Sandusky Attorney Inadvertently Sends Reporters To Gay-Sex Line
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Attorney Joe Amendola, the lawyer for former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky, has been criticized for his going on television with his client for interviews that appeared to not only harden the public’s view against Sandusky and, as to Sandusky’s call in statements, could be used at trial. He has also been criticized as a controversial choice in a sex-scandal case when he was accused of impregnating a 16-year-old client (who he later married). Now, an innocent quip has landed him again in controversy when he told reporters to call 1-800-Reality, which turns out to be a real number featuring gay-sex.
After refuting prior testimony in the case, Amendola responded to skeptical lawyers by saying “I suggest you dial 1-800-REALITY.” They did.
In defense with Amendola, it was a simple and obvious quip. The odds that such an innocuous number would turn out to be a gay-sex line seems pretty remote. At $2.99 a minute, reporters found that they could enjoy “the hottest place for triple-X action.”
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