Man Who Claims Jim Jordan Ignored Sexual Abuse Rips Speakership Bid: ‘All He’s Done is Turn His Back On Us’
Will Knight, a former Ohio State University wrestler who accused Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) of ignoring sexual abuse while working as a coach at the college, tore into Jordan’s House speakership bid and mocked the suggestion that Jordan is a “fighter” on Tuesday.
Reacting to Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-NY) Tuesday speech, where the congresswoman referred to Jordan as “tough and principled” and “a fighter,” Knight told CNN NewsNight host Abby Phillip:
The funny thing is that when people always call Jim Jordan a fighter, and I always wonder who he’s fighting for, because he had a real opportunity to fight for us and the people that he coached and the people that he recruited at the Ohio State, and all he’s done is turn his back on us, so I don’t know what the fighter thing is. I know he used to be a fighter, I know he used to be a good wrestler, but he’s not a good fighter for anyone else that I know of.
He continued, “The common person just sees the little clips of him and him being in Ohio and coaching in Ohio. It’s tough here because there’s people who believe in him, and there’s people who believe in the BS that he’s spewing and how he presents himself and, you know, I guess if you want to fool people— and if that’s what they do up on the Hill, then I guess that’s what he’s good at.”
Knight concluded, “It’s just disappointing because he still has an opportunity to do right by us. He had an opportunity to help us out, to help us remedy this thing with Ohio State, and he chose not to do it with hundreds of athletes that he was associated with, that as a coach, you’re just supposed to help protect and mentor into manhood.”
Knight has accused former Ohio State University Doctor Richard Strauss of abuse and claimed that Jordan ignored the abuse while working as a coach at the university. Ohio State University has paid out $60 million in settlements to hundreds of former students who alleged they were sexually abused by Dr. Strauss.
In a statement, Jordan’s press secretary claimed the congressman “never saw or heard of any abuse, and if he had, he would have dealt with it.”
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