'I am an innocent man': Jerry Sandusky speaks from prison ahead of court hearing | EXCLUSIVE

Key Points:

• A judge has scheduled a hearing for September 8 in Centre County to examine claims that a man, identified as R.R., wants to recant his sexual abuse allegations against former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
• Sandusky, convicted in 2012 on 45 counts of sexual abuse and serving a decades-long sentence, maintains his innocence and asserts that the accusations were financially motivated and influenced by prosecutorial coaching.
• New defense attorneys plan to argue that Sandusky received ineffective counsel and that prosecutors Joe McGettigan and Frank Fina manipulated victims into making false allegations, with one accuser now prepared to deny abuse occurred.
• Investigative journalist Frank Parlato supports Sandusky’s innocence, alleging victims were coached from denial to accusation, and both he and a victim’s mother are expected to testify at the upcoming hearing.
• The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office cautioned that the defense’s request for a new trial is based on a questionable recantation, while Sandusky continues to seek to clear his name and return home.