Overview

• Surviving Ohio State, produced by George Clooney, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this month and is now available on HBO Max.
• The documentary alleges that Jim Jordan, then an assistant wrestling coach, was informed about Dr. Richard Strauss’s ungloved genital exams and other misconduct but failed to intervene.
• Ohio State University has apologized to survivors and settled with 296 claimants for over $60 million, covering counseling and medical treatment.
• Hundreds of survivors continue to pursue federal lawsuits, claiming the university did not fully address or disclose Strauss’s decades-long abuse.
• Strauss’s misconduct from 1978 to 1998 only surfaced publicly in 2018 after an earlier State Medical Board of Ohio investigation stalled and remained unresolved before his 2005 suicide.