Judge gives
HARRISBURG — Prosecutors on Tuesday were ordered to give Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer the phone numbers and addresses of those who have accused the former Penn State assistant football coach of child sex abuse.
It was a pretrial win for Sandusky’s lawyer, Joe Amendola, who argued in a filing late last week that it would be very difficult for defense investigators to locate and try to interview them without first getting contact information from prosecutors. The order also extends to the phone numbers and addresses of the accusers when the crimes are alleged to have occurred.
The order by Judge John Cleland could also lead to the prosecution turning over any psychological evaluations performed on the accusers, but the attorney general’s office was given another week to try to persuade him they are protected by legal privilege and not subject to disclosure.
The psychological evaluations would be produced under seal, and Amendola wouldn’t be allowed to do more than read them without getting the judge’s prior approval.
Amendola is specifically seeking a psychologist’s report related to a person described as Victim 6 in a grand jury report.
