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A football coach who says Jerry Sandusky molested a boy in a Penn State locker room in 2002 speaks about the incident for the first time in public. Mike McQueary said "it was very clear that it looked like there was intercourse" and that Mr Sandusky held his hands around the boy's waist.

Ex-Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky has been arrested on new sex abuse charges brought by two new accusers. Both alleged victims were part of Sandusky’s Second Mile charity.

A central Pennsylvania college says former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky was denied a volunteer coaching position last year because a background check revealed a high school was investigating him on sex abuse allegations later detailed by a grand jury.

Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky says legendary head coach Joe Paterno never spoke with him about allegations of sexual abuse involving minors.

The attorney for former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky denied what he called "rumors" Thursday that his client was considering a plea deal. "The rumors ... are completely unfounded," Joe Amendola told CNN in an e-mail.

The man who filed the first sex-abuse lawsuit against ex-Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky says he feels tormented after learning others were allegedly abused after him. The 29-year-old writes in a statement: “I am hurting and have been for a long because of what happened, but feel now even more tormented that I have learned of so many other kids.”

In the latest development to the Jerry Sandusky alleged child sex scandal, one of the two new abuse allegations was made by a family member of the former Penn State football coach, his lawyer confirmed to NBC News on Wednesday.

The lawyer for Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State coach who faces 40 charges of child sex abuse, said he anticipates that more charges may be forthcoming. In an ABC News interview, Joe Amendola said fears that Sandusky’s bail could be revoked or raised to a level that he could not meet and he could be placed in jail.

Penn State University trustees on Monday named former FBI director and federal judge Louis Freeh to head an independent investigation into the child sex abuse scandal that has rocked the university.

The Second Mile charity is preparing to close amid child sex abuse allegations against its founder, former Penn State defensive coach Jerry Sandusky.