( CNN ) -- Jerry Sandusky 's wife still stands by him , insisting the former Penn State assistant football coach is innocent of sexually abusing young boys . Dottie Sandusky , in an interview with CNN 's Jason Carroll , blames the news media for the conviction that sent her husband , now 70 , to prison on a 30- to 60-year sentence . `` I think Jerry was found guilty before trial , '' she said . Jerry Sandusky , who was convicted in 2012 on 45 counts , has always maintained his innocence . Why does his wife still believe him after hearing trial testimony from a parade of men who said Sandusky abused them when they were boys ? `` Because he is innocent , '' she told CNN . Dottie Sandusky accused some of those who claimed to be victims of seeking money . The university announced last year that it reached a deal to pay nearly $ 60 million in civil settlements to 26 different men who said they were abused . `` It makes me angry that people are not telling the truth , '' she said . `` That 's what makes me angry , and that an innocent man is in prison . '' Dottie Sandusky 's latest comments immediately drew responses from lawyers for two victims . `` Mrs. Sandusky is our best recent example of our deep denial of the reality of child sex abuse , '' attorney Marci Hamilton said.Â '' He was convicted by a jury of his peers based on the testimony of numerous victims . Never underestimate the ability of a pedophile to charm and deceive the adults around him or her . '' `` Dott ( ie ) Sandusky , like her husband , remains remarkably unremorseful towards Jerry Sandusky 's victims , '' attorney Tom Kline said . `` One significant and noticeable difference is her dramatic shift from her cold and detached demeanor as a witness for her husband at his criminal trial to an emotional and distraught spouse , which appears to my eye to be an attempt to convey a sympathetic image for herself and husband -- a child molester convicted by overwhelming evidence . '' The couple 's adopted son , Matt Sandusky , originally denied to a grand jury being abused , but during trial jury deliberations , he told his attorney that he , too , was a victim . In the police interview , Matt Sandusky said that he was molested between the ages of 8 and 15 , that he tried to escape from the home and once attempted suicide . Dottie Sandusky said in her CNN interview that she did n't know why Matt changed his story . `` I do n't know , '' she said . `` All the other kids do not believe him . You know , he always liked a better deal . He always liked to be , you know , better and he did have some financial problems . '' While calling her adopted son `` very likeable , very believable , '' she questioned his honesty . `` We 've had many things that have gone on with Matt . He has stolen from our family . He 's stolen from our kids . He stole from my mother-in-law . '' She previously disputed his credibility , referring to Matt 's `` many run-ins with the law '' in a letter to the judge who was about to sentence her husband in October 2012 . `` Matt is extremely disappointed that Dottie and the Sanduskys have decided to smear his character in an attempt to deflect attention from Jerry Sandusky 's heinous crimes , '' his lawyers , Justine Andronici and Andrew Shubin , said in a written statement to CNN at the time . `` Matt has shown tremendous courage and strength . Rather than supporting her son when he made the gut-wrenching decision to come forward and tell the truth about the abuse he suffered at the hands of Jerry Sandusky , Dottie Sandusky has chosen to continue Jerry 's strategy of blaming and attacking the victims , thereby perpetuating the abuse . '' Her prison visits with her husband are sad , Dottie Sandusky said . `` It 's hard to talk about family things , '' she told CNN . `` We talk about the case . We talk about our friends . We talk about what he 's doing in prison or what has happened , you know . And I try to cheer him up , but usually he cheers me up instead of me cheering him up . '' A jury found evidence that Jerry Sandusky abused 10 boys , most of whom he met through his children 's charity , The Second Mile . Many of them were abused on Penn State 's campus , where Sandusky had access after he retired . Sandusky 's wife testified at his trial that she never heard or saw anything strange or sexual going on in the basement of their home , where many of the victims say her husband molested them . In her letter to the judge , Dottie Sandusky said she had lost faith in the police and the legal system : `` To think that they can lie and get by with the lies . The press has been unbelievable . People who have not met us are writing untruths . '' Penn State 's record number of sex offense reports spurs federal inquiry . Victim 9 sues Penn State . CNN 's Ross Levitt contributed to this report . Watch Anderson Cooper . 360° weeknights 8pm ET . For the latest from AC360° click here .
Victim 's lawyer , Jerry Sandusky ` ` remains remarkably unremorseful '' ` ` I thought Jerry was found guilty before trial , '' Dottie ' says of her husband . Sandusky 's lawyer says she stands by him ` ` because he is innocent '' Former Penn State quarterback was convicted in 2012 of 45 sex crimes counts .