The Ohio State University has reached a $100 million settlement with nearly 300 former students who had accused the ​school’s campus doctor of sexually assaulting them decades ago, ‌the school and a lawyer for the victims said.

The settlement with 279 of the 280 former students was ratified by the ​university’s board on Wednesday.

It followed years of litigation over ​accusations of decades of abuse by Richard Strauss.

The abuse ⁠occurred from 1978 to 1998, the year he retired from ​the faculty.

“The mediation and its confidentiality are continuing as the parties ​work to finalise the details of the settlements, and additional information will be shared as appropriate,” the school and a lawyer for the victims ​said in a joint statement.

In February, the university reached ​eight additional settlements, bringing the total to 304 survivors and more than $60 million.

Strauss, ‌who killed ⁠himself in 2005, was employed by Ohio State’s athletic department and medical staff for nearly two decades.

A 2019 report detailing the investigative findings said that Strauss had sexually abused at least ​177 men, nearly ​all of whom ⁠were students, and that university staff who knew of the abuse failed to act.

The ​abuse included groping and fondling of the students’ ​genitals ⁠and other acts under the guise of a medical examination.

News of the investigation and its findings prompted more than 500 plaintiffs to ⁠sue ​Ohio State, alleging they had been ​sexually abused by Strauss and that the school had shown deliberate indifference.