Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky opted against forcing his accusers to make their claims of child sex abuse in a packed courtroom Tuesday but then took his case to the courthouse steps as his lawyer assailed the credibility of the alleged victims and witnesses. Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's attorney Joe Amendola, top center, is surrounded by media outside the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Dec.