Lawsuits against Ohio State over Dr. Richard Strauss' sexual abuse dismissed because of statute of limitations

ESPN

A federal judge dismissed some of the biggest unsettled lawsuits over Ohio State's failure to stop decades-old sexual abuse by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, saying Wednesday it's indisputable Strauss abused hundreds of young men but agreeing with the university's argument that the legal window for such claims had passed. read more »

The Public Court Braces Itself As The Prosecution Rests And R. Kelly’s Defense Attorneys Begin Calling Witnesses

YAHOO

After five weeks of the prosecutors in R. Kelly’s case bringing witnesses to the stand, it is now time for the defense attorneys Thomas Farinella and Nicole Blank Becker, to fight the case. On Sept. 20, the defense called their first witness, Larry Hood, a former Chicago police officer who is a childhood friend of Kelly’s. read more »

In Larry Nassar’s shadow, a larger sex abuse case at the University of Michigan

WASHINGTON POST

U.S. senators listened intently last week as four world-class gymnasts told Congress of the harrowing impact of sexual abuse by former Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar. read more »