Jerry Sandusky’s Son Tells Oprah His Story of Abuse: ‘At Bedtime, His Ritual Began’ - the Root
Matthew Sandusky, Jerry Sandusky’s Adopted Son, Tells the Untold Story of His Childhood Sexual Abuse —Tune in for this special episode of Oprah Prime on Thursday, July 17, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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According to philly.com, this will be the first television interview given by any of Sandusky’s six adopted children since his 2012 sex-abuse charges. According to the website, Matt Sandusky, 35, met Jerry and his wife, Dottie, when he was a boy attending their Second Mile charity. A few years later he would move in with the family and would be formally adopted when he was 18.
Matt Sandusky tells Oprah that his adoptive father had a ritual of “grooming, methodical control and manipulation,” according to Oprah’s website.
“At bedtime, his ritual began,” Sandusky tells Oprah in a brief video clip of the episode.
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