Canadian swimmer alleges he was groomed by sex-abusing Ohio State doctor Richard Strauss.
Toward the end of his sophomore year at Ohio State University, then-star swimmer Derek de Jong discovered that he was a lock for one of just a dozen spots in the school’s prestigious exercise science program — and that the team physician,De Jong said he had not even considered applying because his grades were nothing special and this was a highly competitive program.
On another occasion, Strauss accosted the swimmer in the shower, masturbated in front of him and took photographs of de Jong, the complaint states.“I had a severe sinus infection and he wanted to examine all my glands for swelling. So he had me drop my pants. When he went for my back again, I pushed him off and barked at him,” de Jong said.
“They knew what Strauss was doing because everybody talked about it, and they knew he was hanging out with the athletes because he was so brazen about it,” de Jong., who came from England to attend Ohio State on a soccer scholarship from 1992 to 1997 — and is also suing the school — said foreign students are"very vulnerable to all kinds of influences, including sexual predators." In an email to NBC News, he said it was"common knowledge that Dr.
Since the release of the Perkins-Coie report, Ohio State has apologized repeatedly and insisted it was “actively participating in good faith in the mediation process directly by the federal court.” The school has not yet reached a settlement with the 300 or so Strauss victims who have filed federal lawsuits against the school.
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