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The Bay City Parent's Guide to Hazing, Texas Law, and Holding Campuses Accountable For Families in Bay City, Matagorda County: When Your College Student is Harmed by Hazing The call no parent in Bay City wants to receive comes late at night. Your son or daughter, away at a Texas university, is hurt. The story is confused—something about a “pledge event,” “team bonding,” or “tradition.” You hear about forced drinking, extreme workouts, or humiliating acts. The university sends vague emails about “taking the matter seriously.” The student organization circles its wagons. You’re left frightened, angry, and unsure where to turn, right here from our community along the Gulf Coast. This is not a hypothetical fear. Right now, in a Harris County courtroom, our firm is fighting one of the most serious hazing cases in Texas. We represent Leonel Bermudez, a University of Houston student who nearly died after brutal hazing by the Pi Kappa Phi Beta Nu chapter. The details are harrowing: forced consumption of food until vomiting, hours of extreme calisthenics, simulated waterboarding with a hose, and a “pledge fanny pack” filled with humiliating items. The result was rhabdomyolysis—severe muscle breakdown—and acute kidney failure that hospitalized him for four…
