May 08, 2020
Ohio State University said Friday it will pay $40.9 million to settle 12 lawsuits from 162 survivors of sexual abuse by a former university sports doctor, although many of the other more than 300 alleged survivors called the settlement "grossly insufficient" compared to settlements in similar abuse scandals at Michigan State University and Penn State University.
March 19, 2020
Sexual abuse accusers of a now-deceased Ohio State University sports doctor who have yet to settle their claims must push forward with mediation, a federal judge ruled, despite concerns that further talks have no hope.
February 25, 2020
A group of alleged sexual assault victims of a former Ohio State University sports doctor urged a federal judge to allow their litigation to continue, telling him that mediation has "run its course" and that the university has not been negotiating in good faith.
November 08, 2019
More than 40 former athletes and workers have hit Ohio State University with yet another lawsuit claiming it looked the other way while Dr. Richard Strauss sexually assaulted them and "thousands" of others for decades in "perhaps the greatest sex abuse scandal in American history."