I'll listen to it ---- probably tonight, end of day when I have more time.
I've said this for a long time now --- Ziegler's biggest problems are not his research but:
(1) insinuating that Sandusky is innocent of EVERYTHING - that's highly unlikely given the vast number of the claims over so many years,
(2) not focusing his attention (and when I say focused --- I mean focused like a high-intensity laser beam) on the 2001 date and the questionable behavior of Mike McQueary and Jonelle Eshbach. Don't talk about tangential things like Aaron Fisher. What Aaron Fisher does with his $$$ is totally irrelevant. If there is a case to be made here --- with McQueary and the 2001 date and Eshbach is where that case is to made. Talk ONLY about that.
(3) his often bombastic and antagonistic behavior. He turns people off, and
(4) a history of over-promising and under-delivering (this Newsweek article is another case of such).
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Maybe he's changed his tune in this podcast. I will listen, at some point.
After first discovering Ziegler's work, I too believed the number of accusers seemed way to high for Sandusky to be completely innocent, but I now have shifted my views based on the following factors.
1) At this point, I see no reason to take seriously any of the claims that were made post-arrest. The Centre Daily Times almost immediately stated that PSU would be on the hook for $100 million to pay out victims, so its very reasonable that many fake accusers would come forward. Of all these accusers, the two that the OAG chose to testify at trial have major problems. V9 told an absurd story about being locked in Sandusky's basement and being subject to forcible anal rape, something no other trial accuser alleges. Its important note that V9 only came forward after the release of the BS grad jury report in which anal rape is actually alleged. V10 contradicted himself several times, which is something that was even noted by Ray Blehar, who does not believe Jerry was innocent:
http://notpsu.blogspot.com/2013/08/victim-10s-tv-interview-inconsistent.html Plus we all know that the post-arrest accusers included the completely absurd ones from 1970s who claimed they had the courage to tell Joe Paterno right away, but then no one else for decades.
2) Of the 6 accusers who came forward before the arrest, 5 of them all knew each other. All 5 alleged abuse about the same time period (1998-2000), all originally denied abuse, all were told about the first accuser by the investigations and then by the first Sara Ganim article, and finally one-by-one started claiming abuse after hiring lawyers. V6 only acknowledged that being lifted in the shower was likely grooming after hearing the stories of others, V3 and V5 gave statements on their claims against PSU that contradicted their trial testimony. V7 admitted he only became aware of his "abuse" through therapy. Also, the lawyer for V3 and V7 was Andrew Shubin, who obviously partook in illegal tampering with V2, ensuring that he would not testify at trial. V4's testimony also had many problems, notably that there is a tape of his attorney and the investigators basically conspiring to have him embellish his story.
3) Its also important to note that between the first Ganim article in March and the arrest in November, the police interviewed many former Second Mile boys, included the one McQueary spotted in the shower with JS. Not one of them claimed abuse other than the previously mentioned five. Doesn't it seem odd that the only ones who claimed abuse all knew each other and all claimed the abuse happened generally at the time period?
4) Aaron Fisher remains the most credible accuser, but his story still has major problems. Judy Fox, is a women who organized a rally to support Aaron, but became suspicious after hearing some of Aaron's mothers bizarre comments. Judy now believes Aaron was never abused at all. I am not sure what Judy's motivation could be unless she honestly knows Aaron is full of crap. Even if her and Aaron's mother had a spat over the mother's actions, it would make more sense for Judy to say she cared about Aaron more than Aaron's own mother, not that Aaron was making the whole thing up.
