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From Trailer Park to Millions: Sabastian Paden’s Rise to Wealth Through Testifying in Jerry Sandusky Trial

In 2012, former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was found guilty of sexually abusing ten individuals, eight of whom were identified. The conviction came after an 11-day trial on June 22, with the jury convicting Sandusky on 45 counts. Later that year, on October 9, Judge John Cleland declared Sandusky a sexually violent predator and sentenced him to 30 to 60 years in prison.

Frank Report has examined Aaron Fisher’s story here and here.

A $20 Million Yarn

Let us look at millionaire Sabastian Ryan Paden, born in 1993, who was 19 when he earned his first $20 million.

It came from about 20 minutes of testifying.

Talk about rags to riches. Paden lived with his mother in a trailer park in McClure, PA, and said he did not remember when he last saw his father.

In 2004, when he was just 11 years old, Sabastian Ryan Paden’s relationship with Jerry Sandusky began. It was Paden’s second summer participating in The Second Mile, a charity for children founded by Sandusky.

Sandusky, known for mentoring children, invited Paden to various activities. These included church services, racquetball games, and swimming. He also welcomed the young boy into his home, where he would play pool, air hockey, shuffleboard, and darts in the basement, where there was also a bathroom and bedroom.

The family room in Sandusky’s basement (Photo courtesy of Dottie Sandusky)

Paden remained friends with Sandusky until he was 18 – then opportunity knocked.

Reversal of Fortune

On November 4, 2011, Paden’s mother, Angela Quidetto, watched the arrest of Sandusky on TV.

The Office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General had publicized a hotline for prospective Sandusky victims.  

News reports indicated Penn State would be on the hook because of Sandusky’s association with the university.  

It was clear to Quidetto, as it was to the civil lawyer she retained for her son, that for any would-be victims, or fakers, willing to pretend they were victims, there was a windfall to be had.

Quidetto called the assistant principal of the high school her son attended, who contacted the Pennsylvania State Troopers.  

Before she could tell her son what she planned, the troopers showed up at the trailer.

Paden’s answers were unrehearsed. He told the troopers that Sandusky had not done anything sexually to him.

His story changed shortly afterward – and, with his mother’s encouragement, he became a witness for the prosecution.


Trial Testimony

At the trial, Paden said he spent “every weekend,” some 100 to 150 times, in Sandusky’s basement from 2005 – 2008, where Sandusky molested him.

Paden, 18, seemed not to know the words “fellatio,” “oral sex” or “blow job.”

 

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