The adolescent boy credited with launching the child sexual abuse investigation against former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky will soon publish a "tell-all" book, and give his first media interview to ABC.

The New York Post reported Sept. 20 that ABC had landed the interview with "Victim 1," which will coincide with the release of the book.  It's unclear when the ABC interview will air. The New York Post was first to report the ABC exclusive. An ABC representative had no comment.

Sandusky was convicted in June of dozens of criminal counts of sexual abuse of 10 boys on and off campus. At age 68, he awaits sentencing, which likely will send him to prison for the rest of his life.

In November 2009 "Victim 1" and his mother reported Sandusky to the boy's high school and the Clinton County child protective agency. Their complaint triggered a state investigation that resulted last year in criminal charges against Sandusky and against two university officials accused of failing to report suspected child abuse and of lying to a grand jury.

"Victim 1" says he met Sandusky about eight years ago, when he was 11, and was a first-year participant in a camp sponsored by Sandusky's charity, The Second Mile, according to a lawsuit that "Victim 1" filed against Penn State. In his second year, he drew Sandusky's attention and accepted invitations to spend nights at the coach's State College home and to attend professional sports events, the lawsuit said.

Sandusky was accused of fondling the boy and performing oral sex on him multiple times over a period of several years.

Sandusky, who is currently jailed, didn't testify at trial but is maintaining his innocence. He has acknowledged he showered with boys, but has strongly denied molesting them. His wife, Dottie Sandusky, testified that she never saw him doing anything inappropriate with boys he took to their home.

The New York Post, which reported in July that the book was being "shopped" with publishers, says it "could hit shelves in mid- to late October." The paper did not identify the publisher and said a representative for "Victim 1" could not be reached.

Sept. 20, an attorney for the unidentified man, who testified against Sandusky as "Victim 1," confirmed to The Patriot-News of Harrisburg that a book about the scandal is forthcoming.

The youth graduated from high school in June, just before the trial. Sandusky, who assisted the late football legend Joe Paterno, was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse and will be sentenced Oct. 9 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He faces up to 373 years in prison for sexually abusing 10 boys over a period of 15 years.

Here's how the Patriot-News began its June 10 article about his graduation:

Almost four years ago, he was outed in his own community as being the kid who falsely accused Jerry Sandusky.

For three years, he kept his promise to investigators that he wouldn't talk about the abuse he alleged he endured at the hands of a legend during his childhood.

Then, when Sandusky was charged -- not just with molesting him, but also nine others -- he was bullied out of school. Someone close to him gave his identity to the national media.

Midway through his senior year, he left his friends, his track team. He moved with his family to a new place and started at a new school.

At the trial, he detailed meeting Sandusky through The Second Mile foundation, which led to invitations to football games, sleepovers at Sandusky's house and unwanted sexual advances.

From his cell at the Centre County Correctional Facility, Sandusky is writing his own "tell-all" book to occupy his time with the help of his wife, Dottie. In fact, Dottie has been sending him so much correspondence that she's had her privileges revoked by prison officials.

While Sandusky might've remained silent throughout the trial, his attorney, Joe Amendola, says he had been looking forward taking the stand to address the accusations against him. However, he never got the chance, because his adopted son Matt came forward with his own allegations of abuse at the last minute. Amendola expects Sandusky to speak at his sentencing, however.

"He wants everyone to know that. He had looked forward to testifying at his trial, and because of unforeseen circumstances [allegations of abuse by his adopted son, Matt Sandusky], that didn't happen," Amendola said. "Jerry views his sentencing as an opportunity for him to tell his side of this.

Of course, if the book gets written and published, there's likely to be some invocation of the infamous Son of Sam law against his profiting from it. The law enables a state to use the proceeds a criminal earns from recounting his or her crime in a book, movie, television show, or other depiction. The laws are named after David Berkowitz; a New York serial killer who left a note signed "Son of Sam" at the scene of one of his crimes.

If Sandusky is allowed to write this book, it will be his second. His first was published in 2001 and bears the now-significant title "Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story." The book is about the Second Mile charity he founded for at-risk youth, which prosecutors at his trial said he used to find his victims.