John Futty, The Columbus Dispatch Published 6:43 p.m. ET May 8, 2020 CLOSE Ohio State University will pay $40.9 million into a fund for 162 victims of sexual abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss, who worked for the university until the late 1990s has since died. The university and the plaintiffs in a combined 12 federal lawsuits announced a settlement two months ago, but the total damages in the agreement weren’t revealed until Friday in a filing in U.S. District Court in Columbus. “The university of decades ago failed these individuals — our students, alumni and members of the Buckeye community,” university President Michael Drake said in a news release. “Nothing can undo the wrongs of the past, but we must do what we can today toward restorative justice.” How much money each individual will receive is to be determined. July 2018: Ohio State hit with two lawsuits over sexual abuse…
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