Report: State Medical Board Had Evidence of Sexual Abuse by OSU Doctor Richard Strauss [View all]

A working group convened by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has determined that the Ohio Medical Board had significant evidence as early as 1996 that Ohio State University athletic doctor Richard Strauss was sexually abusing patients, DeWine announced today.

The governor created the working group in May after an independent investigation found that during his tenure at OSU, Strauss likely abused as many as 177 people beginning as early as 1979.

Records from the state's medical board were redacted in a report issued by that independent investigation, but because DeWine's working group is a governmental entity, it was able to view those documents.

The records showed that investigators knew Strauss had been performing inappropriate examinations on male students, but more or less ignored that evidence.

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