Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan denied allegations he knew of sexual abuse while he was an assistant wrestling coach and said the volume of email he’s getting from one accuser amounts to bullying.

Speaking at a tea party rally in Fremont, Ohio, on Wednesday Jordan said allegations made first by former wrestler Mike DiSabato to NBC News were false.

“In light of what was said yesterday, it’s just not accurate,” he said, according to USA Today. “Never heard of abuse, and if we had, we’d have reported it. The things he said about me were just flat out not true.”

DiSabato and other Ohio State University wrestlers have said that Jordan, who was an assistant wrestling coach there from 1986 to 1994, knew about sexual abuse by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss.

Kathleen Trafford, a spokeswoman for Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, the firm representing the university, said it contacted Jordan’s office to request an interview.