Sandusky Waived Hearing After Last-Minute, Late-Night Talks

Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer and prosecutors negotiated late into last night to set the stage for the abbreviated preliminary hearing in the child sex-abuse case against the former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach.

Sandusky, 67, waived his right to the hearing at the start of the 8:30 a.m. session today in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, where some of his accusers were set to testify. He also waived an arraignment, pleading not guilty to more than 40 criminal counts related to the alleged molestation of 10 boys from 1994 to 2009. The decision was made at 10:30 p.m. yesterday after talks with prosecutors by phone, his attorney, Joseph Amendola, said in an interview.