Rep. Jim Jordan might have been a good guy once, a good Coach, I can't say. After reports of sex abuse by HIS wrestlers, what is he? Who is he? Will we believe the abused persons, or the Coach?
Why is our cultural first response to distrust the victim, the abused? Why did Rep. Jim Jordan turning a blind eye to sex abuse of HIS wrestlers?
Is Jim a gay voyeur?
Why is there no sympathy, NO apology? Jim Jordan did ot reach out in any way. Deny, deny, deny? He sounds guilt ridden to me, at best.
"Ex-wrestler testifies Jim Jordan asked him not to back brother's accounts of sexual abuse by OSU doctor"
By Sonia Moghe, CNN - Updated 8:55 PM ET, Thu February 13, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/13/politics/jim-jordan-wrestling-testimony-ohio/index.html
"(CNN)A man testified at an Ohio statehouse hearing Tuesday that Rep. Jim Jordan had called him and asked him to contradict the accounts of his own brother, a whistleblower and alleged victim of sexual abuse by an Ohio State University doctor.
Adam DiSabato's brother Mike said in 2018 that he was sexually abused by OSU doctor Richard Strauss while he was a wrestler there between 1987 and 1991, and that his assistant coach at the time, Jordan, an Ohio Republican, knew about the abuse, which Jordan has denied. Adam DiSabato was also a wrestler at OSU.
"Jim Jordan called me crying, crying. Groveling. On the 4th of July, begging me to go against my brother. Begging me. Crying for a half hour. That's the kind of cover-ups that's going on there," Adam DiSabato testified on Tuesday.
A spokesman for the congressman called Adam DiSabato's claim about the phone calls "another lie."
"Congressman Jordan never saw or heard of any abuse, and if he had he would have dealt with it," Jordan communications director Ian Fury said in a statement to CNN. "Congressman Jordan would never ask anyone to do anything but tell the truth."
Adam DiSabato also testified that while he was a captain on the university's wrestling team, he reported the abuse to Jordan and others.
"They did nothing. They told me they went to their superiors (who) told them to be happy where we're at and keep our mouth shut," DiSabato testified."
I side with the abused and do NOT accept a political denial from Jordan spokesperson - no guts Jim, no guts!
Jim can't crawl out from under his rock to say he is sorry about the abuse!
"Jim Jordan accused of ‘begging’ former Ohio State wrestler not to support reports of sexual abuse"
By Colby Itkowitz - Congress, campaigns, health policy, Pennsylvania politics
Email Bio Follow - February 12, 2020
