Ohio State University reaches $100 million settlement with nearly 300 sex abuse survivors

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Ohio State University reaches $100 million settlement with nearly 300 sex abuse survivors Ohio State reaches $100 million settlement with hundreds of victims of school doctor accused of sexual abuse Ohio State University agreed Wednesday to pay approximately $100 million to settle legal claims from hundreds of former student athletes who said they were sexually abused decades ago by a doctor at the university. The school has fought lawsuits in federal court since 2018 brought by former student athletes against the university over its failure to stop abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss.