Has anyone seen the new Ohio State documentary

[Funtatlaguy]

George Clooney expose on the sexual abuse of male athletes has been released by
HBO/MAX.
I’d like to know if former OSU wrestling 🤼 coach and
current GOP Congressman Jim Jordan is mentioned in it by name.

[RoadRunner]

1. Saw it, yes Jordan is covered extensively

Including athletes’ testimony that he knew and looked the other way

[Scrivener7]

2. Yes, definitely. There is a segment where the creepy doctor Strauss molests a referee in the shower.

Unlike the kids, this was an adult, a professional person. The doc could have taken the kids' scholarships away or gotten them knocked off the team. He had nothing like that on this referee, but the referee froze in the moment, and decades later he broke down talking about it. Which gives some indication of what the kids, for whom Strauss was in a position of power, went through.

The referee left the locker room and ran into Gym Jordan. He told Gym what had happened. Gym said, "Yeah, well, that's what Strauss does."

Then, when the shit hit the fan, Gym called the complainants crying and begged them to say he had no idea what happened, when everyone knew he did.

Jordan is disgusting.

[hlthe2b]

4. Has Jordan responded to the documentary? (I know he has previously denied but that was some time ago)

[Scrivener7]

5. I haven't heard of a response, but I might have missed that. I'm guessing he will try to ignore it. As he did the

hundreds (HUNDREDS!) of rapes that happened under his nose.

[nuxvomica]

9. I found this from WOSU

Feeney said he told Jordan and Hellickson, but the two brushed off the claim saying that's how Strauss behaved.

Jordan's office denied these accusations in a statement to WOSU.

“Chairman Jordan never saw or heard of any abuse, and if he had, he would have dealt with it," Jordan's spokesman Russell Dye said in a statement.

Dye did not answer questions about whether Jordan himself ever suffered abuse at the hands of Strauss. The documentary claimed Strauss had a locker next to Jordan and showed photos that were taken of Jordan as a wrestler by Strauss.

https://www.wosu.org/sports/2025-06-18/ohio-state-university-jim-jordan-focus-of-documentary-on-strauss-sexual-abuse-survivors

[Funtatlaguy]

8. Wow. 😮

[EYESORE 9001]

3. It's on my list, probably this weekend

[marble falls]

6. He's sure been quiet since the election.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Gym Jordan is not happy

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[Upthevibe]

10. Funtatlaguy..........

Thanks so much for your post....

I've been waiting for this documentary to come out for several years. I'm glad it's finally out. I'll definitely watch it....

[Upthevibe]

11. Funtatlaguy.......

I just finished watching it. The creators did and excellent job.

Jim Jordan is for sure called out. He's shown denying he knew anything and a significant number of men who this happened to are front and center. They discussed how it would have been impossible for Jordan to not know. In fact, one of the former students actually told Jordan what had happened to him. Jordan's response was you know that's just how Dr. Strauss is (or something like that).

I'm wondering why the female fencing coach who REALLY tried to do something on several occasions wasn't part of the documentary. Her daughter was and discussed details regarding how her mother got involved. My assumption is that the former coach has passed or maybe is incapacitated (?)..Was there some kind of wording (when the daughter was speaking) what happened to her mom - the former fencing coach?

[calikid]

12. What I liked(?) about the doc was the outing of jimmy jack off.

Especially towards the end when they had current videos of him denying his knowledge of the atrocities in a very subdued manner, no yelling or any of his disgusting antics.

[Upthevibe]

13. calikid.........

I agree.........He comes off looking like the horrible person he is.....