Posted on 07/10/2018 9:27:04 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
An Ohio State wrestler is calling Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) a “phony” in an interview with CNN for saying he was not aware of allegations of inappropriate touching and sexual abuse by a former doctor on the wrestling team.
The person who spoke to CNN requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the allegations and out of concern for his family’s well-being. CNN says he is the fifth wrestler from the program to allege that Jordan knew of the actions of Richard Strauss, the former team doctor who killed himself in 2005.
"Jordan is denying this because obviously it would be political suicide for him," the former wrestler said to CNN in a report published on Tuesday. "He's still denying it. Jim Jordan knew. He didn't do anything about it."
Other news media have offered different counts on the number of wrestlers making the allegation, many of whom have spoken anonymously. The Washington Post has reported that seven former wrestlers have alleged that Jordan knew of misconduct by Strauss.
Jordan has denied the allegations that he knew of Strauss's alleged actions. He served as an assistant coach on the Ohio State team between 1987 and 1995, and says he did not hear of inappropriate behavior by the doctor.
While a number of wrestlers have said Jordan did know of the allegations, others have backed him.
Six former OSU wrestling coaches issued statements defending the GOP lawmaker on Monday against claims he was aware of the allegations against Strauss.
“What has been said about Jim Jordan is absolutely wrong,” the half-dozen coaches said in a joint statement. “We all worked on the wrestling coaching staff during Jim’s tenure at The Ohio State University. None of us saw or heard of abuse of OSU wrestlers. The well-being of student-athletes was all of our concern. If we had heard of any abuse, we would have spoken up.”
President Trump and many of Jordan's colleagues have offered support, though a request that the Office of Congressional Ethics investigate the matter has also been filed.
The wrestler who spoke to CNN for Tuesday's story said he told Jordan about Strauss's behavior.
"I remember coming up and saying, 'Strauss held my balls longer than normal.' He just snickered,” the former wrestler claimed, speaking of a conversation at the time with Jordan.
The former wrestler also recalled a time when he said he met with Jordan and several athletes who were all "clumped together” and he said he told Jordan "something to the effect of 'his hands are cold as s**t; he checked out every hair on my ball,'" in reference to Strauss.
According to the former wrestler, Jordan replied, "I have nothing to do with this" before walking away from him.
"He's sitting here and directly lying," the former wrestler continued.
He said an account from fellow former Ohio State wrestler Mike DiSabato is "absolutely truthful."
DiSabato claimed Strauss groped him on multiple occasions while he was on the OSU wrestling team and also claimed Jordan knew about the sexual abuse allegations surrounding the doctor.
Democrats lying...who’d-a-thunk-it?
CNN IS FAKE NEWS.
Peel the layers and you will find Rosenweasel
“DiSabato claimed Strauss groped him on multiple occasions while he was on the OSU wrestling team ...”
And the Dr. is not around to defend his name...
Or maybe nobody knew, and the “authorities” would not have believed them anyway. Like that at Penn State for a long time.
There are so many different layers (and maybe liars) to this story that whatever kernel of truth may lie in either the rumors or any possible exoneration, is lost forever.
We need the PHONE NUMBER of CNN!!! BOYCOTT the SPONSORS and LET THEM KNOW WHY!! ANONYMOUS canot be allowed to RUIN A MAN, his FAMILY and his JOB!!
I heard that one of the accusers was later hired as an Ohio State coach, but even then didn’t make a complaint against the doctor.
“The person who spoke to CNN requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the allegations and out of concern for his family’s well-being. “
CNN is cowardly. To use an anonymous source to try and destroy a person’s reputation is unspeakable.
DiSabato OBVIOUSLY LIKED being sexually touched by Strauss!! He did it MULTIPLE TIMES!! And he was COLLEGE AGE and a WRESTLER!
Every man who ever got a DOT commercial driver physical ...
Unnamed sources = Fake News
Or commercial airline pilot’s ticket.
The victims themselves knew, and by not exposing the perp, they assisted in enabling him to victimize others.
Hmmm... Was this the initial TRANS G wrestling team?
College wrestlers are normally a tad huger than the average ‘kid’ in same age group and it appears this Dr, ‘had his way’ most of them (WELL, by the time CNN gets through with it, Rep Jordan will have been cleaning up the ‘mess’ made by the ‘cooperating’ witnesses).
So if to believe what will eventually come out will be to say that the entire team was a ‘plaything’ for the Dr.
I got a bridge in Brooklyn that is for sale.
Makes one wonder what the Dr(s) in the past were really doing when they told us to ‘cough’.
Then again, what else would you do when someone has you by the gonads and says cough? Cough it is...
Breaking news, just out: 25 former wrestlers, who want to keep their names undisclosed for fear of reprisal, have confirmed that the doctor had also examined the balls of Jeff Sessions, and could not find any.
They also confirmed that Jordan knew all of this and said nothing.
I’m being oppressed!
Doc grabbed my nuts and told me to turn my head and cough! AND he had someone else in the room to watch. What a perv ...
From a CBS article of all places:
But two former wrestlers, Yetts and Mike DiSabato, dispute Jordan’s account.
Yetts was convicted of fraud over an investment scheme, and DiSabato has been involved in legal disputes with the university over business matters, but they said none of that has any bearing on their allegations or their credibility.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richard-strauss-ohio-state-doctor-accused-of-groping-men-for-years/
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