Referee Believed To Be Behind Jim Jordan Allegation Gave Conflicting Accounts On Social Media, Former Wrestler Says
Chuck Ross
Investigative Reporter
November 17, 2019 9:10 PM ET
A wrestling referee who accused Rep. Jim Jordan of ignoring sexual abuse allegations while at Ohio State University in the mid-1990s appears to have changed his story about what the Ohio Republican knew about the incident.
The referee’s allegations, which he made under the name John Doe 42, are part of a class-action lawsuit filed against Ohio State on Nov. 7.
A referee that the Daily Caller News Foundation has identified as John Doe 42 indicated on social media in 2018 that he did not know whether Jordan and OSU’s head wrestling coach were aware of the sexual abuse.
A wrestling referee who made the explosive claim that Rep. Jim Jordan ignored his complaint about a sexually inappropriate advance by an Ohio State University sports doctor appears to have given an inconsistent account of the Ohio Republican’s knowledge of the incident, according to a former OSU wrestler and a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation.
The referee, identified as John Doe 42, said in a class-action lawsuit filed on Nov. 7 he told Russ Hellickson, a legendary former head OSU wrestling coach, and Jordan, a former assistant to Hellickson, that he was sexually abused in the mid-1990s by Richard Strauss, who served as chief physician for OSU’s athletics department from 1978 to 1998.
Former OSU wrestler George Pardos told the DCNF he believes John Doe 42 is former referee Frederick Feeney — and several biographical details, since-hidden social media posts and other details the DCNF reviewed are all consistent with his claim.
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