A | A former Ohio State University student-athlete is speaking out against Rep. Jim Jordan's bid for House speaker, saying Jordan "turned a blind eye" to allegations of abuse against a team doctor during his time as assistant coach for the university's wrestling team.Rocky Ratliff is now an attorney who also represents several other former OSU wrestlers in an ongoing lawsuit against the university."I think the wrestlers that I represent, not one of us, would back him for such a leadership position," Ratliff told ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis.He continued, "He's abandoned us for his own selfish reasons when he could have helped us. He's chosen not to. So that is not the good makings of any type of leadership or any type of leader that he would have put up with at Ohio State. It's just not. None of us wrestlers believe he should get that position."A spokesperson for Jordan, R-Ohio, told ABC News, "Chairman Jordan never saw or heard of any abuse, and if he had, he would have dealt with it."The allegations of abuse were against Dr. Richard Strauss, an Ohio State team doctor and sports medicine researcher. Strauss is accused of sexually abusing at least 177 men over an 18-year period from 1979 to 1997 -- nearly his entire time at Ohio State, according to an independent report released in 2019.Investigators determined that university officials ignored nearly two decades of accusations of sexual abuse against Strauss, who killed himself in 2006 at age 67, seven years after retiring from the university.The accusations of abuse involved athletes from at least 16 sports including wrestling, hockey and swimming, and included Strauss' work at the student health center and an off-campus clinic that he founded late in his tenure, according to the report.The university removed Strauss as a school physician in 1996 after a flurry of student complaints and reported his actions to the State Medical Board of Ohio. However, the school allowed Strauss to retain his tenured faculty position while he operated an off-campus clinic, where the report says he continued to abuse students.Ohio State University has since admitted that it failed to protect students from Strauss, paying out $60 million in settlements to some 296 victims.Jordan, who was an assistant coach on the team from 1986 to 1994, came under fire in 2018 when several former OSU wrestlers took their allegations against Strauss to the media and claimed Jordan was aware of Strauss' inappropriate behavior and failed to report it. The university then announced it was opening an investigation into the allegations against Strauss.Jordan also denied knowing about the abuse when the allegations first came out in 2018.Jordan is now facing renewed scrutiny amid the ongoing battle for House speaker. After again failing to receive enough GOP support, the congressman and chair of the House Judiciary Committee was defeated a second time after a vote on Wednesday afternoon."We believe very strongly, especially all the wrestlers that were there at the time, that Jim Jordan knew what was going on," Ratliff said on Wednesday.Ratliff continued, "Jordan should come forward and tell the truth about what happened. At least meet with the guys. He's failed to do that -- to hear our side, he's failed. You know, even if you believe what Jim Jordan says, he has never once reached out to any wrestler to say, 'Hey, I missed it. I'm sorry. How are you feeling?'"ABC News' Eric Ortega, Imtiyaz Delawala, Lindsey Griswold, and Andrea Amiel contributed to this report.。 杭州的市民朋友请注意，可以带着你家的“毛孩子”夜游钱塘江了。日前，钱塘江上首个宠物友好航班“爪爪奇幻夜”正式启航。伴着晚风，钱塘江上最大的三层现代风双体豪华游船“梦航”号迎来特殊的“乘客”，不少市民带着爱宠，有序登上三楼露天甲板宠物友好专区。钱江新城、奥体博览城灯光画卷徐徐铺展，主人与宠物相伴赏江景，独特的夜游体验收获一众游客好评。钱航游船宠物好友航班项目负责人介绍，为打造舒适、有序的人宠共游环境，钱航游船将三楼露天甲板VIP区域划为宠物友好专区，配备专职工作人员全程值守，兼顾普通游客与携宠游客的游玩体验。据了解，自8月23日起，每周日晚“梦航”号首趟夜游航班将固定作为宠物友好航班对外开放，携宠登船将额外赠送价值超过600元的宠物专属大礼包。同时，钱航游船将持续完善航线配套服务，丰富钱塘江水上游产品矩阵，优化宠物专区游玩设施，制定人宠同游管理细则，满足养宠群体的出行需求，把钱塘江宠物友好航班打造为浙江省水上文旅特色项目。有出行计划的市民可持续关注船票发售信息，预约每周日的专属宠物航班。
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