the ohio state university is the largest employer in the state of ohio.s immensely powerful, local economy is based on the success of the athletic program. the brand is build on the success of the athletic program and frankly it just was an unfortunate situation. >> mike, i think everyone knows that a genital exam isn't necessary to measure body fat. i think everyone knows it's not necessary you say this happened to other wrestlers, other athletes at the school while you were there. congressman jim jordan was a wrestling coach. do you believe he knew about this while he was there? >> i know jim knew about what i call the deviant sexual atmosphere we were exposed to. >> how do you know? >> we all had conversations. jim was more like a big brother than a coach. he was 23, 24 years old when i first met him in 1986. i've known jim for over 40 years. his family and i -- i've been close to his family. i've stayed in touch with jim over the years. we talk once a month. >> do you remember specifically talking to him about this back then while it was happening? >>

former student athletes at ohio state university are filing two lawsuits against the school over alleged abuse by team dr richard strauss the first lawsuit was filed in the u.s. district court in columbus ohio and claims that coaches and higher level officials knew of the abuse but did nothing to stop it the second lawsuit was filed by an unnamed former wrestler claiming he was abused by strauss on twenty occasions in the one nine hundred eighty s. strauss worked at ohio state for over twenty years as medical stuff and retired as a professor in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight soon after his retirement strauss moved to california and committed suicide in two thousand and five the university held a hearing on the complaints in one thousand nine hundred seven but according to the lawsuit they did not take legal or disciplinary action according to the associated press more than one hundred fifty former athletes and witnesses have been interviewed so far ohio state university issued a statement on tuesday saying they have received report of the sexual misconduct by straus for male stud

he was, you know, he was there when we got to ohio state. continued to work at ohio state when i left. yes, knew the doctor. there's no truth that the fact that i knew of any abuse or i talked to other coaches, they didn't know of any abuse. they just -- that's just not accurate to say that we knew and didn't report it. not true. >> i have with me, mike disabato, former ohio state wrestler, who says he was abused by that team doctor and that then-assistant coach jim jordan knew all about it. thank you very much for joining me. >> thank you, brooke. >> i want to get you to respond to the congressman in a second. first i want to focus on you, mike. so take me back. you were -- first when you were 14, in high school when you first met dr. strauss. and it's my understanding he told you needed to undergo some ser sort of body fat evaluation. can you tell me what happened? >> actually, doc was conducting a research study in conjunction with the university, the ohio high school athletic association and the catholic diocese. he had access to our hig

coached at ohio state. i have two boys that wrestled for the badgers, four nephew how fast wrestles for ohio state and never for iowa. conversations in a locker room are a lot different than people coming up and talking about abuse. no one ever reported any abuse to me. if they had, i would have dealt with it what bothers me the most guys saying these things i know they know the truth. i know they do. yet, he wrestled -- we trained with these guys every day. sometimes twice a day. and for -- i know what -- know they know what they're saying is not accurate. >> bret: what do you think the motivation is now? >> you would have to ask them. i would tell with you mike di sabato has a vendetta against ohio state. he lost a licensing agreement with ohio state. is he out to get ohio state. he has a vendetta against our family. he was arrested just five months ago threatening chris spielman's lawyer and chris spielman. he has all kinds of lawsuits against him. and what bothers me more than that is the fact that cnn

edward sutland is editor in chief of "the lantern" at ohio state. good to see you.ut this latest accusation and lawsuit? >> so in the latest lawsuit filed against ohio state basically comes from a number of different plaintiffs. each of the three previous ones have all been class action. this one has been led by someone named steve snyder hill who claims that when he was a student at ohio state, he went to a physical with dr. strauss. during the physical, he was abused by strauss. he then went and complained about these accusations. he said there was no action taken after that. now, the lawsuit also cites that ohio state knew as early as 1978 when strauss was first hired that complaints had been made suggesting sexual abuse from the doctor. so in a number of these allegations, it's always claimed that ohio state had knowledge of and had received complaints of the sexual abuse from the doctor. these are ones that go into more specific detail. >> so how is that documented? i mean, how does the university or how is it able to reflect, you know, what its response was at

ohio state university, through an independent investigator that was appointed by the ohio attorney general'sice into alleged

ohio state needs to get down to business and find out what these victims experienced.lieve their stories, i want the full picture to be painted so we know exactly what jim jordan did. >> let me just drill down on that a little bit more. that's what's actually happening. we hear from the university one thing -- two things are happening here. one, we are getting different stories. we are hearing from some of these wrestlers. this doctor interacted with athletes across more than a dozen sports, i understand it, worked with the wrestling teams for about two decades. there are a lot of people to talk to here as the university continues this investigation of a man who took his life, by the way. i believe it was in 2005. we are look at all of this. we're not getting straight answers. why are we not getting straight answers to jim jordan, is that still giving him the benefit of the doubt? >> that's a fair point. we need those answers. any investigation -- i know this isn't a lant investigatiow enfo investigation, this is one the university is conducting. the public will know m

he did not know that abuse was going on to the male athletes while he was an assistant coach at ohio state university. there's a massive investigation going on now by independent counsel in ohio. the allegation is that this doctor, richard strauss, who was the team doctor for athletics at the university for two decades, that he would treat athletes for their injuries, and while they were in the examination room aalone with the doctor, he would sexually molest them. i spoke with a wrestler back in the day when the doctor was there along with congressman jordan. he said he was a victim and the congressman knew about this because everybody in the wrestling department did. listen -- >> i was close to both jim and coach. we talked openly within our locker room about strauss in particular that he was a serial groper. i can tell you now he's not telling the truth. he has think he was there over eight years, it's impossible to ignore the training environment. it was deviant, chaotic. >> reporter: congressman jordan just said he did know dr. richard strauss, and he did know that he went into the sh

the doctor in question worked in athletics department at ohio state from 1981 to 1995. jim jordan overlapped with the doctor's tenure for i believe eight years. he reportedly had a locker in the locker room that was right next to the accused physician. if this turns out to be a penn state style scandal and expose, congressman jim jordan of ohio could end up embroiled in a very serious matter. again, it is one thing to just be adjacent to somebody else's scandal. it's another thing to have multiple alleged survivors of this kind of abuse say on the record that you knew about it at the time, you were asked for help and you did nothing. now, congressman jordan is a favorite of hard right conservatives across the country. he is a member of republican hard liners. tea party members promoted jim jordan as speaker of the house. has become increasingly famous this past year as he and devin nunes ha have led the most aggressive criticism in congress against robert mueller. congressman jordan said he had nothing to do with anything related to this scandal. he had no idea if anyth

that's where we're going to get the facts here is from ohio state's and the sort of parallel track criminalestigation that are going on in ohio into the behavior of this former doctor on the osu wrestling team. >> what about the republicans who have come out in support of jim jordan. is there any reason to believe that there's a circling of the wagons right now in order to protect one of their own as opposed to, i don't know, letting the investigation play out? we did have the president come out and say that he doesn't believe any of the accusers. >> reporter: i mean i think in this they have at least been consistent in terms of we're going to let this investigation go, but the jim jordan we know we think is someone who would have spoken out on this. the sound bite you played that's been going around today of jordan saying i stood up to the fbi, i stood up to the speaker of the house in my own party, suggests the seriousness with which he is taking this. you mentioned the pr firm. this is very much a focused effort on the behalf of jordan who is someone who was in the conversation at least

no one knew about the abuse and is one of six former coaches at ohio state who released a statement supporting congress member jordan. >> not everyone is buying that. political action committee paid to fly a banner over columbus, ohio calling on jordan to resign. the congress member continues to deny knowing any abuse at ohio state. the freedom caucus is taking a wait and see approach. >>> president trump sued by the former personal driver. claiming he was forced to work thousands of hours of overtime without fair compensation during the two decades on the job. the complaint said mr. trump acted with a sense of privilege when he denied a raise to the driver. the lawsuit refers to trump as purported billionaire. the spokesperson tells cnn mr. cintron was paid in ooaccordanc with the law. >>> a 5 month old partially buried in the mountains following a 911 tip. the sheriff followed the sound and discovered the baby alive face down under a pile of sticks and debris. the affiliate kpax reports that the baby is in good condition. 32-year-old francis crowley has been charged with criminal endangermen

at ohio state.ne from june 15 to congressman jordan and oliver luck which reads, reverend james, wants to be speaker of the house despite his lack of knowledge of the systemic abuse. and it was concluded a may 6 e-mail with #rapecoverup. a way of life. >> something needs to be done to protect students, not just athletes. students across campuses at ohio state and across the country. sexual assault is a systemic problem. >> the doctor accused of sexual misconduct died in 2005. ruled a suicide. disabato said it was a joke that the male athletes would want to give them a genital exam every time he saw them. trace? >> trace: meantime, jordan is talking about the investigation. >> that's right. congressman jordan has denied any wrong doing or knowledge of sexual abuse. he said he will cooperate with the investigation until the allegations made by ohio state athletes. jordan's office said the law firm tried to contact the congressman on a nonexistent account. >> we're happy to sit down with the firm doing

jordan was a coach on the ohio state wrestling team during the time this was alleged. multiare exwrestlers have come forward on the record using their names to allege that congressman jim jordan knew at the time about the abuse, when it was happening and he did nothing to stop it or report it. one stunt has gone on the record saying that he specifically complained to congressman jordan about being groped by the team doctor. he says despite direct appeal for help to jim jordan, mr. jordan took no action in response. he put out a statement denying that he ever knew about any abuse at ohio state during his time there. he then amended his statement on later add an additional sentence supporting an investigation into the allegations. the school has now hired a major law firm to investigate this matter and there are now some expectations that the congressman might be called in to that investigation as a possible witness. a teacher told cnn, ohio state has an obligation to get to the bottom of this with a thorough and fair investigation. jim jordan has an obligation to cooper

at least 100 new allegations of sexualbuse at ohio state university. iraq and afgnistan war veterans exposed to toxic particles. plus, much more. >> woodruff: president trump has made waves on the world stage an here at home over the last ten days. as foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin reports, from nato to helsinki, many are asking, what happens now? >> schifrin: in scow today, russia's coordinated and consistent message machine crafd its version of the helsinki summit, from russia's state tv... to a phalanx of russian generals... russia's ntp diplomat in the u.s. the message: presiputin and trump are on the same page. >> ( translated ): they went over the whole cycle of bilateral connections, as well as the problems in regional and global security. >> schifrin: russian ambassador to the u.s. anatoly antonov called the summit pivotal, and called u.s. criticism of president trump a sign ofer an hysteria. >> ( translated ): as president trump said, a witch hunt is what it is. >> schifrin: in the u.s., senior officials re initially in the dark o

he was there when we got to ohio state, and was continuing to work at ohio state once i left. so, yeah, knew the doctor. but there's no truth to the fact that i knew of any abuse. i talked to other coaches. they didn't know of any abuse. that's just not accurate to say those things that we knew of it and didn't say anything. >> here with me to talk more about this, cnn political commentator lauren berg. and david chalian. so, david, this really comes down to who do you believe here because you have a former wrestler who says that everybody knew in effect about this doctor who i understand has now passed away, but his abuse. and jim jordan saying, listen, it's just flat out untrue. i didn't know anything about it. >> more than one former wreftsle wrestler. the former story had three. hard to imagine that everyone working there would have some knowledge. this clearly isn't over yet. you can hear the other thing congressman jordan was saying. this wrestler speaking out was contacting them in a way that he felt was in a bullying way and might involve the capital police. you'll hav

ohio state opened an investigation in april into reports of former athletes.im jordan is a founder of the house freedom caucus and quoted as a possible replacement for speaker paul ryan. congressman jordan never saw any abuse, never heard about any buse and never had any abuse reported during his time as a coach at ohio state, end quote. >>> it is 4:08. a man with guns at the trump hotel in washington is pleading guilty. he had an automatic pistol and ar-15 rifle in his car when he checked into the hotel last summer. he did not have a lins for the pistol. e government threw out the federal firearms charge. he faces time in prison. he had to givep guns also from his home in pennsylvania. >>> today the newest citizens in the united states will be sworn in on america's 242nd birthday.0 from 50 countries worldwide wi become americans at the home of the nation's first president, in mt. vernon. ceremonies will take place in caen, new jersey and philadelphia. >>> just in time for the frth, we're tell will you the right and wrong ways to display the flag. >> you can d

as the speaker said, jordan is going to cooperate in this ohio state investigation. be interesting to see where that shakes out. >> jordan, of course, has his eye on the speakership. your colleagues that you mentioned at "politico" also wrote this. it is unclear, the effect the accusations will have on jordan. many republican lawmakers and aides believe he will weather the storm. albeit bruised by several weeks of bad shed liheadlines. no republicans called for his resignation. most colleagues who have spoken out have defended him. could there be any consequences for him, for example, in his fight for speaker? maybe even people who believe that he might make a good speaker or believes he should be in leadership but don't want to deal with it? >> it is an open question. jim jordan was always a long shot to be the next speaker. it is not clear if republicans are going to have a speaker any time soon if they don't keep the majority. listen, in these kind of close leadership elections, every single thing matters. people have to vouch for their colleague. if they believe

ohio state university, through an independent investigator that was appointed by the ohio attorney general's office into alleged impropriety. and according to nbc news, athletes were he molested during examinations, that there were showers that were inappropriate. and one former athlete has spoken with cnn and says that jim jordan had direct knowledge of the molestation going on and he did nothing about it. jim jordan has responded, he says, quote, congressman jordan never saw any abuse, never heard about any abuse and never had any abuse reported to him during the time as a coach at ohio state. he has not been contacted by investigators about the matter. but will assist them in any way they ask because if what is alleged is true, the victims deserve a full investigation and justice. and brooke, the doctor involved in all of this, dr. vaus ostrau died in 2005, but there has been a referral to the local criminal investigation prosecutors unit to see if there should be an investigation at all. and it is interesting to note, i've covered so many of these cases and the investigation itself is on

but investigators, investigating all of these accusations against the doctor at ohio state, they sayng different. >> exactly. independent counsel, the attorneys, have told cnn that they actually reached out via e-mail and phone to congressman jordan's office and got no response. they wanted him to participate in an interview in this massive investigation that is under way right now at the university. but jim jordan's office told cnn last night, "we have searched all of our communications. we find nothing from you." so this supposed communications, send it to us. let you know when you send it and we are ready to assist you. but there is a massive investigation at ohio state university going on right now about the team doctor, now deceased, but he was there for over 20 years. he allegedly molested and sexually abused male athletes during his time at the university. and it's 14 different sports that they are interviewing witnesses and former athletes from, including football, baseball, soccer, gymnastics, and wrestling. and that's where jim jordan is sort of intertwined, because he was

sabato had a contract with ohio state university.st that contract because hedy not handle it well. he was arrested for telephone harassment in february of this year. he's just not a good witness. >> john, this is what -- you know, this is what all lies of jordan are saying here. some are looking at the democrats and saying, okay, are you defending hip, not defending him? do you have any say in the matter considering some democrats have also been in hot water, if you will, with scandals of their own whether it's senator al franken or connors. how do you weigh in on this? >> what you see is when that happen, they step down. they step away. i think it's too early to malign them. we see that a lot on the republican side of the aisle. that's unfortunate. >> those are facts, jon. >> let me finish my statement. let it take place. i know republicans have a difficult time, whether it's with this or with russia. let the investigation take place and then let's come out and make a decision. i think congressman meadows was right in that regard. i

. >>> the former wrestling coach at ohio state is coming to the defense of jim jordan. accused of ignoring sexual abuse allegations of the team doctor. the former head coach says he finds the whole situation disheartening. adding that athletes i cherished and coach i respected to the highest level are torn apart by semantics. jim jordan gave his heart and soul to the athletes. >> paul ryan is the high profile republican to support jordan. >> i have always known jim doppler rad jordan to be a man of honesty and integrity. i want ohio state to review the conduct of the doctor which is important to keep campuses safe. >> jordan denies knowing about the abuse while working at the school. >>> papa john's founder resigning as chairman of the board after using a racial slur. schnatter used the "n" word in a call in may. he complained that colonel sanders used the term without facing backlash. he said racism has no place in our society regardless of context. schnatter stepped down as ceo after saying the sales were hurt after the nfl and how it handled the anthem protest. the p

my dad became a legend he when he was 20 at ohio state in his sophomore year, and had broken his back in the season, and a game against purdue. the season went on, ohio state made the orange bowl, going to play against in the university of colorado, and a week or so before that, woody hayes says, listen, we need you to play. his back still wasn't healed. but my dad -- this is was his identity and woody hack become a father figure to him so he tried to do it. he shows up and before the game a gay says to him you want me to give you something that will help you play like a champion today? my dad said, sure. the man hands him an envelope and inside the envelope is cocaine. and he takes cocaine nor first time and goes on to be orange bowl mvp. and a serious legend in the anales of college football and also was the start of a drug addiction for him that by the time i was born, had gone on to crack and gone on to heroin, gone on to the beginnings of the destruction of my family, and so when i'm 11, i go in the school and there's my teacher hand me the dallas morning news and on the front pa

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just past april, ohio state announced it was investigating abuse allegations against a man by the name of dr. richard strauss for allegedly abuses students from the mid-1970s to the mid late 1990s. a former wrestler saying the doctor touched him inappropriately starting as a teen and sexually molested some other teammates, as well. that wrestler, michael desabato said it was common knowledge of team members about the doctor and what he would allegedly do during examinations. he said he and others spoke about it openly. openly about inappropriate dutching and he says staff including jim jordon who was a wrestling coach at the time, he says knew about what the doctor was allegedly doing. now, this wrestler spoke to cnn. he says the doctor was more prolific in his abuse and operated over a 20-year period. he was able to systematically abuse students in over 15 sports and no one did anything. it should be noted that the republican congressman jim jordan strongly denies he ignores allegations of abuse. his office released a statement about the allegations which says, quote, congressman jord

ohio state university is in the midst of a massive independent investigation about their team doctor university. he was there for two decades, the team doctor in the athletic department from 1981 through 1995. he's now deceased but the investigation is because of allegations he sexually molested and abused male athletes during the time he was there. and the university has interviewed over 150 people at this point. in comes michael desabato, a former wrestler at the university and this investigation covers 15 major sports at ohio state but it is wrestling where jim jordan takes place. he was the assistant coach during part of the time that that physician was the team doctor and michael disabato, i spoke to him yesterday and he says it was common knowledge in the wrestling department about dr. richard strauss and he was he was doing. he said they would joke about it. listen to what he said about jim jordan's knowledge and what his knowledge was about what was done by dr. strauss. >> i was close to both jim and the coach. we talked openly within our locker room about strauss in particul

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front and center about whether or not he knew that at least that he was an assistant coach of at ohio statee wrestling department knew that they were allegedly being sexually molested. watch. >> i'm telling the truth. look. i stood up to the speaker of the house from my home state, stood up to the irs and have stood up to the fbi. to think i would not stand up to my athletes is ridiculous. >> now, jim jordan back in the late 1980s early '90s was an assistant coach. one of three. russ hellickson was the head coach and cnn prooeviously reported that he said in a video that he told the doctor at one point, dr. richard strauss that you are too hands on. the doctor responded i'm being thorough. russ hellickson went further "when you shower with the athletes, they feel uncomfortable." well, he's now telling "usa today" this morning almost the same thing, that the athletes felt uncomfortable with him showering with the team. he told dr. strauss that. strauss said well you also somehow we are the team. he said not for an hour, doc. and he said you're also too hands on with weigh ins so with this in

he is a former student at ohio state university.s also a member of the wrestling team at the same time that he says jordan was an assistant coach. he said everyone knew about it including jim jordan. to his knowledge, no run reported this to authorities. he said it was a "running joke." that if you went to the doc's office, he would touch you inappropriately. >> doc strauss was a serial groper of our bodies including our testicles. it's unfortunate. i consider jim a friend. but for whatever reason, he's made the decision to deny something that was absolutely happening. he had knowledge of it. i have personal knowledge he knew. his locker was next to doc strauss locker in the locker room. >> and as we have said, jim jordan defiantly has said he never had any knowledge of abuse going on at that time. kate? >> 150 people interviewed. amazing. jean, thank you for bringing us that. all of this. out front next, why could it take -- why would it take months to get a soccer team out of the cave? we're going to show you what it's like inside

is again denying those allegations from several former ohio state university wrestlers.ing aware of and yet ignoring complaints of sexual abuse. involving a doctor who worked with the team over 20 years ago. well today, words of support from house republican leaders including but not limited to speaker paul ryan who did not specifically refer to the allegations. >> jim jordan is a friend of mine. we haven't always agreed with each other over the years. what about you i've always known jim jordan to be a plan of honesty and a man of integrity. i also want to make sure that ohio state conducts the review of this doctor and what he did. that's important so that campuses are safe. and i'm glad jim is supporting that review. >> another important guy in this, north carolina congressman mark meadows leads up the conservative house freedom caucus that jordan cofounded. >> well, obviously, i support jim jordan. i've known him for six years. i know he's a guy that fightses for the underdog. always has and you know i've had a number of conversations with him and really at this part

answers questions about whether he knew about sexual abuse claims against a team doctor at the ohio stateniversity and we are checking in with your health care and how the trump administration is working to change obamacare. this is "special report" ." happy fourth of july and welcome to washington. i am jon scott in for bret baier. on the day that we celebrate our freedom, many are concerned about president trump's pick for the supreme court. president trump isn't talking about it today. he's talking about independence day with military families at the white house. >> hamburgers, hot dogs and the marine corps band. the president kicked off military families pigment here on the south lawn of the white house. president honoring each branch of service here in the south lawn and this is all head of tonight's fireworks show nation's capital. 242 years of independence and the 45th president commemorates the first. >> general george washington fought a long, tough war with the british to end america's freedom. today as we celebrate the fourth of july with friends and family, let us never forget

fifth former wrestler at ohio state said jordan knew. there's no doubt in my mind he knew, the wrestler told cnn on tuesday. >> so you have seen all the overflow of people coming to his defense in the gop before they have any resolution to the investigation. what's next for jordan? >> immediate future is a question of when jim jordan sits down with the osu investigators leading the investigation into the doctor. he told me this week that's something he's working with investigators to do, potentially could happen as early as this week. long-term there's considerable questions about his political standing on capitol hill, political influence. it is notable you have a lot of republican voices coming out in last 48, 72 hours, voicing their support of jim jordan. we'll continue watching that. seems like he's on solid ground at the moment in his party. but we'll watch especially in addition to if there are more allegations to uncover. >> thanks for that report. >>> now a cnn exclusive. we have new audio unearthed by kay file which reveals shoc

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esther pryor say s when was just 16 and ohio state coach who .as 27 at the time sexually abused h she told nbc's megyn kelly that theoach had photos and videos of their encounters. pryor says it toohea big toll on emotionally. >> whenes you i your life into a sport and your identity is created throughout that and within my own private community which was -- which was a very wealthy community i was known as esther pryor, the diver,wh and this happened, it -- my identity was changed because somebody like him hn such effect on me. >> now pry saysfter the school found out, ohio state fired the coach and got authorities involved, but pryor says she decid not to prosecute. >> i was 17 years old, and they made it my rponsibility to take action for somebody else's mistake and it's taken me years to actually come to this point but i think that's wrong. >> now ohio state it has no tolerance fxual misconduct and followed through with police. spryor's attorney beliehere may be other victims out there. he also said it took a number of months for usa diving to ban that coach. the coach did not resp

. >>> a sexual abuse scandal continues to grow at ohio state university.e than 100 former students have reported inappropriate conduct by a former doctor. only on "cbs this morning," how some of the accusers tried to warn school officials. >>> and this morning's notebook, john reflects on the unexpected blessings that come with growing older. >>> but we begin with a look at today's "eye opener." you're world in 90 seconds. >>> this is a volatile fire. flames erupting all over us. >> this is insane. how quickly this fire just jumped the freeway. >> a raging wildfire turned deadly in california. >> folks trying to escape the flames and just a terrifying situation. >>> president trump's former attorney said the president knew in advance about a meeting between donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer. >> there is no way you're going to bring down the president of the united states on the testimony of a proven liar. i guarantee you. >> north korea handing over the first set of remains of u.s. troops killed in the korean war. >>> investigators are digging into the

. >> a new federal lawsuit claims ohio state university received multiple warnings alleging studentsly abused by a former team doctor. richard strauss who died in 2005 worked for 20 years at osu. the school says more than 100 people, including former athletes and patients at student health services, have now come forward accusing strauss of abuse. here's dana jacobson. >> reporter: this is the third lawsuit filed since allegations against richard strauss came out. this is not a class action suit. the former patients of dr. strauss we spoke with say they want to make sure their individual stories are told. >> when i reread this, it makes me angry because they invalidated me back then in 1995. >> reporter: back then, steve snyder hale was a student at ohio state. he showed us the complaint he filed after visiting student health services to check on a lump in his chest. >>> it's really clear it's somebody taking handwritten notes. >> it's my words. >> reporter: he told the school representative that his conversation with dr. richard strauss felt flirty and not at all appropriate. he rep

he was there when we got to ohio state. and was continuing to work at ohio state once i left.h, you know, knew the doctor. but there's no truth to the fact that i knew of any abuse. i've talked to other coaches. they didn't know of any abuse. that's just not accurate to say those things that we knew of it and didn't report it. >> is that uncharacteristic for dr. strauss? how do you characterize the accusations against strauss, against him? >> you know, all i know is i never knew of any abuse from dr. strauss, plain and simple. the conditions as you described? yeah. a separate locker room but, you know, the shower facility was in the general area. yes, he would do that, but faculty staff, students, just the nature of how the arrangement was. >> can you comment on the timing of this, three decades later and your name has been brought up as possible -- >> you know, look, the timing makes you wonder. all i know is it's not true. nothing that was said about me was true. and if there is any type of abuse of these folks, we want them to get justice. but it's interesting that the timi

>> well, ohio state university, to its credit, has jumped quickly on this.n the whistle-blowing wrestler came through, and came forward with all this and said, you have to do something about it, they jumped on it right away. they did not waste any time. and you know, they hired an outside law firm. they talked to about 150 people. the congressman is on their list of people to be questioned. his own spokesperson has confirmed as much, as well. >> is the expectation that congressman jordan would cooperate with that? >> well, yes. >> okay. that's what you're hearing from his folks? >> that's what his folks are saying, yes. >> put this in perspective. there's been discussion about abuse at universities. i particularly think about the gymnastics story that we've been covering for months and months on this show and others. this seems to be a moment of reckoning for a lot of schools looking back at what may or may not have happened, the allegations of abuse against people in power, more broadly. >> absolutely. and as a matter of fact, part of the motivation here is

the sexual assault investigation that's going on now amongst 15 sports at ohio state university for awo decade period -- so the amount of people involved that may have known, that didn't say anything, the amount of abuse that allegedly occurred to all of these male students and others, because he had a private practice, he had a practice that saw others. this could be massive. it's just beginning right now. then you have the added layer of mike desabato said that jordan knew about it and he didn't say anything. he is saying he never knew. i think at this point it is he said versus he said. cnn did receive portions of an e-mail that mike did send to jim jordan in april. remember, april is also when the investigation began. it became public. he did talk -- the former wrestler talked to the congressman about the abuse, alleged abuse, that he wanted his help in any way possible. then it goes on to talk about your brother, the congressman's brother, that there was a contract with the university and he wasn't being treated fair, the former wrestler, in regard to this contract. it went into

details in a few and several former ohio state university wrestlers are coming forward about allegede directed at the team it's physian dr. ri. >>songressman jim jordan accused of ignori the misconduct. he denies the claims he ignored theew accusations. jersey is expanding legal protections for transgender ridents. the gover signed three new bills into law. the first twoet transgender residents amend their birth and death certificates to reflect their gender identity. >> a third law stab accomplishes a transgender equality task force to ensure protections. >>> meanwhile there arear no more bls of bourbon on the wall at the -- at a kentucky distillery. we told you last monthse about a co at the barto1792 distillery whi sent 9,000 barrels of aging bourbon crashing to the ground. >> on wednesday the rest of them fell. crews had been trying to shore up the seven story building after theune 22nd collapse much it's believed around bris.0 barrels are among thede got to pour one out> . an marine got a n home fr actor gary sinise and on of the only two marines that >> and he his wife and thei

now, in april, ohio state began an independent investigation into the allegations.or that says the following. they say the investigative team had previously contacted representative jordan's office by e-mail and phone to request that he participate in an interview. to date, representative jordan has not responded to those requests. however, tonight, john, congressman jordan's office tells cnn they have received no such request from the investigative team and that they are willing to cooperate in any way they can. we should also note that that independent investigation that we were talking about, it has now received reports of sexual misconduct allegedly committed by dr. strauss from former athletes involved in 14 sports at the school, including football, cheerleading, gymnastics, and ice hockey. john? >> jason carroll, thanks very much. we'll stay on this. >>> meanwhile, let's check in with chris cuomo to see what's coming up tonight on "cuomo prime time." chris? >> j.b., big night. these findings on the report released today by the senate intelligence committee. th

sunlen, this all stems from a sexual abuse investigation at ohio state university.troubling. >> that's right, it is, jim. ohio state is currently investigating multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the university's former physician, dr. richard strauss. now, these are allegations coming from former athletes that starting back in the 1970s, and continuing nearly over a 20-year period, that strauss molested students, touching them inappropriately during their medical appointments with him. and during some of that time, jim jordan, before he was a congressman, worked as an assistant wrestling coach at the university. and at least one of these student athletes are now calling jordan out, saying that he knew about the sexual misconduct at the time and he did nothing about it. my colleague, jean casarez, spoke to a former wrestler at the university who says he's one of dr. strauss' many alleged victims and he says there is absolutely no question in his mind that jordan knew it all. >> jim went on the record again, through a spokesperson, indicating that he had

blake mccoy has more on today's developments. >> reporter: tonight another former wrestler at ohio state straus in the late '80s. david range tells the "washington post" he just fondled you a little too long while he gave you a hernia check and then he stayed in the showers for like an hour until everyone was done. he says the assistant wrestling coach at the time conservative congressman jim jordan had to know. >> conversations in a locker room is a lot different. no one reported abuse to me. if they had, i would have dealt with it. >> reporter: since nbc news first broke the story last week, seven former wrestlers say jordan turned a blind eye. >> it's public knowledge. everyone knew within the athletic department that doc was a serial groper at best. >> reporter: the accusations come with national political implications as jordan is rumored to be in the running to replace paul ryan as speaker of the house. tonight, some former wrestlers have come to the congressman's defense as he questions the accusers' motivations. blake mccoy, nbc news, new york. >>> now to the difficult question b

catie beck has our report. >> reporter: four former ohio state wrestlers said they were sexually abused by a team doctor, molested by richard str straus, who regularly showered with them in a university facility. >> it's public knowledge. everyone knew he was a serial groper at best. >> reporter: several believe it was known by jim jordan at the time, an assistant wrestling coach at the university from 1986 to 1994. jordan denies knowing anything about the allegations before accusers spoke out this spring. >> if there had been any reports of abuse, i would have reported it. >> reporter: jordan, a member of the conservative freedom caucus, recently made headlines for grilling those in the russia probe. >> i don't know why you won't give us what you asked for. >> reporter: and rumored to be vying to become the next speaker of the house. >> the timing is interesting. it's right after the big hearing with mr. rosenstein. it's right when there is all this talk about a speaker's race. >> reporter: alleged victims, some that still consider jordan a friend, say his denials are hurtful and belie