A federal judge has dismissed all the outstanding lawsuits against Ohio State University that were filed by hundreds of former students and athletes who claim school officials failed to protect them from a sexual predator.
But Watson said the cases could not move forward because the statute of limitations for criminal rape cases in Ohio is 20 years, and Strauss preyed on hundreds of men from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s. He died by suicide in 2005.
"OSU spent decades denying, hiding, and evading the truth about its role in concealing the abuse that happened on its watch," they said a statement."Today’s ruling punishes survivors already traumatized by the university’s callous campaign of deception. The court’s decision cannot, and must not, be the final word in the survivors’ journey towards justice.”
“But in doing so, that someone has made a mountain out of several molehills,” Watson said, without mentioning any names.“Not only did he deny our request for recusal, he tossed my case after we asked for him to remove himself,” Ratliff said. "Beginning in 2018, Ohio State sought to uncover and acknowledge the truth about Richard Strauss’ abuse and the university’s failure at the time to prevent it,' the school said in a statement Wednesday.
Watson’s impartiality came into question earlier this month after NBC News asked about the business ties his wife, Lori Leavitt Watson, has to OSU. She ownsin Columbus, Ohio, which sells, among other items, the red-and-silver OSU flags that can be spotted across much of the state.
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