A court reviewer says Ohio State University violated state public records law by intentionally withholding old documents from one of the men alleging decades-old sexual misconduct by the late team doctor Richard Strauss.
Alumnus Steve Snyder-Hill requested records in 2018 related to his complaint about being abused by Strauss in the mid-1990s. OSU said it would respond as quickly as possible but withheld the records for months, until the release of a law firm investigation confirming years of abuse by Strauss. The university says it was concerned that sharing information piecemeal would “create a chilling effect” and compromise the investigation.
