Former Ohio State official testified he doesn’t believe Rep. Jim Jordan’s denials about Strauss abuse

The testimony was unsealed sworn depositions in the lawsuit alleging OSU failed to protect students from an abusive campus doctor.

A former Ohio State University athletic director said in a deposition that, in his opinion, Rep. Jim Jordan “probably knew” that campus doctor Richard Strauss was abusing the wrestlers Jordan coached more than two decades ago.

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“I believe that the conversation about Dr. Strauss was active — with the wrestlers,” Andy Geiger testified in a sworn deposition unsealed Monday by the Southern District of Ohio. “Particularly loud and clear, I heard all about the unhappiness with the showering situation.”

“For somebody who was part of the program, it doesn’t seem credible to me” that Jordan was unaware that Strauss allegedly preyed on male athletes, Geiger said in the deposition.