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Jerry Sandusky Trial Expected to Turn to His Wife for Defense - ABC News

Jerry Sandusky's shot at defending himself against 52 counts of sexual abuse charges may come this morning when his attorneys begin to call witnesses in his defense, likely including his wife, Dottie, who is expected to say she never saw or heard anything suspicious in her husband's behavior.
The defense is also expected to call on an expert witness to testify that Sandusky is diagnosed with histrionic personality disorder, a condition which they say makes him overly affectionate.

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The defense will only begin, however, after the prosecution has officially rested their case, which they stopped short of doing on Thursday despite having called their main witnesses. The prosecution will still be able to call a witness this morning in their case against the former Penn State football coach, who has already been the subject of eight grueling witness testimonies of sexual abuse on Penn State's campus and in Sandusky's basement.
Joseph Amendola, the defense attorney who suggested in opening arguments that Sandusky might take the stand to defend himself, will likely ask Dottie Sandusky to take the stand to testify she never suspected her husband of doing anything improper with the young boys he mentored.