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Columbus, OH — February 11, 2026 — A federal court in the Southern District of Ohio has denied a motion by non-party Leslie Wexner to quash a deposition subpoena in the ongoing litigation arising from sexual abuse committed by former Ohio State University physician Richard Strauss. Wexner served on the Ohio State Board of Trustees from 1988 to 1997 and chaired the board from 1996 to 1997. Richard Strauss was employed by Ohio State from 1978 to 1998 as a physician treating students, including student-athletes. Following the $6.2 million independent Perkins Coie investigation

A federal court has granted a motion filed by survivors represented by Sauder Schelkopf and co-counsel seeking documents and information concerning The Ohio State University’s role in the Perkins Coie investigation into decades of sexual abuse by former university physician Dr. Richard Strauss. In an Opinion and Order issued January 28, 2026, Judge Michael H. Watson and Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Preston Deavers rejected Ohio State’s efforts to block discovery and held that plaintiffs are entitled to seek evidence concerning how the investigation was conducted, what documents were provided to Perkins

Columbus, OH — January 12, 2026 — A federal court in the Southern District of Ohio has authorized plaintiffs in the Ohio State University sexual abuse litigation to effect alternative service of a subpoena on non-party Leslie Wexner, following findings that repeated efforts to serve him personally were unsuccessful. Read the Court’s Order here In an order entered January 12, 2026, the Court granted plaintiffs’ motion for alternative service, concluding that plaintiffs demonstrated diligent efforts to serve Mr. Wexner through traditional means and that the proposed alternative methods were “reasonably calculated