29 more men allege abuse by former Ohio state doctor

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Twenty-nine other men are suing Ohio State University over failing to end sexual abuse decades ago by team doctor Richard Strauss, who died in 2005 .

A plaintiff in the federal lawsuit filed on Monday alleges Strauss abused him during more than 10 medicals in the 1980s, from when he was a 16-year-old high school wrestler whose team competed on the Ohio State campus. He said he was also later mistreated by Strauss during required medical examinations while playing football and fighting for the OSU.

Another wrestler in the lawsuit alleges Strauss fondled him for more than 50 doctor’s visits.

More than 400 former students have raised similar allegations in lawsuits against the university, alleging abuse throughout the doctor’s two decades at OSU. An investigation by a law firm for the state of Ohio found that employees were aware of the concerns about Strauss as early as 1979, but did not arrest him.

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OSU has publicly apologized to anyone injured by Strauss. It reached nearly $ 47 million in settlements for 185 plaintiffs and announced an individual settlement program that could help resolve more claims in five of the remaining lawsuits. This program is not open to plaintiffs in more recent lawsuits.

No one has publicly defended Strauss in the three years since the allegations began to be made public.

The most recent plaintiffs also include former baseball, lacrosse, cheerleader, soccer, soccer, basketball, gymnastics and fencing athletes, as well as patients treated at the health center. student, where Strauss also worked before his retirement from Ohio State. Most of them are listed anonymously in the new complaint.

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