺负小孩子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He molested children and was sent to jail. 他猥亵儿童，进了监狱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

15 scenario   

n.剧本，脚本；概要

参考例句：

• But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
• This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。