Ohio State University Sex-Abuse Documentary From 101 Studios & George Clooney’s Smokehouse Will Air On HBO
Oscar winner Eva Orner will direct, telling the story through the experiences of the victims of OSU’s former athletics physician, Dr. Richard Strauss. They include some of the hundreds of male student-athlete victims, including All-American wrestlers and football players, many of whom have not spoken out until now.
The film also will examine the university’s failure to act and the allegations that school officials and staff knew about and ignored Strauss’ crimes. “This film is about the largest sexual abuse scandal in the history of American Higher Education,” director Orner said. “It will give the courageous men who were abused a powerful and clear voice.”
Added Clooney: “It’s a devastating story about people in power abusing and then covering up their criminal actions against students. The fact that it hasn’t been resolved as of yet is deeply disturbing.” Clooney and Heslov serve as producers with Glasser, Orner and Steven J Berger. The exec producers are Wertheim, Corey Salter, Colin Smeeton, Marc Rosen, David Hutkin, Ron Burkle and Bob Yari.
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