Witness who spurred Sandusky probe testifies Tuesday

1:12 PM, Jun 12, 2012   |    comments
Gerald "Jerry" Sandusky, former Penn State University football defensive coordinator/AP
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By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY 

Choking back tears, the alleged victim of Jerry Sandusky who launched the child-sex abuse inquiry against the former Penn State University football coach recounted Tuesday how Sandusky reportedly assaulted him over nearly four years beginning when he was 11 years old.

The witness, now 18, broke down briefly when he detailed the first time Sandusky forced him to perform oral sex in the basement bedroom of Sandusky's State College, Pa., home.

"He sat there (on the edge of the bed) and looked at me and said 'now it's your turn,' " the witness said, his face beginning to contort in pain. "He made me put my mouth on his privates. I don't know how to explain it. My mind wanted me to move but I couldn't move."

After the encounter was over, the witness said Sandusky "looked at me and walked away."

"There were a million things running through my mind," he said.

The teen is the second of Sandusky's accusers to testify in the former coach's high-profile child sex abuse trial that began Monday. Sandusky, 68, faces 52 counts involving 10 boys over a 15-year span.