After several former Ohio State wrestlers came forward saying their former assistant coach, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), failed to do anything about alleged sexual abuse by the team doctor, they were contacted by retired Ohio State wrestling coach Russ Hellickson, who urged them to recant, the men told NBC News.
Hellickson texted Dunyasha Yetts and Mike DiSabato, who showed the messages to NBC News. On July 3, NBC News published a report stating that several wrestlers were inappropriately touched by the team doctor, Richard Strauss, who died by suicide in 2005. Yetts said he'd told Jordan that he went to Strauss with a thumb injury, and Strauss tried to pull down his pants. Several wrestlers said Strauss' behavior was discussed often in the locker room and Jordan turned a blind eye to the alleged sexual abuse; Jordan, who served as assistant coach from 1986 to 1994, has denied ever hearing formal abuse accusations.
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