FILE – The Ohio State University signage on the campus on Nov. 23, 2024 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images)
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Ohio State University agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle legal claims from hundreds of former student athletes who said they were sexually abused decades ago by a university doctor.
The backstory:
The school has fought lawsuits in federal court since 2018 brought by former student athletes against the university over its failure to stop abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss.
Strauss worked at the school from 1978 to 1998 and also ran an off-campus clinic. He died in 2005.
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What they’re saying:
“The survivors of the Strauss abuse are all Buckeyes, will always be a part of our family and our community, and I firmly believe that,” the school’s president, Ravi Bellamkonda, said during the meeting. “We continue to be very grateful to them for their courage in coming forward, and reaching a final resolution is very important to us and is an important step forward.”
Dig deeper:
During a meeting on Wednesday, the school’s Board of Trustees approved a preliminary agreement with all but one of the 280 survivors with claims still involved in pending litigation.
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