🚨 Hazing Victims in Craven County: You Are Not Alone — We’re Fighting This Crisis Now
Craven County families: If your child was hazed at a fraternity, sorority, sports team, or any student organization near Craven County, we can help. The same hazing that hospitalized our client in Houston happens right here in Eastern North Carolina. We are fighting this battle right now — and we will fight for Craven County victims with the same fury.
⚠️ This Is Happening Near Craven County — The Same Fraternities, The Same Hazing
The Same National Fraternities Operate at Craven County-Area Universities
Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi — these are the same national organizations that have paid millions in hazing settlements nationwide. They have active chapters at universities near Craven County, including:
- East Carolina University (Greenville, NC — 30 miles from Craven County)
- UNC Wilmington (Wilmington, NC — 90 miles from Craven County)
- Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC — 120 miles from Craven County)
- Coastal Carolina University (Conway, SC — 180 miles from Craven County)
If your child is pledging a fraternity or sorority at a Craven County-area university, they face the same risks that hospitalized our client in Houston.
The Same Hazing Happens Here
The waterboarding, forced drinking, extreme physical punishment, and psychological torture that sent our client to the hospital with kidney failure — this happens at Craven County-area universities too.
- Forced alcohol consumption until vomiting or passing out
- Extreme physical punishment — pushups, squats, paddles, beatings
- Waterboarding and simulated drowning
- Sleep deprivation and exhaustion
- Psychological torture — humiliation, threats, isolation
This is not “tradition.” This is not “brotherhood.” This is abuse. This is assault. This is illegal.
🏥 What Hazing Does to Craven County Students
Physical Injuries — The Immediate Danger
Hazing sends Craven County students to the hospital with:
- Rhabdomyolysis — Muscle breakdown that can cause kidney failure (exactly what happened to our client)
- Alcohol poisoning — Can be fatal; some students never wake up
- Broken bones — From beatings or falls
- Traumatic brain injury — From blows to the head or lack of oxygen
- Internal bleeding — From physical trauma
- Hypothermia or heat stroke — From exposure during forced activities
Our client spent 4 days in the hospital with kidney failure. This could happen to your child in Craven County.
Psychological Trauma — The Invisible Scars
Even if a Craven County student isn’t physically injured, hazing leaves permanent psychological damage:
- PTSD — Flashbacks to waterboarding, beatings, or humiliation
- Anxiety and depression — Fear of social situations, loss of trust
- Suicidal thoughts — Some students take their own lives after hazing
- Substance abuse — Self-medicating to cope with trauma
- Academic decline — Unable to focus after psychological abuse
This trauma can last a lifetime. It can destroy a Craven County student’s future.
Death — The Ultimate Consequence
Since 2000, at least one student has died from hazing every year in America.
- Max Gruver — Died from alcohol poisoning at LSU; fraternity paid $6.1 million
- Tim Piazza — Fell down stairs after forced drinking; fraternity settled for $110+ million
- Andrew Coffey — Died after forced drinking at Pi Kappa Phi; chapter closed
- Stone Foltz — Died after forced drinking at Pi Kappa Alpha; fraternity paid $10.1 million
This could happen to a Craven County student. It could be your child.
⚖️ The Law Protects Craven County Hazing Victims — And We Know How to Use It
North Carolina Hazing Law — Criminal Penalties
North Carolina General Statute § 14-35 makes hazing a Class 2 misdemeanor — punishable by up to 60 days in jail and fines.
If hazing causes serious injury or death, it becomes a felony.
Civil Lawsuits — Holding Institutions Accountable
Even if criminal charges aren’t filed, Craven County families can sue for money damages.
Who can be sued:
- The local fraternity/sorority chapter
- The national organization
- The university (if they knew or should have known)
- Individual members who participated
- Alumni who allowed hazing at their homes
What Craven County families can recover:
- Medical bills — Hospital stays, therapy, future treatment
- Lost wages — If hazing disrupted education or career
- Pain and suffering — For physical and emotional trauma
- Punitive damages — To punish institutions that allowed hazing
Precedent cases show Craven County families can win MILLIONS:
- $10.1 million — Stone Foltz (Pi Kappa Alpha)
- $6.1 million — Max Gruver (Phi Delta Theta)
- $110+ million — Tim Piazza (Beta Theta Pi)
🔥 We Are Fighting This Fight RIGHT NOW — And We’ll Fight for Craven County Victims Too
Our Current Case: $10 Million Lawsuit Against Pi Kappa Phi and University of Houston
What happened:
A student was hospitalized with rhabdomyolysis and kidney failure after weeks of hazing at the University of Houston’s Pi Kappa Phi chapter.
The hazing included:
- Waterboarding with a garden hose (simulated drowning)
- Forced to do 500 squats and 100 pushups until he collapsed
- Struck with wooden paddles
- Forced to eat until vomiting, then made to lie in vomit-soaked grass
- Another pledge lost consciousness during a workout — they kept going
- A pledge was hog-tied face-down on a table with an object in his mouth for over an hour
The result:
- 4 days in the hospital with kidney failure
- Medical bills, trauma, and a lifetime of health concerns
- Pi Kappa Phi closed the chapter — but they’re already planning to come back
- University of Houston owned the fraternity house where the torture occurred
We filed a $10 million lawsuit on November 21, 2025. This is happening NOW.
Why This Matters for Craven County Families
- Pi Kappa Phi has chapters near Craven County — the same organization that waterboarded our client
- The same hazing happens at Craven County-area universities — waterboarding, forced drinking, physical abuse
- Universities near Craven County have the same liability as UH — if they own or control fraternity properties
- The same legal strategies apply — we know how to build these cases
- We are already in the fight — we’re not starting from scratch
If your child was hazed in Craven County, we can represent you with the same aggression we’re bringing to the Houston case.
📋 What Craven County Families Should Do RIGHT NOW
If Your Child Was Hazed Recently:
- Get medical attention immediately — Even if injuries seem minor, get checked
- Preserve all evidence — Texts, photos, videos, social media posts
- Do NOT talk to the fraternity, sorority, or university without legal counsel
- Do NOT post about the incident on social media
- Contact us immediately — 1-888-ATTY-911
If Your Child Was Hazed in the Past:
- Gather all evidence you still have — Medical records, communications, photos
- Document how the hazing affected your child — Grades, mental health, career impact
- Contact us for a free consultation — Even if some time has passed, you may still have legal options
If Your Child Is Currently Pledging:
- Talk to them about the risks — Make sure they know what hazing looks like
- Encourage them to document everything — Tell them to save texts, take photos if safe
- Tell them they can say no — Hazing is not required to join
- Contact us if you suspect hazing — We can help protect your child
💰 Craven County Families: You Don’t Pay Unless We Win
We represent hazing victims on contingency — $0 upfront.
- No hourly fees
- No retainer
- No cost to you unless we win your case
- We only get paid if you get paid
This means Craven County families can fight powerful institutions without financial risk.
📞 Craven County Hazing Victims: Call Us Now
This is happening in Craven County. Your child could be next.
If your child was hazed at a Craven County-area university, call us immediately for a free, confidential consultation.
📞 1-888-ATTY-911
Email: ralph@atty911.com
Website: attorney911.com
We serve Craven County hazing victims nationwide. We will travel to Craven County for your case.
🏛️ To Fraternities and Universities in Craven County: We Are Watching
To Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi, and all other fraternities with chapters near Craven County:
We are watching. The same legal strategies that secured $10+ million verdicts nationwide apply to your chapter.
If your Craven County-area chapter harms students, we will pursue every liable entity — the chapter, the nationals, the university, and individual members.
We already shut down the Pi Kappa Phi chapter at University of Houston. Your chapter could be next.
To East Carolina University, UNC Wilmington, Campbell University, and all universities near Craven County:
The same institutional negligence that made University of Houston a defendant exists at your campus.
You own fraternity houses. You have Greek life oversight. You have the power to stop hazing.
If you fail to protect Craven County students, you will face the same accountability as UH.
To Greek life leadership at Craven County-area universities:
The Bermudez case is a warning.
Clean up your chapters before we clean them out in court.
🎯 The Message to Craven County: This Ends Now
To Craven County parents: Your child deserves to go to college without being tortured.
To Craven County students: You deserve to join organizations without being abused.
To Craven County institutions: You have the power to stop this. Use it.
To the fraternities operating near Craven County: We are coming for you.
Enough is enough.
📞 1-888-ATTY-911 | ralph@atty911.com | attorney911.com
Craven County hazing victims: You are not alone. We are fighting this fight — and we will fight for you.
