University doctor mistreated 177 students

A sports doctor from the University of Ohio badually abused at least 177 students between 1979 and 1996, while the educational institution ignored the complaints, according to a report revealed in recent hours. The defendant, Richard Strauss, committed suicide in 2005.

According to the report prepared by law firms Coie LLP and Perkins, it was revealed that the university "knew" the violations committed since 1979, although the complaints against the doctor were taken only in 1996. That year only Sports Doctor, he remained on the payroll of the university until his retirement in 1998. The abuses committed were aimed at at least 15 sportsmen and students that Strauss treated at the health center or at the university clinic, outside. campus.

According to the report, men complained that "Strauss routinely performed excessive and apparently unnecessary medical examinations from a medical point of view, regardless of the medical condition presented by student-patients." Acts of violence ranged from contact at the point of erection or ejaculation to more subtle acts, such as asking patients under medical pretense to undress completely without being necessary.

Of 520 former students surveyed, 177 admitted to having suffered violence from Strauss and 38 reported having had a similar experience with a doctor at that university although they could not have been able to do so. identify. "Many felt that Strauss's behavior was an" open secret ", believing that coaches and other doctors knew what was going on and that nobody was doing anything to stop him," the report concluded.

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