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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFormer Ohio State fencing coach sounded alarm on abusive doctor decades ago
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-ohio-state-fencing-coach-sounded-alarm-abusive-doctor-decades-n1113176
Jan. 12, 2020, 5:14 AM EST
By Corky Siemaszko
She watched out for her guys.
Former Ohio State University fencing coach Charlotte Remenyik was one of the very few school officials to formally sound the alarm about Dr. Richard Strauss during the nearly two decades that he molested hundreds of young male athletes and students, often under the guise of a medical examination. Her warnings can be found in records uncovered by investigators with a law firm hired to conduct an independent investigation into Strauss.
In fact, Remenyik regularly warned her athletes about Strauss and was so persistent that the doctor personally complained about her to the top brass at OSU.
The reason for the persistence of the rumors in the fencing team became clear: a personal and continuous vendetta against me by Coach Remenyik, Strauss wrote in a letter dated June 3, 1996, to OSUs then vice-president for student affairs. Approximately once a year, Coach Remenyik took various members of the team aside and told them to watch out for me, citing rumors.
Strauss redacted letter was included in a damning report released last year by the Perkins Coie law firm, hired by OSU to conduct an independent investigation, which concluded that coaches and administrators knew that Strauss was sexually abusing athletes and students but failed to stop him.
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Jan. 12, 2020, 5:14 AM EST
By Corky Siemaszko
She watched out for her guys.
Former Ohio State University fencing coach Charlotte Remenyik was one of the very few school officials to formally sound the alarm about Dr. Richard Strauss during the nearly two decades that he molested hundreds of young male athletes and students, often under the guise of a medical examination. Her warnings can be found in records uncovered by investigators with a law firm hired to conduct an independent investigation into Strauss.
In fact, Remenyik regularly warned her athletes about Strauss and was so persistent that the doctor personally complained about her to the top brass at OSU.
The reason for the persistence of the rumors in the fencing team became clear: a personal and continuous vendetta against me by Coach Remenyik, Strauss wrote in a letter dated June 3, 1996, to OSUs then vice-president for student affairs. Approximately once a year, Coach Remenyik took various members of the team aside and told them to watch out for me, citing rumors.
Strauss redacted letter was included in a damning report released last year by the Perkins Coie law firm, hired by OSU to conduct an independent investigation, which concluded that coaches and administrators knew that Strauss was sexually abusing athletes and students but failed to stop him.
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Former Ohio State fencing coach sounded alarm on abusive doctor decades ago (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Jan 2020
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malaise
(269,067 posts)1. Truth will out
Of course Gym knew
safeinOhio
(32,692 posts)2. Jacket Off
Jordan kind of liked it....
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)3. He knew, the University knew. These vile men allowed the...
abuse to continue. Yet a woman coach had the character and courage to send up red flags.
Jordan must be voted out. He is rubbish.
Stuart G
(38,436 posts)4. K and R...Yes, Gym knew..Thank You for posting..
magicarpet
(14,155 posts)5. Gym Jordan perverse jock/frat boy excitement/entertainment...
.... over ruled his responsibilities to keep those young athletes safe from Dr. Strauss the sex viper.
Juicy gossip, juicy rumors, juicy stories to tell - superseded Gym Jordan's professional responsibilities to protect these young men and keep them safe from this vulture.
Jordan is/was not a mentor - he is a perverted loser who did not stand up for right as he should have. Jordan permitted and perpetuated what he knew was wrong, because Jordan found the injurious conduct just too entertaining and enthralling.
dem4decades
(11,297 posts)6. Why isn't Jordan deposed as part of a trial?