Sports | Jerry Sandusky Sandusky's Wife Bails Him Out of Jail She comes through with certified check after new abuse charges By Matt Cantor Posted Dec 8, 2011 2:29 PM CST Copied This Dec. 7 booking photo released by the Centre County Correctional Facility in Bellefonte, Penn., shows Gerald "Jerry" Sandusky. (AP Photo/Centre County Correctional Facility) Jerry Sandusky has been released on $250,000 bail after spending a night in prison following a new round of child abuse charges. He paid the bail using real estate holdings and a certified check from his wife, the AP reports. The new accusations prompted another 12 counts of sex abuse charges against Sandusky; the total tally is now more than 50. Read These Next The leader with the highest approval rating may be a surprise. New Epstein files document Trump flights. Email sent to Ghislaine Maxwell seeks 'inappropriate friends.' James Cameron is still torqued about a 2013 joke about him. Report an error