Disgraced ex-Ohio State President Ted Carter repeatedly snuck his alleged failing podcaster lover by means of a campus storage for secret visits to his workplace as he funneled college assets into her enterprise ventures, a stunning new report claims.
The report into the circumstances behind Carter’s abrupt exit from his soft $1.5 million-a-year function final month detailed his secret workplace rendezvous with Krisanthe Vlachos, host of “The Callout Podcast,” and at the very least 5 journeys he took together with her.
The duo jetted off to Richmond, Virginia; Orlando, Florida; Kansas Metropolis, Missouri; Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Las Vegas – with the married 66-year-old allegedly cooking up a faux enterprise excuse for one journey, the report launched Tuesday by the school discovered.
One social media put up confirmed the pair at a Colorado Springs convention in January, with the ex-prez smiling subsequent to Vlachos, who’s clad in an all-black leather-based getup.
Carter – married to Lynda Carter for practically 45 years – admitted giving Vlachos “inappropriate entry” to college management and public assets to spice up her personal enterprise when he voluntarily resigned.
The probe discovered he tapped at the very least 14 staffers to assist his purported paramour, who hosted a veteran-focused podcast, together with efforts to attain her a college job, campus house, help workers, and monetary backing from the college and outdoors companies like JobsOhio for various enterprise ventures.
“Carter’s actions betrayed Ohio State’s shared values and violated college coverage,” the 47-page report mentioned, including his “wide-ranging” efforts dragged on for nearly two years.
“Carter had an in depth private and enterprise relationship with Vlachos and he allowed that relationship to improperly affect his actions and impair his judgement.”
JobsOhio shelled out $60,000 to the prexy’s reported flame to supply 4 podcast episodes about veteran points – although just one was accomplished, the company mentioned final month.
The corporate, which mentioned its determination to speculate was pushed by Carter’s advice, is now making an attempt to “clawback” the funds in spite of everything of Vlacho’s poorly performing podcast episodes have been rapidly faraway from YouTube and different streamers when the scandal erupted.
Carter – who served as a High Gun pilot and teacher throughout 38 years within the Navy – admitted in a single episode he was a “frequent flyer” on the floundering present, showing as a visitor at the very least 9 occasions since 2024.
JobsOhio additionally dished out $10,000 to sponsor a January 2025 occasion for vets and navy households at Ohio State, calling it an “alternative that Ms. Vlachos introduced our consideration.”
The company’s handouts for Vlachos got here to an finish after she requested a $2.9 million funding in her proposed cell app, which aimed to assist Ohio veterans get jobs.
An Ohio State spokesman beforehand confirmed officers have been investigating an LLC registered to Vlachos at a university-owned constructing, in reference to the ex-leader’s departure.
Carter and Vlachos haven’t responded publicly to the connection allegations.
