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Former Ohio State University Wrestlers Demand An Investigation Into Les Wexner (5/21/26) · The Vault: The Epstein Files

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Speaker 1: One, and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles. At Ohio
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State University, there was a doctor named Richard Strauss, and
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according to some very very damning reports and allegations, this
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man abused over one hundred and sixty people during his
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time at the university, including male wrestlers. Well the former
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Ohio State wrestlers who say that doctor Strauss abused them.
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They put together a letter calling for the university to
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investigate its ties, meaning the university's ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Now the proxy for that, obviously is Les Wexner. Considering
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Wexner's name is all over this university, you would think
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that they would be more interested in trying to take
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a look at the optics here and not having themselves
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associated with somebody like Les Wexner or Jeffrey Epstein, Considering
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what doctor Richard Streuse did on this campus for all
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of these years. Well, we've talked about this article before,
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but I thought it would be the perfect time to
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go back and revisit it, considering we were just talking
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about it in a previous episode. So let's just get
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right to it and let's see what NBC News has
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to say. This article was authored by Corky Samasco, and
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it was originally published on February tenth of twenty twenty.
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Five of the former Ohio State University wrestlers who have
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accused their alma mater of failing to protect them from
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doctor Richard Strauss have formally asked the state's Inspector General
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to investigate the school's relationship with wealthy financier pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
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In addition, the wrestlers requested that Ohio Inspector General Randall
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Meyer probe allegations that Abigail Wexner, who along with her
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husband Les are two of Ohio State's biggest benefactors, helped
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Jeffrey Epstein sexually assault a young woman named Maria Farmer. Now,
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these are ex Ohio State wrestlers. You would think Alpha
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Male's right coming forward and saying that this man assaulted them.
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Do you really think that these guys would come forward
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with these allegations if it wasn't true. And then the
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galling part, the most disrespectful part of all of it,
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is to have the Wexter's name all over these buildings
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when these dudes and different people at the campus were
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assaulted by somebody already how was that a good look.
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But just like most of these institutions, it's all about
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the money at Ohio State, and that's all it is
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with secondary school in general, right, pay out of your
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nose to get an education, just so you can be
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in debt and to continue to pay that down. You know,
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when I talk about modern day slavery and digital slavery,
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that's what I'm talking about. Being stuck under the thumb
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of the financial sector that was enabling Jeffrey Epstein for
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all of these years. Farmer has claimed that she was
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assaulted in nineteen ninety six by Epstein at an Ohio
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property owned and secured by the Wexners. Now we've talked
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about that story, and Maria herself has told that story
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here on the podcast. What happened down there was absolutely deplorable,
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and the fact that nothing ever happened even after she
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contacted local police FBI, NYPD, it's just a travesty of justice.
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We turn to you for help, primarily because of Abigail
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Wexner's status as vice chair of the board of trustees
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at Ohio State University. The wrestlers wrote in a February
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seventh letter obtained by NBC News. Given these public allegations
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against miss Wexner, it is extremely difficult for us to comprehend.
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While Ohio State University maintains it relationship with Abigail Wexner
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and her family. Now we haven't even talked about Abigail
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Wexner's family, really, the Coppels, you want to talk about
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people that are connected. You want to talk about people
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who have big ties when it comes to politics and government,
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Look no further than her parents. Their appeal to Meyer
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comes two months after they asked Ohio State General David
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Yost and US Attorney David de Villars on December fifth
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to investigate the farmer rape allegations. And remember this is
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twenty twenty and it went nowhere. Imagine you have ex
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Ohio State wrestlers who used to be you know, big
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big shots at the school coming out and asking for
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this to happen, and people just ignoring it. You want
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to talk about somebody being protected, man, The Wexners have
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seriously been safeguarded and dealt with with, you know, children's
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gloves throughout this whole entire thing. In their new letter,
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the wrestlers said Yost to them he could not get
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involved unless the local prosecutor asked for help, a response
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they dismissed as bureaucratic nihilism. The letter said that the
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Villers did not respond at all. We ask you to
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investigate the wrongful acts of Abigail Wexner regarding Maria Farmer.
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The letter said, if not you, who else can we
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turn to? And they're not wrong? Right? How many times
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are we, as you know, the public or people who
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were abused, going to be denied justice or told the
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pound sand when they're looking for that justice, Because it
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happens more times than any of us would care to admit.
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Oyg's spokesman James Mankin said they received the new letter
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Monday and we're looking into it. The complaint will go
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through the normal complaint evaluation process, Mancan wrote in an email.
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During the process, the office will determine whether or not
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the office has jurisdiction over the subject matter, if the
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facts contain within the complaint warrant further investigation, and if
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we are the best office to investigate the matter, among
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other criteria. And this is what they love to do,
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bureaucratic bs. Right, they'll lose this in a black hole
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and then they'll say, oh well, you know, we have
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our own investigation going here. We can't divulge any information.
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Dunyasha Yetts, one of the five former wrestlers, said they
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went to bat for Farmer because she too received the
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brush off from Ohio State University. Yet is one of
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the three hundred and fifty former Ohio State University students
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who have filed seventeen lawsuits against the university, alleging school
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officials and team coaches Neustrauss was sexually abusing them but
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failed to stop them. YO, what's up, Larry Nasser? How
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many times are we going to hear this shit at
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these schools? At these institutions? Ohio State has shown that
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without maximum public pressure, it will turn a blind eye
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to sexual predators. The letter to Meyer states it ignored
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the reports of Richard Strauss's abuse, and it is now
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looking the other way on Jeffrey Epstein and Abigail Wexner.
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Why ask yourselves that? Do you mean to tell me
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that nobody else would donate to this school decent human beings?
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The other former Ohio State University wrestlers who signed the
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letter are Mark Coleman, William Knight, Eric Smith, and Mike Rodriguez. Now,
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Mark Coleman is an ex UFC fighter, x MMA fighter,
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x all around badass, right, and if this guy can
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be sexually assaulted by somebody, then anyone can be right.
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So there's this big stigma about men coming forward when
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they've been sexually assaulted. But a guy like Mark Coleman
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coming forward, it shows guys that you know you can
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do it right. You can come forward and say, hey,
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look this happened to me. Because I don't care who
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you are, man, woman, whatever, you shouldn't have to live
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in the shadows with your abuse. I can't even imagine
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the mental toll that must take on people. Mister and
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Missus Wexner have condemned Jeffrey Epstein's abhorrent behavior in the
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strongest possible terms and severed all ties with him more
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than a decade ago. Prior to the recent news coverage
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of Ms Farmer, and mister and Missus Wexner had no
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knowledge of her, never met her, never spoke with her,
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and never spoke with mister Epstein or anyone else about her.
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Wexner spokesman Thomas Davey said, you notice how all of
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these people have a spokesman or a spokesperson here's an
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idea answer the questions yourself. You're not a king, you're
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not a lord, You're not part of the ruling class.
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You're just another douchebag who's a degenerate. Okay, that's what
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I think about you and all of your friends. Davey
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said in December that Leslie Wexner had cut ties with
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Epstein in two thousand and seven after the first allegation
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surface that he was trafficking and sexually abusing young women. Yeah,
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you had no idea till two thousand and seven, when
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you were running Victoria's Secret. An old dick boy over
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here was bringing girls in at a huge clip. You
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had no idea, Huh. Okay, les Wexner. Prior to that,
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Epstein was Leslie Wexner's money manager. Their relationship was so close. Wexner,
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best known as the founder of the firm that owns
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Victoria's Secret, gave Epstein power of attorney and made him
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a trustee of the Wexner Foundation, according to a document
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obtained by The New York Times. Now, nobody does that.
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Who's making you the power of attorney over me? Doesn't
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that happen if I'm like, you know, mentally deranged or something.
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I fall and hit my head and I'm no longer
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able to competently function, then I give somebody power of attorney.
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Why would a guy like les Wexner give Jeffrey Epstein
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power of attorney? Being taken advantage of by someone who
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is so depraved is something I'm embarrassed. Is something I'm
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embarrassed I'm even close to Leslie Wexner said in September
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about his relationship with Epstein. In the present, everyone has
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to feel enormous regret for the advantage that was taken
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of so many young women. Yo, you should definitely feel regret, homie.
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You're out here enabling it, helping him, and in fact
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being accused by Virginia of taking part. So save the platitudes,
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save the kind, flowery words. Nobody gives a shit what
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you learned at fine lad school. Okay, we want answers,
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bitch OSU spokesman Ben Johnson declined to comment. Farmer lauded
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Yets and other wrestlers. This is so fabulous, she said.
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Please tell those brave men that I love them for
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helping me fight for the truth. Meanwhile, a committee and
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the Republican dominated Ohio legislature has agreed to resume hearings
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on a bill that would create a window that would
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enable the Strap survivors to sue Ohio State University. House
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Bill two forty nine has been stalled since September, and
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the House Civil Justice Committee agreed to give it a
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hearing under pressure from Ohio State Speaker Larry Householder and
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Governor Mike de Wine, both Republicans. So good, get that
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shit going and let's get to the bottom of it.
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Strauss died by suicide in two thousand and five. Independent
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investigators with the law firm Perkins Koi Perkins Cooi, Oh, Perkinskoy.
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Where have we heard that name before? Have you guys
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noticed that it's always the same three or four law
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firms that pop up on a national stage. Another thing
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to ask yourselves, why is that the case? They released
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a damning report last year which concluded that coaches and
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administrators at Ohio State knew Strauss was abusing young men,
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but made no attempt to stop them. Wow, imagine you
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send your kidd here to go to school and this
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is a kind of sick back that's running around the campus.
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Then he got over at Harvard, he got sick ass bastard.
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Jeffrey Epstein has his own office. Since the release of
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the Perkins Choy report, Ohio State has apologized repeatedly and
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insisted it was actively participating in good faith in the
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mediation process directed by the federal court. The school has
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also said it has led the effort to investigate and
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expose Richard Strauss's abuse and the university's failure at the
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time to adequately respond to prevent it. I mean save it.
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The horses have already left the barn. No bringing them back.
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The party's over for you, guys. You let this happen
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the same exact way everybody. Let Epstein conduct himself. That's
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the way Strauss was able to operate on the Ohio
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State campus. Farmer last year filed a complaint in New
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York City federal court alleging that she was violently sexually
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assist by Epstein and his co conspirator Glenn Maxwell while
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she was working on an art project at Epstein's guesthouse
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unless Wexner's Ohio estate. Maxwell has not been charged with
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any crimes in connection to her relationship with Epstein. Well,
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we know that's not the case, as she rots away
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in prison. Farmer's complaint said she called the local police
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for help after the alleged attack, but they did not respond.
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A spokesman for the local sheriff's office told The Washington
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Post they had no record of Farmer calling them because
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they are automatically expunged if they are more than two
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years old. Convenient, huh, very convenient for them that. Oh
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it's expunged. Oh the video was erased. Oh, the video
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was deleted. Oh. The fungoul Farmer claimed that Wexner's security
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team discouraged her from leaving the property for twelve hours
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and only relented when her father arrived from Kentucky to
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rescue her. In an interview with The Most, Farmer said
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that during her two months stay, she never met with
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the Wexners, but she had to get permission from Abigail
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Wexner by calling her at the main house anytime she
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wanted to leave the property. And I can confirm all
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of that. Maria has told us all of that several
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times here and elsewhere. So again, where is the actionable
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action here? Nobody doing anything about it? Going on three
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years later and just dead in the water. Like most
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of the other situations that we deal with in the
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Jeffrey Epstein Escapade. So we're gonna keep going back. We're
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gonna keep revisiting things that we were promised action on
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that action never came on, and we'll keep putting them
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in the spotlight until hopefully one of these clowns at
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the SDNY or one of these offices decides to do
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their job. All right, folks, that's gonna do it for
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this episode. If you'd like to contact me, you can
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