Ohio State Settles 279 Strauss Abuse Claims for $100 Million After Decades of Alleged Assaults
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Updated · CNN · Jun 4
Ohio State Settles 279 Strauss Abuse Claims for $100 Million After Decades of Alleged Assaults
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Jun 4
Summary
$100 million will go to 279 of 280 former students who accused ex-Ohio State doctor Richard Strauss of sexual abuse, after the university's board ratified the settlement Wednesday.
The deal follows years of litigation over abuse alleged to have occurred from 1978 to 1998, when Strauss worked with the university's athletic department and medical staff.
A 2019 investigative report found Strauss abused at least 177 men and said university personnel who knew of the conduct failed to act; the abuse included genital groping during purported medical exams.
More than 500 plaintiffs sued Ohio State over Strauss, who died in 2005, and February settlements had already brought payouts to 304 survivors totaling more than $60 million.