{"id":939,"date":"2026-06-04T05:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T05:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=939"},"modified":"2026-06-04T05:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T05:09:22","slug":"ohio-state-university-reaches-100-million-settlement-with-nearly-300-sex-abuse-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=939","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State University reaches $100 million settlement with nearly 300 sex abuse survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"
June 3 (Reuters) – Ohio State University has reached a $100 million settlement with nearly 300 former students who had accused the \u200bschool’s campus doctor of sexually assaulting them decades ago, \u200cthe school and a lawyer for the victims said on Wednesday.<\/div>
The settlement with 279 of the 280 former students was ratified by the \u200buniversity’s board on Wednesday. It followed years of litigation over \u200baccusations of decades of abuse by Richard Strauss.<\/div>
The abuse \u2060occurred from 1978 to 1998, the year he retired from \u200bthe faculty.<\/div>
“The mediation and its confidentiality are continuing as the parties \u200bwork to finalize the details of the settlements, and additional information will be shared as appropriate,” the school and a lawyer for the victims \u200bsaid in a joint statement.<\/div>
In February, the university reached \u200beight additional settlements, bringing the total to 304 survivors and more than $60 million.<\/div>
Strauss, \u200cwho killed \u2060himself in 2005, was employed by Ohio State’s athletic department and medical staff for nearly two decades.<\/div>
A 2019 report detailing the investigative findings said that Strauss had sexually abused at least \u200b177 men, nearly \u200ball of whom \u2060were students, and that university staff who knew of the abuse failed to act. The \u200babuse included groping and fondling of the students’ \u200bgenitals \u2060and other acts under the guise of a medical examination.<\/div>
News of the investigation and its findings prompted more than 500 plaintiffs to \u2060sue \u200bOhio State, alleging they had been \u200bsexually abused by Strauss and that the school had shown deliberate indifference.<\/div>