Sandusky witness describes abuse, letters
By MARK SCOLFORO and GENARO C. ARMASBy MARK SCOLFORO and GENARO C. ARMAS, Associated Press?
?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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) ? The first day of Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse trial has ended after prosecutors' first witness offered graphic testimony about abuse he said dates to the 1990s.
The witness, now 28, is known in court documents as Victim No. 4.
Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach, has maintained his innocence on dozens of counts of abuse.
Defense lawyer Joseph Amendola asked the man to read parts of letters that Sandusky wrote on Penn State letterhead. The letters appeared to encourage him after the two met through Sandusky's Second Mile charity.
Amendola asked the man why he wasn't more forceful in shunning Sandusky during interactions in the late 1990s. The man says he didn't want to raise suspicion that might result if he cut ties suddenly.
Testimony resumes Tuesday morning.
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