Lawyers for a group of former Ohio State University students who are suing their alma mater for allegedly failing to protect them from a sexual predator have asked the federal judge overseeing the case to help them deliver a subpoena to Ohio billionaire Leslie Wexner.

Wexner, the businessman who founded L Brands, which included retailers Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works, served on the OSU board of trustees “during the time period at the heart of this case” when Dr. Richard Strauss preyed on hundreds of students, the plaintiffs’ lawyers wrote in a motion filed Wednesday in the Southern District of Ohio.

A 1978 employment application for Dr. Richard Strauss, from Ohio State University personnel files. Strauss, who died in 2005, has been accused of sexual misconduct by former student

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