A former Ohio State athletic director testified in newly unsealed court depositions that he believed Rep. Jim Jordan likely knew about rumors of sexual abuse by campus physician Richard Strauss in the 1980s-90s, contradicting Jordan's repeated denials. This is part of ongoing lawsuits against Ohio State over its failure to stop Strauss's abuse of hundreds of students and athletes. The testimony adds pressure on Jordan, though his office continues to maintain he had no knowledge of the abuses at the time.