Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison, according to Rueters.
Sandusky, 68, was sentenced Tuesday morning for molesting 10 boys over a 15-year period.
The night before his sentencing, he professed his innocence in a three-minute monologue to the court, saying he did not commit "these alleged disgusting act," according to CNN.
"They can take away my life, they can make me out as a monster, they can treat me as a monster, but they can't take away my heart," he said. "In my heart, I know I did not do these alleged disgusting acts. My wife has been my only sex partner and that was after marriage."
He also accused the judge of bringing the case to trial too quickly, the victims of conspiring together and the attorneys of trying to make money in future civil suits, the article said.
Tom Kline, an attorney representing one of Sandusky's victims identified as Victim No. 5, called Sandusky's speech "preposterous."
"If you are to believe Mr. Sandusky, then we have the grand conspiracy, which his lawyers attempted to play out in the court, which involved 10 young men, a janitor, Mr. (Mike) McQueary, the press, the lawyers and everyone else who's involved," Kline told CNN.
"The fact of the matter is that there was no collusion whatsoever. My client came forward only after there was a knock on the door by the police, which led him to a grand jury room. He had never spoken to anyone. He told his story."
On June 22, Sandusky was found guilty on 45 of the 48 charges against him, including eight counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, seven counts of indecent assault, one count of criminal intent to commit indecent assault, nine counts of unlawful contact with minors, 10 counts of corruption of minors and 10 counts of endangering the welcome of children.
Video below of Sandusky arriving to his sentencing this morning.
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