Six former wrestlers say Rep. Jim Jordan knew about abusive OSU doctor

By Curt Devine, Drew Griffin and Majlie de Puy Kamp, CNN Investigates

Updated 7:00 PM ET, Fri March 6, 2020

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/06/politics/jordan-osu-wrestlers-strauss-invs/index.html

Out of this whole article there is one thing that sticks out to me…..

One former wrestler, Dan Ritchie, said he remembers a teammate complained about Strauss and that Jordan said, "If he ever tried that with me I'd snap his neck like a stick of dry balsa wood."

Then the article mentions two other men saying something similar to try to back up the above….2 quotes below

Another former wrestler, Mike Flusche, told CNN that he also remembers Jordan responding to a complaint about Strauss by saying he would break the doctor's neck if he ever tried something similar on him.

Yetts said he came out and complained to Jordan and other wrestlers about what happened. He said Jordan responded by saying something like, "If he tried that on me, I would kill him."

So I decided to look up old articles to see what Dan Ritchie has said and found these quotes..

Nov 22, 2019

1) https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/abuse-victims-osu-leaders-are-you-going-let-down-again/l3X9x1qKytJ6RTFJ94FKRP/

After the meeting, Schyck and Ritchie chafed at reporter questions about whether U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, knew about the sexual abuse when Jordan worked as an assistant wrestling coach. They insisted the case isn’t about Jordan, though Ritchie said “To be fair, I believe everybody knew what was going on to some degree.”

Feb 25, 2020

2) https://news.yahoo.com/strauss-victims-lawyers-mediation-talks-201500097.html

"He'd have to be walking around with his eyes shut and fingers in his ears," said Ritchie, adding that he had held Jordan in high regard. "It was joked about in the locker room."

So I bring you back to March 6th, 2020 article quote from CNN…..

One former wrestler, Dan Ritchie, said he remembers a teammate complained about Strauss and that Jordan said, "If he ever tried that with me I'd snap his neck like a stick of dry balsa wood."

That is a pretty specific quote. Why is he just saying this now? Would you be to remember an exact quote like this from over 30 years ago?