COLUMBUS (OH)
The Associated Press
July 17, 2018
Four former wrestlers say in a lawsuit that Ohio State University officials ignored repeated complaints about a now-dead team doctor and failed to stop his “rampant sexual misconduct” that went on nearly two decades.
The lawsuit describes Richard Strauss, who killed himself years after retiring from the university, as “a prolific sexual predator” who might have assaulted 1,500 or more male students at Ohio State.
Athletes who alerted officials about Strauss felt their complaints were futile and that the doctor was above the law in the eyes of the university, according to the federal lawsuit filed Monday.
Among the allegations in the lawsuit is that two wrestlers met with former athletic director Andy Geiger during the 1994-1995 season and complained about voyeurism and lewd acts by Strauss and other men at their practice facility.
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