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In reply to the discussion: Do you think it's possible that Sandusky's wife didn't know? [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)believing that she didn't. By some of the comments she made about the kids, she obviously didn't like some of them very much, which leads me to believe she knew SOMETHING was going on and resented it.
It's possible she didn't, but in my opinion, not probable.
From the New Yorker article:
"Dottie Sandusky, Jerrys wife, testified that she never saw anything amiss. One of the alleged victims had testified that she had come into a hotel room where Sandusky had him in the bathroom, and come close to seeing abuse. She said that, the way she remembered it, Jerry was, indeed, arguing with the boy in the bathroom, but it was because the boy had done something wrong: they had spent fifty dollars for a ticket to a luncheon for him, and he didnt want to go. From Maureen Dowds account of her testimony:
He was yelling, she said of her husband, adding: I know Jerry was mad the way he looked. He said, We did this for you. Youve got to do this. She added with irritation that we had to pay for his airline ticket; we had to pay for his food, even though they had expenses for their own children and grandchildren.
Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2012/06/jerry-dottie-and-matt-sandusky.html#ixzz1yaPcfXIe