Disgraced Penn State defensive coordinator and convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky is scheduled to return to court next month, more than a year after one of his accusers recanted his allegations, according to court documents.
Sandusky, 82, was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison after his conviction in June 2012 on 45 counts of child sex abuse. Several prior petitions for post-conviction relief had been denied over the years.
He filed a new one in September 2025, which a Pennsylvania judge initially dismissed.
That decision was vacated over a procedural misstep, and Sandusky was later granted an evidentiary hearing after one witness, identified as R.R. in court documents, recanted his testimony.
"Affidavits from R.R. (alleged Victim 10) and the mother of alleged Victim 9 also establish that the Commonwealth engaged in questionable tactics to influence testimony of its witnesses," Sandusky's attorneys wrote in their amended petition.
Read Sandusky's maintained his innocence after more than a decade behind bars.
He's due in the Bellefonte courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 9:30 a.m. for the evidentiary hearing.