Posted on 07/04/2018 7:11:11 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Tuesday fiercely denied allegations that he failed to stop a sports physician from sexually abusing student athletes at Ohio State University when he was a wrestling coach there.
Jordan told Politico in an interview that he would have intervened had he known about the doctor's alleged behavior.
"It’s not true," Jordan told Politico. "I never knew about any type of abuse. If I did, I would have done something about it. And look, if there are people who are abused, then that’s terrible and we want justice to happen."
Three former wrestlers at OSU told NBC News that the abuse by the doctor was a kind of open secret, and that Jordan almost certainly knew about the alleged behavior.
The doctor, Richard Strauss, would alleged shower with student athletes regularly and would touch them inappropriately during appointments, the former wrestlers told NBC News.
Strauss died in 2005, but the university announced earlier this year that it would investigate the allegations against the physician and whether enough was done to protect the students.
Jordan, who served as an assistant wrestling coach at OSU decades ago, has garnered a reputation as a conservative firebrand in Congress. His office denied previously the allegations in a statement.
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Jordan responded to a question from Politico on Tuesday about whether he is concerned about the allegations that he ignored the abuse, saying: "We’ve got the truth on our side."
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Ohio State sex scandal complicates Jordan’s possible Speaker bid
Who served as coach at the time?
Wouldn’t the athletes report it to the coach not the assistant coach?
Who was the head wrestling coach & why isn’t he being accused?
This appears to me to be an attempt to “Roy Moore” Rep. Jordan. What’s next? We were molested at the police academy?
The idea that some nerdy doctor molested college wrestlers seems highly unlikely and once again, the timing seems highly suspect.
How much have these ex-wrestlers been paid and by whom? It’s fishy that in all his previous elections, no one ever mentioned these allegations.
Convient timing with him in Speaker talk. Straight from establishment?
I’m with Jordan 100%.
Literally, decades later?
Sounds like a smear since he is rising in prominence.
They planted their 'narrative'. Now it's up to Jordan to prove it didn't happen.
Go on offense. Sue those making the claim for defamation of character.
Exactly
The coach is still alive, barely mentioned
The doctor dead for 13 years
Its an issue now?
And these were college students over the age of 18
Adults
Who did they report this to?
According to the accuser (1-3 guys) Jordan “ should have known”
No one admits to telling him
If this was “ open knowledge” what man made the decision to shower with the doctor or strip off for a private exam?
“””””The idea that some nerdy doctor molested college wrestlers seems highly unlikely and once again, the timing seems highly suspect.”””””
Eggzackly. A college wrestler would let someone touch them without getting face planted? I don’t think so.
Jordon 100%.
I would not be surprised if Kevin McCarthy is behind this smear campaign.
This is why Trump has endeared himself to all of us. He doesn’t take the Democrats BS. He throws it back in their face with extra mustard on it!
Subpoena the BANK STATEMENTS OF THESE WRESTLERS!!
ANY 20 yr. old WRESTLER who gets touched inappropriately and doens't punch them in the face is ACCEPTING of the actions!
I didn’t even think about that slimeball. Yeah, it wouldn’t be a shock that Lyin Ryan’s protege and Deep State replacement would try and do a hatchet job on his main opponent for the speakership. McCarthy has the Swamp completely behind him.
STAY STRONG, JIM.....and YOUR FRIENDS BETTER ALSO!
This is democrat playbook 101 and we have let them get away with it. I support Jordan for speaker, but I DO NOT think McCarthy would be behind this. Objectively, even assuming for a second he would do this (I don’t think so) there is way too much downside and he would toast his own chance at the speakers gavel.
McCarthy is the front-runner based on typical republicrat politics. Does not mean I support it, but those are the facts.
This reeks of the Roy Moore playbook to me. What ever happened to that? He lost and they moved on.
Oh, I see the fascists disapprove of his exchange with Rosenstein last week.
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