The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has launched an investigation into how Ohio State University has responded to mounting sexual abuse allegations against a former sports physician. The university announced in April that it was looking into accusations of sexual abuse against Dr. Richard Strauss, who was employed by the school as a team doctor from the mid-1970s to late 1990s. Strauss, who killed himself in 2005, is currently accused of sexually abusing over 100 athletes during his tenure as team doctor for 14 different sports teams. “We responded promptly and appropriately to the allegations received in April about Dr. Strauss,” Garrity-Rokous added. At least eight of Strauss’ accusers have said that Jordan, who’s currently running to be the speaker of the House, knew of the abuse and did nothing.

Source: Huffington Post August 17, 2018 19:07 UTC