7 Universities Have Joined Ohio State's Fight Against Survivors in Horrifying Sex Abuse Case

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SCOOP via @AudraHeinrichs: 7 universities, including famous rival U of Michigan, are standing behind Ohio State to ensure hundreds of male sex abuse survivors never get to go to trial.

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7 Universities Have Joined Ohio State's Fight Against Survivors in Horrifying Sex Abuse Case
Seven universities--including famed rival University of Michigan--have joined Ohio State to ensure hundreds of male sex abuse victims never stand trial.
11:07 AM · Oct 5, 2022

https://jezebel.com/7-universities-have-joined-ohio-states-fight-against-su-1849618496?rev=1664992969069

As if the hundreds of male survivors in the sex abuse case against the Ohio State University weren’t up against enough, attorneys for the billion dollar institution filed a brief this week stating that seven major Midwest universities have coalesced behind the university in its ongoing effort to halt the case from ever being tried in a court of law.

On October 3, just one week after Ohio State attorneys submitted an en banc review—a rare legal practice that some survivors believe was an attempt by the institution to thwart their Title IX lawsuits—they filed a brief noting that seven Midwest universities are standing in solidarity with Ohio State. The institutions include: Bowling Green State University, Cleveland State University, Eastern Michigan University, Michigan State University, Oakland University, Purdue University, and finally, Ohio State’s rival, the University of Michigan. Notably, in the last three years, two of those universities—University of Michigan and Michigan State—have both made national headlines for their own public reckonings with institutional sex abuse of student athletes.

The night after the filing, Steven Snyder-Hill, the lead plaintiff in the suit and one of the most outspoken survivors of former university physician Richard Strauss’ sexual abuse, sent it to a private Facebook group of fellow survivors. Rocky Ratliff, an attorney representing one of the other two groups of Strauss survivors and a survivor himself, told Jezebel he was shocked by the filing. “I had to get up at 11:15 at night and go to my office to see the filing for myself because I was like, ‘He’s got to be mistaken.’”

What does it say that two prominent Midwest universities—Big 10 competitors, at that—known for their own sex abuse scandals have come to Ohio State’s defense?

“To me, it says these universities, Michigan State, University of Michigan, and Ohio State have learned nothing,” Ratliff said. “They are spitting in the face of survivors. You have an institution that allowed Larry Nassar and an institution that allowed Robert Anderson, backing the institution that allowed Richard Strauss. Quite honestly, if you’d like to invite that Boy Scouts of America and the Catholic Church, we’re really having a party.”

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[Samrob]

1. Want to know how really powerful the male assaulters club is?

Once again, I recommend you read or get on audio, "Bad City" by Pringle. It will make you want to puke!

Greed, wealth and power are just not enough. You have to want to be evil too.

[MuseRider]

7. I just put this

on my wish list in Audible since my library does not carry it. Sounds fascinating but horrifying.

[chowder66]

2. They do not value the actual students, just the status and money. Fucking abhorrent.

[Tetrachloride]

3. They are scared to lose their football program.

but they have many other weak spots.

Keep the pressure on.

[Solly Mack]

4. K&R

[keithbvadu2]

5. They have Gym Jordan with them supporting the schools against the victims.

They have Gym Jordan with them supporting the schools against the victims.

[Demovictory9]

6. Omg 😳😳😳😳

[KS Toronado]

8. Meanwhile, you have FQX and their kin

always blasting colleges as being Liberal, this sounds more like conservatives are running those schools.
With all their Liberal College bashing they'll probably start bragging about them on air.

[FakeNoose]

9. Makes one wonder why the Universities are banning together - maybe they're all guilty

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... and scared that the shit is finally hitting the fan.

Just as the ugly scandal played out at Penn State (the Jerry Sandusky - Joe Paterno mess) it's now moving on to sports programs in other states. Ohio State had plenty of notice to clean up its mess before it became a national embarrassment. But they did zilch except try to sweep it under a rug.

What exactly are these universities trying to hush up?

[ShazzieB]

17. Makes you wonder all right.

My first thought was "Why would all those other schools do this unless they have some skeletons in their own closets that they don't want escaping?"

When I realized 3 of them were MSU, UM, and OSU, that clenched it. They're ALL hiding shit!

[BlueIdaho]

10. Guess what they're all hiding?

If you let shit like this happen to your students you should lose all federal funding and disband all intercollegiate sports teams.

[wnylib]

11. Maybe it's too much to hope for a massive student walkout in protest,

but I'd liked to see it happen.

[Crowman2009]

12. Well U of M did during the Vietnam war.

Teach-ins I think they were called.

[irisblue]

13. Not during football season at Ohio State.OSU runs a lot of Columbus

[SleeplessinSoCal]

14. We pride ourselves on the quality of our higher education

Yet we trash teachers, education as "elitist", and now we find bottom feeders running some schools.

This adds more damage to the "information age".

[James48]

15. My school is on that list.

I’m furious, and going to call the Alumni office, and the office of the University President, and bitch .

[FakeNoose]

20. When enough Alumni start demanding answers, and refuse to make future donations

... then they'll start to listen.

[Handler]

16. How the hell is this even possible? I see Gym Jordan's slimey fingerprints all over this.

[catbyte]

18. I'm really disappointed in Michigan State and U of M. It's true, they learned absolutely

nothing except to try to find novel ways to cover their asses. Shame on them.

[onecaliberal]

19. These men need to go public. Spill the beans about what happened to them and who the pedo's are.