BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) – A victim of Jerry Sandusky, one of his former defense lawyers and a psychology professor testified Thursday as the former Penn State assistant football coach sought a new trial in his child sexual abuse case.
Sandusky, 73, argued his former defense lawyers did not properly represent him, and he wants a do-over of the 2012 trial that produced a 45-count conviction.
The young man identified as Victim 7, who testified against Sandusky five years ago, said his statements evolved because at first he “wasn’t willing to go there,” Pennlive.com (http://bit.ly/2q9KS5R ) reported.
He said that changed, in part, because of counseling and therapy.
University of California, Irvine professor Elizabeth Loftus told the judge by phone that there is no credible scientific support for a theory that someone can wall off a “horrific brutalization” and then recall it later because of counseling and therapy.