Stephen Snyder-Hill had worked hard to forget the name of the Ohio State University sports doctor who he says sexually assaulted him in 1995. But last year, while watching the news in his home in Columbus, Ohio, he saw a picture of Dr. Richard Strauss, who is accused of assaulting hundreds of former OSU students, and immediately recognized him.
“It is like a sledgehammer that hits you right in the face into a reality that you never knew existed,” Snyder-Hill told NBC News. “And that’s when you start — that’s when you just can’t stop.”
Now, Snyder-Hill, 49, a prominent LGBTQ activist and a military veteran, is involved in one of more than a dozen lawsuits filed against the university — all of which are in mediation, according to OSU spokesman Benjamin Johnson.
For the past year, Snyder-Hill has been piecing back together memories from his college years. He filed a public information request to get documents from the university related to his case, reconnected with old college friends and built a timeline of events from when he was assaulted.
Snyder-Hill, who works at Columbus Public Health, where he helps people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction, said he now spends all his free time fighting on behalf of his fellow survivors.
“I just want the truth, I want resolution,” he said. “I’m not going to stop until I get it.”
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