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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX/WTTE) — A group of former Ohio State Wrestlers who say they were abused by the team’s doctor, Richard Strauss, is asking the Ohio Inspector General to investigate the school’s connection with Jeffrey Epstein.

The former wrestlers want to know how Ohio State might have been connected to Jeffrey Epstein and are pointing fingers at two of the school's biggest donors, Les Wexner and his wife, Abigail.

They are requesting that the inspector general look into if the Wexner’s ever helped Epstein abuse a young woman, Maria Farmer. The Wexner’s said they have no knowledge of the alleged events.

In a five-page letter submitted on Friday, Feb. 7, the wrestlers ask the inspector general to "open an investigation into the allegations that Abigail Wexner helped Jeffrey Epstein sexually assault a young woman named Maria Farmer and open a second investigation into the relationship between alleged sex trafficker/pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Wexner and Ohio State University."

Farmer filed a lawsuit in July 2019 that alleges Epstein and another woman sexually assaulted her inside of Wexner’s New Albany mansion in the summer of 1996.

The letter from the group of wrestlers said they are turning to the inspector general because of Abigail Wexner's status as Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees at Ohio State.

Given these public allegations against Mrs. Wexner, it is extremely difficult for us to comprehend why OSU maintains its relationship with Abigail Wexner and her family, particularly in light of the history of damning sexual violence issues on campus and those same issues involving the Wexner family and its companies, and both their relationship with the notorious Jeffrey Epstein.

The letter also calls for Ohio State to properly make amends to its victims and to ensure the safety of current and future students.

"We ask that you investigate the "wrongful acts" of Abigail Wexner regarding Maria Farmer. If not you, who else can we turn to?" the letter said.

The wrestlers also asked the investigator general to look into Epstein's relationship with Ohio State University.

The letter says Epstein has donated more than $2.5 million to the school while he was under FBI investigation.

"Ohio State has shown that without maximum public pressure, it will turn a blind eye to sexual predators. It ignored the reports of Richard Strauss' abuse and it is now looking the other way on Jeffrey Epstein and Abigail Wexner. And when the university does acknowledge its role in such abuses, it does not seem to show much moral courage, offering only the pretense of caring in hopes that the problem will just go away and fade from the public conscience," the letter said.

The letter said Ohio State has engaged in "wrongful acts" by accepting and continuing to hold onto the "ill-begotten" donations from Epstein.

"We love Ohio State, but for us, the current student body, and future students, we ask that you investigate these 'wrongful acts' done by Abigail Wexner and Ohio State," the letter concludes.