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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
FWIW, here is the massage therapist's side of the story:
Cleveland-area massage therapist calls idea she preyed on Ohio State football players ‘ridiculous’
A Cleveland-area massage therapist disputes an Ohio State report that she used a massage “scheme” to prey upon Ohio State football players and engage five of them in sexual activities.
“I’m saying the report that I targeted these men for my own sexual gratification couldn’t be further from the truth,” Robyn Bassani said in a phone interview with cleveland.com on Thursday afternoon, less than an hour after Ohio State released a 15-page report on consensual sexual activity that transpired between Bassani and players over the last three years.
“(The report) said I was targeting them under the guise of a legitimate massage practice. I work with professional athletes. I worked, not with the university itself, but individual players. I never, ever once approached any of these individuals about sex,” Bassani said. “Did I have a sexual relationship with two of them? Yes. I never approached them for sex. Ever.
“If we entered a sexual relationship, which I had with two of them, it was always initiated by them. I would never initiate due to the fact that I was working with them in a professional setting. Once we crossed that line, we never worked in a professional setting again.”
Bassani, 41, was not named in the report, but several bits of information provided in the report made her readily identifiable with minimal internet research.
The law firm of Barnes & Thornburg was commissioned by Ohio State to investigate the situation after a complaint was filed with the State Medical Board of Ohio in March 2020. Bassani said that complaint was initiated by a former Ohio State player with whom she had a sexual relationship. Bassani said she never massaged that player, and that their personal relationship began on social media.
According to the report, Bassani was interviewed by two OSU police officers and a state medical board investigator on March 10. Because there were no allegations of criminal activity, no charges were filed. Ohio State’s legal department was notified, and then its compliance department was brought in. That led to the law firm investigation, which interviewed 117 former and current players, 44 coaches and staff members and Bassani.
“When they asked me some questions that I honestly didn’t know the answer to, they told me that wasn’t a legitimate answer,” Bassani said, “that ‘I don’t know,’ isn’t the correct answer for something. It was guided. It was bullied. It was awful.
“I tried to cooperate as much as I could because nothing bad happened, nothing wrong happened. So I talked to whoever they wanted me to talk to because there was nothing there. Now they’re saying I’m targeting these guys for my own sexual gratification. It’s like, ‘What?’”
The report used the word “scheme” 16 times to describe Bassani’s interactions with players, which included allegedly aggressively contacting them on social media, and then setting up meetings to massage them in their apartments. Of the 117 players interviewed, the report said 25 players were massaged by Bassani, and five of those 25 engaged in sexual activity.
“That number is inflated,” Bassani said of those five.
The report also states that Bassani confirmed she had a sexual relationship with two players, and that “during her interview she sought to minimize the effects of her own actions by stating that she sought to maintain a distinction between her ‘professional’ and ‘sexual’ activities.”
Among the report’s final conclusion was that “the massage therapist carried out a scheme for what appeared to fulfill her personal infatuation with Ohio State football student athletes. She had no connection to the Athletics Department or the University. The apparent purpose of the scheme was to engage in sexual encounters with OSU football student athletes.”
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith reiterated that idea after the report came out. When informed of Bassani’s interview with cleveland.com, Ohio State declined further comment and referenced the report and Smith’s previous interview with reporters.
Bassani said her role as a massage therapist who works with athletes made the fact that she reached out to Ohio State players on social media a part of her job.
“I work with athletes, I work with every major team in the area, again, independently, not for the actual organizations,” Bassani said. “So for me to reach out to the Buckeyes, that’s not a stretch by any means.”
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Entire article: https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2021/...n-ohio-state-football-players-ridiculous.html
Cleveland-area massage therapist calls idea she preyed on Ohio State football players ‘ridiculous’
A Cleveland-area massage therapist disputes an Ohio State report that she used a massage “scheme” to prey upon Ohio State football players and engage five of them in sexual activities.
“I’m saying the report that I targeted these men for my own sexual gratification couldn’t be further from the truth,” Robyn Bassani said in a phone interview with cleveland.com on Thursday afternoon, less than an hour after Ohio State released a 15-page report on consensual sexual activity that transpired between Bassani and players over the last three years.
“(The report) said I was targeting them under the guise of a legitimate massage practice. I work with professional athletes. I worked, not with the university itself, but individual players. I never, ever once approached any of these individuals about sex,” Bassani said. “Did I have a sexual relationship with two of them? Yes. I never approached them for sex. Ever.
“If we entered a sexual relationship, which I had with two of them, it was always initiated by them. I would never initiate due to the fact that I was working with them in a professional setting. Once we crossed that line, we never worked in a professional setting again.”
Bassani, 41, was not named in the report, but several bits of information provided in the report made her readily identifiable with minimal internet research.
The law firm of Barnes & Thornburg was commissioned by Ohio State to investigate the situation after a complaint was filed with the State Medical Board of Ohio in March 2020. Bassani said that complaint was initiated by a former Ohio State player with whom she had a sexual relationship. Bassani said she never massaged that player, and that their personal relationship began on social media.
According to the report, Bassani was interviewed by two OSU police officers and a state medical board investigator on March 10. Because there were no allegations of criminal activity, no charges were filed. Ohio State’s legal department was notified, and then its compliance department was brought in. That led to the law firm investigation, which interviewed 117 former and current players, 44 coaches and staff members and Bassani.
“When they asked me some questions that I honestly didn’t know the answer to, they told me that wasn’t a legitimate answer,” Bassani said, “that ‘I don’t know,’ isn’t the correct answer for something. It was guided. It was bullied. It was awful.
“I tried to cooperate as much as I could because nothing bad happened, nothing wrong happened. So I talked to whoever they wanted me to talk to because there was nothing there. Now they’re saying I’m targeting these guys for my own sexual gratification. It’s like, ‘What?’”
The report used the word “scheme” 16 times to describe Bassani’s interactions with players, which included allegedly aggressively contacting them on social media, and then setting up meetings to massage them in their apartments. Of the 117 players interviewed, the report said 25 players were massaged by Bassani, and five of those 25 engaged in sexual activity.
“That number is inflated,” Bassani said of those five.
The report also states that Bassani confirmed she had a sexual relationship with two players, and that “during her interview she sought to minimize the effects of her own actions by stating that she sought to maintain a distinction between her ‘professional’ and ‘sexual’ activities.”
Among the report’s final conclusion was that “the massage therapist carried out a scheme for what appeared to fulfill her personal infatuation with Ohio State football student athletes. She had no connection to the Athletics Department or the University. The apparent purpose of the scheme was to engage in sexual encounters with OSU football student athletes.”
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith reiterated that idea after the report came out. When informed of Bassani’s interview with cleveland.com, Ohio State declined further comment and referenced the report and Smith’s previous interview with reporters.
Bassani said her role as a massage therapist who works with athletes made the fact that she reached out to Ohio State players on social media a part of her job.
“I work with athletes, I work with every major team in the area, again, independently, not for the actual organizations,” Bassani said. “So for me to reach out to the Buckeyes, that’s not a stretch by any means.”
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Entire article: https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2021/...n-ohio-state-football-players-ridiculous.html
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Sure, I would absolutely be commuting from Bedford to Columbus to offer my services to random teenagers. Totally normal.
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Onebuckfan
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Why are athletes going on social media for a massage therapist instead of through the athletic department? Cause they are looking for hookers. Duh!
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Just sayin': After reading the article my thought was that she's a much better "spin doctor" than a massage therapist.
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I read that as a "at the same time" statement.
Also, do we not have pics at this point? What the fuck has the internet become?
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Chick was on the radio this morning to try to explain herself. The whole situation isn't the most believable.
https://www.roverradio.com/2021/05/...andal-therapist-robyn-bassani-full-interview/
https://www.roverradio.com/2021/05/...andal-therapist-robyn-bassani-full-interview/
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I mean, its not exactly that, but it might be a little tug in that direction. I could see if you polished it up that way you might get that impression, tho.
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