{"id":101510,"date":"2025-06-05T20:19:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T00:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=101510"},"modified":"2025-06-05T20:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T00:19:50","slug":"hbo-original-documentary-surviving-ohio-state-debuts-june-17-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/05\/hbo-original-documentary-surviving-ohio-state-debuts-june-17-video\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Original Documentary &#8220;Surviving Ohio State&#8221; Debuts June 17 [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The HBO Original documentary SURVIVING OHIO STATE, directed and produced by Oscar\u00ae and Emmy\u00ae-winning filmmaker Eva Orner (HBO&#8217;s<em> &#8220;Brandy Hellville &amp; The Cult of Fast Fashion&#8221;<\/em>), debuts Tuesday, June 17 @ 9:00PM ET\/PT on HBO and will be available to stream on Max.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iSP3PUHmCvc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>SURVIVING OHIO STATE tells the story of the male victims of Dr. Richard Strauss, a sports medicine physician and serial sex abuser employed by The Ohio State University (OSU) from 1978 to 1998. Bravely told by the student-athletes and others who concealed their trauma for years, the film builds on the efforts of whistleblowers and journalists who exposed the scandal in 2018. 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