Prosecutors may present unaired portions of NBC News' Sandusky interview

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: MSNBC

Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky's lawyers plan to argue that he suffers from histrionic personality disorder, a rare psychiatric illness that results in inappropriate behavior. NBC's Michael Isikoff reports and TODAY's Savannah Guthrie discusses how the new defense plan may affect Sandusky's sex abuse trial.

Pennsylvania prosecutors may seek to use unaired portions of an NBC News interview with Jerry Sandusky in November in which the former Penn State defensive coach said, "I didn't go around seeking out every young person for sexual needs that I've helped."

The unaired portions of the "Rock Center with Brian Williams" interview-- conducted by NBC Sports host Bob Costas -- could become an issue this week as Sandusky's lawyers start presenting their defense to charges that he repeatedly abused 10 young boys over a 15 year period.

On Friday, a prosecutor from the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office contacted an NBC News lawyer asking the network to re-authenticate a full unedited transcript of the Costas interview. Because the network had already released the transcript, and it had been published on a Pennsylvania news website, the network agreed.

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[pacalo]

1. This is one statement by Sandusky that is particularly incriminating...

Costas then challenged Sandusky.

"But isn't what you're just describing the classic MO of many pedophiles?" he asked. "And that is that they gain the trust of young people, they don't necessarily abuse every young person. There were hundreds, if not thousands of young boys you came into contact with, but there are allegations that at least eight of them were victimized. Many people believe there are more to come. So it's entirely possible that you could've helped young boy A in some way that was not objectionable while horribly taking advantage of young boy B, C, D and E. Isn't that possible?

Sandusky replied: "Well -- you might think that. I don't know. In terms of -- my relationship with so many, many young people. I would -- I would guess that there are many young people who would come forward. Many more young people who would come forward and say that my methods and -- and what I had done for them made a very positive impact on their life. And I didn't go around seeking out every young person for sexual needs that I've helped. There are many that I didn't have -- I hardly had any contact with who I have helped in many, many ways."

[truthisfreedom]

2. Wow, no kidding.

I don't know how you can interpret those statements without including the possibility that he had sexual contact with SOME of the boys he "helped." Pathological.

[Nancy Waterman]

3. It doesn't matter if he has a personality disorder

A lot of people do. That doesn't excuse this or any other crime at all. No one is suggesting any psychosis
which would be the only insanity defense. it doesn't matter if you can explain why he did what he did. He still is
150% guilty.

[pacalo]

7. I agree, Nancy.

Let's call it what it is: a warped sense of how to "make children's lives better".

[lunatica]

4. With a defense like that who needs a prosecutor?

What crap! Hitrionics? Really?!

[marble falls]

5. the former Penn State defensive coach said, ......

"I didn't go around seeking out every young person for sexual needs that I've helped."

That's a relief.

'he suffers from histrionic personality disorder, a rare psychiatric illness that results in inappropriate behavior.'

Rape IS inappropriate behavior under any circumstance and especially so when used on children. "Inappropriate," indeed.

Guilty, guilty, guilty. He knew it was wrong and had so many opportunities to be arrested and wasn't and had even more opportunity over twenty or so years to get help for behavior that even if he couldn't control it, he flat out knew it was wrong. Wrong, then immoral, unethical, and lastly illegal and he knew it.

Guilty, guilty, guilty and I am mighty disappointed in Coach Joe, too.

[Dont call me Shirley]

6. So now the msm is justifying sandusky's "love" of little boys.

I hear lots of uppity republican men also "love" little boys.