The newly released investigative report on Ohio State University sports doctor Richard Strauss, who is accused of sexually abusing 177 male student athletes, shows that three university in-house lawyers led the charge in 1996 that removed Strauss from practicing in school health clinics.

According to the May 17 report, prepared by independent outside counsel Perkins Coie, it found the doctor's abuse of students on at least 16 sports teams ranged from fondling to complete sex acts, including oral sex. Strauss practiced for nearly two decades at the school.

The investigation also found “that university personnel had knowledge of Strauss' sexually abusive treatment of male student-patients as early as 1979, but that complaints and reports about Strauss' conduct were not elevated beyond the athletics department or student health until 1996.” In one instance in 1994 a fencing coach had refused to allow Strauss to treat team members after two students complained, but Strauss accused the coach of repeating untrue rumors.