In recent months, The Ohio State University and its athletic department have been hit with a number of shocking accusations of sexual abuse and molestation. These accusations have led to three separate lawsuits, including two filed by former OSU wrestlers in the last two days.
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The wrestling suits center around alleged abuse at the hands of former university physician Richard Strauss, who passed away in 2005. In a suit filed on Monday, four former wrestlers are suing the school, not only because they claim that they were “sexually assaulted, battered, molested, and/or harassed” in the 1980s and 90s, but also because they claim that former athletic director Andy Geiger and former wrestling coach Russell Hellickson had “actual and/or constructive notice” of the allegations, but failed to act, violating the students’ Title IX protections.