A federal judge says it's not up to him to decide whether Ohio State University may publicly share information from an old state medical board investigation involving a team doctor accused of decades-old sexual misconduct.
A law firm hired by OSU is investigating allegations about the late Richard Strauss. The school plans to make the findings public and was seeking permission to include information about the old investigation. The medical board argues it would undermine witnesses' trust and its future investigations. The judge says he can only rule on using the old investigation in a judicial proceeding, not a publicly released report. More than 150 alumni allege misconduct by Strauss. The medical board never disciplined him.
