Ohio State University has agreed to pay $100 million to 279 former students who said they were sexually abused by former campus doctor Richard Strauss, marking one of the largest settlements yet in the yearslong legal battle over allegations that university officials failed to stop decades of abuse.
The agreement leaves only one plaintiff from five active federal lawsuits who has not joined the settlement, according to a joint statement from the university and attorneys representing the former students reported by NBC News.
