The GOP congressman, who is running for House speaker, has long being accused of failing to act on sexual abuse allegations while he was a wrestling coach.
Four former wrestlers from Ohio State University who accuse rep. Jim Jordan of failing to act on allegations of sexual abuse when he was the team's assistant coach said the congressman shouldn't become the new House speaker.Jordan has long denied accusations that he was aware of any abuse allegations aimed at OSU team doctor Richard Strauss while the Republican worked as a coach between 1986 and 1994.
Schyck dismissed Jordan's suggestions that he wasn't aware of any abuse allegations against Strauss.'His locker was just a few spots away from mine and mine was near Dr. Strauss',' Schyck said. 'And we were always talking about Dr. Strauss. There's no way he didn't know what was going on.'Schyck added that he believes Jordan has 'no choice but to stick to this story that he had no idea what Dr.
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