JACQUELYN MARTIN/Getty Images Former Ohio State wrestling captain Adam DiSabato told the Ohio House Civil Justice Committee that U.S. Congressman Jim Jordan begged him to deny claims that school officials knew of and ignored allegations Dr. Richard Strauss sexually abused Buckeyes wrestlers. “Jim Jordan called me crying, groveling, begging me to go against my brother, begging me, crying for a half-hour. That’s the kind of cover-up that’s going on there,” DiSabato said, per Savannah Behrmann of USA Today. Per Behrmann, Jordan was an OSU assistant wrestling coach from 1987 to 1995, and that “many wrestlers and even referees claim Jordan knew or was told of the abuse, but didn’t speak out.” Last year, Ohio State released a report created by Perkins Coie LLP that found Strauss sexually abused at least 177 students during his time of employment between 1978 and 1998. “Investigators concluded that university personnel at the time had knowledge of…
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