BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - Jurors in Jerry Sandusky's case are getting a three-day weekend after being told the trial won't resume until next week.
Prosecutors on Thursday finished calling to the stand eight young men who've claimed the former Penn State assistant coach sexually abused them in a variety of ways when they were children. There are also two alleged victims who haven't been identified.
Sandusky's trial on 52 criminal counts is moving more quickly than many observers have expected.
His lawyers could begin to put on their own witnesses as early as Monday.
The most recent testimony included a young man who says the 68-year-old Sandusky raped him as a teen guest in Sandusky's basement, where his muffled cries went unanswered.
When asked to point to the man who abused him, the 18-year-old pointed toward the former PSU assistant football coach, but said, "I don't want to look at him."
The victim testified that he was anally and orally raped by Sandusky on more than one occasion. He told the court he screamed, hoping Sandusky's wife, Dottie, might hear. But, he testified, she didn't hear: "I think the basement is soundproof."
"What was I going to do?" he said. "Look at him, he's a big guy, way bigger than me."
When asked why he didn't report the assaults - which on cross-examination he admitted he'd never sought medical attention for - Victim 9 replied, "He's an important guy. Everybody knows him. He's a football coach. Nobody's going to believe kids."
The witness said he told his mom Sandusky was "a touchy-feely kind of person," but that he didn't tell her about the abuse because "you're not supposed to tell your mom stuff like that." He estimated he stayed at the Sandusky house more than 100 times.
The young man testified that the last time he spoke to Sandusky was when the former coach "called me and asked me to...if anybody comes and asks me questions...to stick up for him."
Like most of the other men who have testified that they were sexually abused by Sandusky, Victim 9 said he met Sandusky through his charity, The Second Mile, and that his own father was not around. The witness said Sandusky gave him gifts, including a tennis racquet and shoes.
Judge John Cleland said that testimony in the case will resume Monday.
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Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse after the first day of his trial in Bellefonte, Pa., Monday, June 11, 2012. (Credit: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
