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Jerry Sandusky's trial in the Penn State scandal opened in graphic fashion June 11 with the first witness testifying that the retired coach molested him in the locker-room showers and in hotels while trying to ensure his silence with gifts and trips to bowl games.
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Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for opening statements in his trial on 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years, in Bellefonte, Pa., Monday, June 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, left, arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for opening statements in his trial on 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years in Bellefonte, Pa., Monday, June 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Joe Amendola, attorney for former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for opening statements in Sandusky's trial, Monday, June 11, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pa., on 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
In this courtroom sketch, Joseph McGettigan III, standing center, before judge John Cleland, seated rear center, addresses the jury, left, during his opening statements during the first day of the child sexual abuse trial of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, second from right, with his attorney Joe Amendola, far right, at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Monday, June 11, 2012. Sandusky is charged with 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (AP Photo/Annie Kenny)
Joseph McGettigan III, Pennsylvania senior deputy attorney general, arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for the start of the trial of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, Monday, June, 11, 2012 in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky is charged with 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Media trucks covering former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's trial, surround Centre County Court in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania June 11, 2012. Opening arguments in the child sex abuse trial of Sandusky start on Monday, with the explosive case expected to center on the credibility of witnesses. REUTERS/Pat Little (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT CRIME LAW MEDIA)
BELLEFONTE, PA - JUNE 11: Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse after the first day of his child sex abuse trial was completed on June 11, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Sandusky is charged with 52 criminal counts of alleged sexual abuse of children. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Judge John Cleland arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for the start of the trial of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, Monday, June, 11, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky is charged with 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Evidence for the prosecution arrives at former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's trial at Centre County Court in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, June 11, 2012. Opening arguments in the child sex abuse trial of Sandusky start on Monday, with the explosive case expected to center on the credibility of witnesses. REUTERS/Pat Little (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT CRIME LAW)
Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives for the first day of jury selection as his trial on 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years gets underway at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, June 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
FILE - In this file photo from Jan. 25, 2012, former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary arrives to the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on the Penn State campus for the funeral service of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in State College, Pa. As a graduate assistant to Paterno, McQueary went to the coach saying he had witnessed former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky assaulting a boy in the shower at the Penn State football building. Despite Sandusky2019s delay requests, it now appears his case will get under way Tuesday, June 5, 2012, with selection of jurors from among neighbors in the area around Penn State, a location that before November could be called Happy Valley without a hint of irony or bitterness. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, FILE)