Ohio State will pay a $40.9 million settlement to resolve 12 lawsuits stemming from sexual abuse by Richard Strauss, a longtime athletics doctor at the school. (Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Ohio State University announced Friday that it will pay a $40.9 million settlement to 162 men to resolve 12 lawsuits that stemmed from sexual abuse by Richard Strauss, a longtime athletics doctor at the school. In 2018, Ohio State opened an independent investigation into allegations centered on the conduct of Strauss, who worked at Ohio State from 1978 to 1998 and died by suicide in 2005 at age 67. The university later determined that Strauss abused students throughout his tenure at OSU and that the administration “failed to appropriately respond.” In March, OSU announced a settlement with some of the individuals who sued the school for its failure to address concerns raised about Strauss’ conduct.…
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