U.S.|Ohio State Details Relationship That Led to President’s Resignation

Ohio State University released a report Tuesday detailing an “inappropriate relationship” that led the university’s former president, Walter Carter Jr., to resign last month.

Mr. Carter, who is known as Ted and is married, acknowledged the relationship with a female associate of his, Krisanthe Vlachos, when he resigned. The report concluded that the former president used his position to make “wide-ranging and extensive” efforts to assist her both inside and outside the university.

Mr. Carter, a retired Navy admiral, apparently met Ms. Vlachos in 2023, while he was still president of the University of Nebraska system, the report said. After joining Ohio State, he allowed his ongoing relationship with her to influence his actions and impair his judgment, according to the report, developed by two internal Ohio State offices at the direction of the university’s general counsel.

Mr. Carter declined a request for an interview with investigators, the report said, while Ms. Vlachos did not respond to investigators. The New York Times could not immediately reach them for comment.

The report said that Mr. Carter made arrangements several times for Ms. Vlachos to bypass normal channels to visit his office, entering through a garage. It also described at least five trips the two took together — to Richmond, Va.; Orlando, Fla.; Kansas City, Mo.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; and Las Vegas.

The report found that the university did not pay Ms. Vlachos’s expenses, but that, in one case, Mr. Carter had fabricated a business reason for a trip in order to travel with her. Concern about the relationship arose after Mr. Carter was seen with Ms. Vlachos outside a Philadelphia hotel in November 2025, the report said. The early morning encounter “suggested the possibility of an inappropriate relationship,” a witness reported.