BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky was “beside himself” when he heard from his attorney about the sanctions the NCAA imposed on Penn State and its football program.

“He’s extremely distraught about what’s happened at Penn State,” Sandusky’s attorney, Joe Amendola, said today during an interview at the Centre County Courthouse. “He never, never dreamed that anything he was accused of doing would have this type of impact on Penn State - not only athletics, but the university as a whole.”

Sandusky is awaiting his sentencing in the Centre County Correctional Facility and doesn’t have much contact with the outside world, Amendola said. Amendola said he’s the one who’s relaying information to the former assistant football coach.