Ohio State Board of Trustees Approves Final $100 Million Settlement with Richard Strauss Sexual Abuse Survivors​

The Ohio State Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to approve a $100 million settlement with hundreds of survivors of former university doctor Richard Strauss.

The resolution is expected to serve as the final settlement in the ongoing fallout from the Strauss sexual abuse cases. The measure was included in a consent agenda containing dozens of items, which the board approved unanimously.

State president Ravi Bellamkonda said Strauss survivors will always remain part of the Buckeye family and community.

We continue to be very grateful to them for their courage in coming forward — and reaching a final resolution was very important to us as an important step forward,” said Bellamkonda, who became Ohio State’s 18th president on March 12.

Trustees did not disclose details of the settlement during the meeting. Board chair John Zeiger said the terms remain confidential and cannot be made public until the agreement is finalized. Zeiger acknowledged that the public will have questions about what he called “this substantial development” and said the university intends to provide answers when it is able to do so.

It’s important we respect the court’s order and comply with the mediator’s directive,” Zeiger said. “But we will provide additional information on this resolution when we are positioned to do so.”

The university and the plaintiffs released the following joint statement after Wednesday’s board meeting:

Ohio State and 279 of the 280 individual remaining Richard Strauss survivors involved in the pending litigation have reached settlements in principle in a total amount of $100 million. The university’s Board of Trustees has now publicly ratified these agreements in principle, and all parties thank the mediators for their assistance. The mediation and its confidentiality are continuing as the parties work to finalize the details of the settlements, and additional information will be shared as appropriate.

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Before Wednesday’s vote, Ohio State had paid more than $61 million to 317 survivors since March 2020. The university also reached settlements with more than a dozen survivors in April.
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Devin Sanchez sounds like he’s ready to be THE guy in Ohio State’s secondary​

Several Ohio State football players were at the Memorial Tournament on Wednesday and sophomore Devin Sanchez was amongst the group. The second-year cornerback is going to be relied on as a starter in Ohio State’s secondary, and potentially even their top cornerback.

“I feel great,” Sanchez stated. “I feel like I can be one of the best corners in the nation. I’m gonna be one of the best corners in the nation. I feel like guys should really watch out for me because I’m not freshman Devin no more.”

Among tOSU’s big backs, only 1 of them was a Unanimous All-American twice:

The perpetually underrated Bob Ferguson.

Bob won the Maxwell Award in 1961, and narrowly mixed becoming the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy, finishing a close second to Ernie Davis of Syracuse, who claimed that honor.

And during his career as a Buckeye, Ferguson was tackled for a loss the same number of times that @Jaxbuck has nailed Jessica Alba. Of course, that second number has the possibility of someday becoming a positive integer.

buckeyemania11 said:

3 Stanley Cup Finals appearances in 9 seasons of existence for Vegas

Meanwhile Columbus has only won two playoff series, (and 1 of those was only made possible because of the COVID structure) in their 26 years of existence

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Ohio professional sports, amiright?

Jaxbuck said:

If you've met him you also know he is a massive human being. Point is if he isn't a big back I wouldn't know what one looked like.

His NFL height was listed at 6'1" so that is what I was rolling with.

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Socks will do that. I read that a wide receiver can be three inches taller with the right socks. Read it right here so it must be true.

RB07OSU said:

Any combo of those 3 would be massive, but I don't think that's outside the realm of possibility at all. I'd be equally excited to land any of them, but Easter would just go off in our offense alongside Jamier. That's explosive on another level.

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I the new recruiting strategy of smaller HS classes, but go after the big fish and guys willing to stay for 2-3yrs but willing to take less for possible development will allow for OSU to land 3 guys like this. Theres going to be a handful of guys a class where OSU will stay in it until the end for

Jaxbuck said:

Byars stood 6’1” and weighed 235-250+ depending on the point in his career.

If that isn’t a big back there has never been one.

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I’ll accept his addition. He is probably the fastest of the group until his foot injury. Certainly the best receiver in the group.

No surprise, its been leaning this way for months. No reason to pay big money to 2 small WRs with similar games(McFarland and Brown)