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In reply to the discussion: "Jim Jordan 'bout to go through some things. 🤨" [View all]stopdiggin
(13,741 posts)63. nothing in there about 'charges filed'
Jordan has been accused (in the past) of 'knowing and not reporting.' And that is a serious allegation (and an absolute moral/ethical failure). However, that does not support your assertion that (legal) charges have been laid against him as an individual.
(and that was all that was implied in my post)
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Edit: here is the most complete (unsourced) account from the link provided
GOP Rep Jim Jordan sued for failing to prevent sexual abuse at Ohio State
Jul 18, 2018
Embattled Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) has been named as a defendant in a class action lawsuit filed by former Ohio State athletes who say they were sexually abused by the school's sports doctor, Richard Strauss. over a twenty-year period.
Jordan was assistant wrestling coach at OSU for eight of those years, overlapping with Strauss' tenure for all of that time. Eleven of Jordan's former wrestlers say that they can't imagine how Jordan didn't know about the serial sexual abuse of his wrestlers, who spoke about it openly; and two of Jordan's former students claim they told Jordan about the abuse, and he did nothing. Jordan continues to claim he was unaware.
and then from Rolling Stone: -
On Tuesday, Jordans public-relations crisis became a legal nightmare. Attorneys filed a massive class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Ohio on behalf of an as-yet-unnamed former OSU wrestler. The law firm Sauder Schelkopf is seeking to represent all the students and athletes treated by Strauss in his two decades at the school, from the late 70s to the late 90s a number they estimate will amount to at least 1,500.
Jordan, the jut-jawed anti-gay crusader whos the fourth-ranking Republican leader in the House, is singled out in the suit: Hes one of only three former school officials named, including Strauss, though the action is aimed at all the coaches, administrators and others in positions of responsibility at OSU who, it claims, stood by while students and student-athletes were repeatedly sexually abused, harassed, and molested, and forced to seek treatment from a well-known predator even after they complained.
Jordan, the jut-jawed anti-gay crusader whos the fourth-ranking Republican leader in the House, is singled out in the suit: Hes one of only three former school officials named, including Strauss, though the action is aimed at all the coaches, administrators and others in positions of responsibility at OSU who, it claims, stood by while students and student-athletes were repeatedly sexually abused, harassed, and molested, and forced to seek treatment from a well-known predator even after they complained.
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What? It's Jordan back from his U of Wisconsin wrestling days. He never wrestled at Ohio State
Celerity
Jun 2023
#53
he keeps tweeting about hunterhunterhunter in an attempt to distract but it is not working:
orleans
Jun 2023
#13
Nowhere in this link is Jim Jordan's name listed, or any other "university officials." We
ancianita
Jun 2023
#22
I get that. So when we see the court docs with his name listed, we'll know he WILL be testifying.
ancianita
Jun 2023
#35
Or they can't get proof that he helped in the coverup and so they can't name him.
ancianita
Jun 2023
#46
Jordan, a witness for the defense?? or Plaintiffs ?? Gymn's in an uncomfortable "position". nt
TeamProg
Jun 2023
#28
So Much The Better, The More He Lies, Potentially The More He Incriminates Himself
MayReasonRule
Jun 2023
#64
I'm Merely Observing The Process From Afar - The Opera Has Not Yet Ended! Chin Up Y'all!
MayReasonRule
Jun 2023
#66