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Dottie Sandusky, Jerry Sandusky's Wife, Almost Runs Over Reporter With Car (VIDEO)

First Posted: 02/11/2012 2:32 pm Updated: 02/11/2012 2:32 pm

Dottie Sandusky Courtney Brennan
Jerry Sandusky's wife, Dottie, nearly ran over a reporter with her car.

On Friday, ex-Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky appeared before a judge in a Centre County courtroom to argue for his bail restrictions to be loosened as he awaits his trail on child sex abuse charges. After leaving the courtroom, Sandusky addressed the media, lamenting his lack of freedom to even play with his dog on his deck.

Despite the the former Penn State defensive coordinator speaking with the press for several minutes, it turns out that his wife, Dottie, may have made this week's most emphatic statement to the members of the media covering this story. WPXI reporter Courtney Brennan and a photographer were almost run over by Jerry Sandusky's wife while doing a report prior to this most recent court appearance.

In the news clip above, Brennan explains that she and a photographer went to Sandusky's home a day before the hearing to report on complaints that police have received about the ex-coach watching children in a nearby park and elementary school from the back porch of his house.

"As we were putting that story together, we got a very unwelcome surprise," Brennan said.

While Brennan was recording a segment outside of Sandusky's home, she suddenly looked to her left and stopped talking. She quickly and calmly walked out of the shot while a car, driven by Dottie, sped up and pulled into the driveway.

Brennan told Pittsburgh's WKST-FM 96.1 that Sandusky's wife "revved her engine at us before she came flying up the hill into her driveway."

Joseph Amendola, Sandusky's attorney, pulled up outside the home almost immediately afterward. Brennan then let Amendola explain that the complaints about Sandusky looking at children from his porch are false.

The video below was shot by NBC10 in Philadelphia of Sandusky on his deck.

View more videos at: http://nbcphiladelphia.com.

On Friday, Sandusky asked a judge to allow him to see relatives, including supervised visits with his grandchildren. The Centre County court judge could rule on his request early next week.

"I've associated with thousands of young people over the years," Sandusky said after the hearing. "And now, all of a sudden, because of allegations and perceptions that have been tried to be created of me, now I can't take our dog on my deck and throw out biscuits to him."

Sandusky has been arrested twice since Nov. 5 and charged with 52 criminal counts of child sex abuse involving 10 victims over 15 years.

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On Friday, ex-Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky appeared before a judge in a Centre County courtroom to argue for his bail restrictions to be loosened as he awaits his trail on child sex abuse ...
On Friday, ex-Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky appeared before a judge in a Centre County courtroom to argue for his bail restrictions to be loosened as he awaits his trail on child sex abuse ...
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dbrett480
03:36 PM on 02/18/2012
What a lovable couple.
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LIBERALandProudOfIt
Every day, I thank God for making me an Atheist.
03:51 PM on 02/15/2012
Speaking as a retired news photographer, I would have kicked the reporters butt for not warning me about the speeding car coming at me from my blind spot.
Clevelandinwi
Progressive is good; regressive, not so much.
01:39 PM on 02/15/2012
Is she almost as sick as he is for condoning what he did?
02:31 AM on 02/14/2012
How many points for hitting an annoying journalist?
Shikamaru
Ding! Fries are Done.
04:56 PM on 02/14/2012
forget the journalist... smash the pedo
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dbrett480
03:37 PM on 02/18/2012
About half as many as hitting a child molester.
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Iamthx1138
01:08 PM on 02/13/2012
So much for having any sympathy for her. If she's angry about having all this unwanted media attention, maybe she needs to have a talk with her child-molesting husband.
01:57 AM on 02/13/2012
Poor Jerry doesn't even get to play with his dog on his deck....

All together now.....

"Awwwww"
tm
01:24 AM on 02/13/2012
Maybe she wanted to end up in prison with her man?
11:38 PM on 02/12/2012
Get the bleep out of the driveway, which is most certainly private property, and on which you were most certainly not invited or welcome.
12:24 PM on 02/13/2012
She was on the sidewalk in front of the driveway. She is allowed to be there. She has a legal action against Dottie if she wants to pursue it.
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AAHewetson
Intelligence is just fine with me
03:26 PM on 02/13/2012
Sidewalks in front of driveways can't be blocked permanently but they are public rights of way.
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propackage
04:01 PM on 02/12/2012
As usual we have the news trying to make news. Dotty Sandusky was no where near hitting the reporter and if the truth be known don't stand in someones driveway. Can wait until Sandusky is convicted also?
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OutAtFirst
Believe it! You don't know how to text and drive
12:29 PM on 02/12/2012
First the husband is convicted in the court of public opinion before his trial and now the wife is likewise convicted without even being accused of a crime. The HP lunch mob is running in high gear.
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dave ochs
01:03 PM on 02/12/2012
hey she was the one that tried to run over the reporter, conservatives are pigs
dave
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duckzilla
04:12 PM on 02/12/2012
i hear ya. this site thrives of controversy , sensationalism and fear mongering

it's funny , most people that post here seem to really hate fox news , yet dont even see how this site has much more similarities than fox news than differences . the only real difference4 is they switched the elephant to the donkey

(btw, i am by NO MEANS a fox supporter, or a conservative. just wanted to point that out to avoid false accusations)
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Mark Santeramo
11:38 AM on 02/12/2012
Well, this was quite exaggerated...even though the reporter moved she still would not have been hit by the car. Sure, the wife was wrong but so is the misleading news report regarding the incident.
08:58 AM on 02/12/2012
Reporter was blocking the driveway...how is this news? Let's go harass people until they react and then report on it.
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Assumed Name
--Obama/Biden, 2012
08:14 AM on 02/12/2012
...I could actually respect Dots had she ran over her husband.
01:29 PM on 02/13/2012
she should have run over her husband when she heard that little boy srceaming
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Assumed Name
--Obama/Biden, 2012
04:37 PM on 02/13/2012
Agreed.
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sallybutt45
To thine own self be true.
11:42 PM on 02/11/2012
I TOLD you to stay off my lawn!!!!
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11:26 PM on 02/11/2012
Yeah, well. Too bad she missed. Her life must be a living hell.
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Assumed Name
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08:15 AM on 02/12/2012
You feel sorry for that *sick* abetter? Do tell.
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11:04 AM on 02/12/2012
I don't like her, but I have sympathy for her, yes. She didn't molest those kids and those reporters were at her home. Dealing with them in public is one thing, but home is where you are supposed to be safe.