Updated On: 24 February, 2021 09:23 AM IST | Washington | ANI
Clooney and Heslov of Smokehouse Pictures will serve as executive producers. Wertheim, Jamie Salter, Corey Salter, Marc Rosen of Sports Illustrated Studios; as well as David Glasser, Ron Burkle and Bob Yari of 101 Studios will also executive produce

George Clooney. Pic/AFP
American actor George Clooney and Grant Heslov`s Smokehouse Pictures are partnering with Sports Illustrated Studios to produce a docu-series about sports journalist Jon Wertheim`s cover story. The series will detail the decades-long abuse scandal in the athletic department at Ohio State University.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Wertheim broke the in-depth expose "Why Aren`t More People Talking About the Ohio State Sex Abuse Scandal?" for Sports Illustrated on October 5, 2020, which revealed the list of over 350 alleged allegations against former Ohio State sports doctor Richard Strauss.