Ohio State University reaches $100 million settlement with nearly 300 sex abuse survivors
The agreement covers 279 of 280 remaining plaintiffs and could end years of litigation over abuse allegations against former team physician Richard Strauss.
- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees has approved a $100 million preliminary settlement with 279 of the 280 remaining survivors of decades-long sexual abuse perpetrated by former campus doctor Richard Strauss.
- The landmark agreement aims to resolve nearly all pending federal litigation against the university, closing a highly painful legal chapter that has seen hundreds of former student-athletes and students come forward since federal lawsuits began mounting in 2018.
- Dr. Richard Strauss, who died by suicide in 2005, was employed by the school from 1978 to 1998, during which an independent 2019 report concluded he abused at least 177 male students under the guise of medical exams while administration officials repeatedly ignored warnings.
- This payout comes in addition to more than $61 million that Ohio State previously distributed to 317 other survivors over the years, bringing the university's total financial resolution regarding the Strauss abuse scandal to over $161 million.
- Rep. Jim Jordan, a former assistant wrestling coach from 1986 to 1994, has repeatedly denied knowledge of the abuse, yet deposition transcripts reveal former athletic director Andy Geiger testified that Jordan 'probably knew' Strauss was abusing wrestlers.
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Ohio State To Pay $100M To Settle Sexual Abuse Suits
The Hill reports: Ohio State University on Wednesday agreed to pay out $100 million to former students who accused a campus doctor of sexually abusing them more than 20 years ago. The settlement includes all but one of the 280 with pending litigation in this case. The plaintiffs argued the university failed to prevent Dr. Richard Strauss from abusing students during his tenure at the school from 1978 to 1998. Strauss died by suicide in 2005. An …
What Is Behind Ohio State’s $100 Million Abuse Settlement
Ohio State University has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle legal claims brought by hundreds of former student athletes who alleged they were sexually abused by former university doctor Richard Strauss, according to CBS News and the Associated Press. The settlement, approved by the university’s Board of Trustees on Wednesday, covers all but one of the 280 survivors who still had active claims in ongoing federal litigation. Once …
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