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Ohio State University announced Friday that it reached a $40.9 million settlement with 162 survivors of sexual abuse from university-employed doctor Richard Strauss from 1978 to '98.
OSU was facing 12 lawsuits related to Strauss' alleged abuse, and after initially announcing in March that it had reached a monetary settlement with roughly half of the claimants, it made the monetary value official Friday.
Strauss was found to have sexually abused at least 177 former Ohio State students by an independent investigation in 2019.
According to the Associated Press (h/t ESPN), the lawsuits included former Ohio State wrestler Mike DiSabato, whose allegations against Strauss two years ago led to the investigation.