Ohio State University's Board of Trustees met Saturday morning for a rare weekend executive session just two days after its regular board meeting.
The reason for the special meeting was "solely for the purpose of conducting an executive session to consult with legal counsel on pending or imminent litigation and to discuss personnel matters regarding the appointment, employment and compensation of public officials."
The board took no action following the three-hour meeting.
The meeting came as pressure mounts on the university to remove the name of New Albany billionaire Leslie Wexner from university buildings, including Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center.
Wexner was recently deposed before the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee because of his close financial and personal ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
During Thursday's meeting, Ohio State President Ted Carter said he respected the rights of university faculty, staff and students to express their opinions, Carter also went on to recognize the years of service that Wexner and his wife Abigail have given to the university.
The Board of Trustees must approve any name removal. WOSU has previously reported that Ohio State has no contracts tying building names to Wexner's millions of dollars in donations to the university over the years.
The board's chair is John Zeiger, Wexner's personal attorney. WOSU asked Zeiger if he could speak to media members after the meeting. He did not, leaving through another door instead of the main entrance.
The university also continues to deal with lawsuits filed by survivors of former Ohio State team Dr. Richard Strauss who sexually abused OSU athletes years ago.
Wexner has been ordered by a federal judge to testify in a lawsuit against the university over Strauss' sexual abuse. Strauss worked at the university from the 1970s through 1988. Wexner served on the OSU Board of Trustees from 1988 through 1997, then again from 2005 through 2012.
Protesters attended the trustees meeting on Thursday but were not allowed to speak.
