Ohio State sports abuse scandal to get docuseries treatment from George Clooney and Sports Illustrated

The Hollywood Reporter

The untitled docuseries, which hasn't found a streaming home, will be based on Jon Wertheim's October 2020 Sports Illustrated story on the decades-long abuse scandal in the Ohio State University athletic department, detailing a long list of allegations against former Ohio State sports doctor Richard Strauss and university officials' lack of response. "This article uncovers the most widespread sexual abuse scandal in the history of American higher education. It is a story about power, abuse, enabling and the hierarchy of college sports that had been concealed for far too long," said Wertheim, who will be an executive producer of the series. "Because these courageous men made the decision to remain silent no longer, we can finally begin to hold the abuser, and those who were complicit in their silence, accountable for their actions — and inactions."