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Hazing in Texas: A Comprehensive Legal Guide for Stephenville Families If Your Child Was Hazed at Tarleton State University or Any Texas Campus, You're Not Alone For families here in Stephenville, Texas—where Tarleton State University stands as our community's educational heart—the nightmare often begins with a late-night phone call. Your student sounds different: exhausted, evasive, maybe injured. They mention "mandatory" events that keep them out until 3 AM, or show you concerning group chat messages. Perhaps they've returned home with unexplained bruises, or you notice their personality has changed—withdrawn, anxious, no longer the confident young person you sent to college. Right now, just a few hours east of Stephenville in Houston, our firm is fighting one of the most serious hazing cases in Texas history. We represent Leonel Bermudez, a University of Houston student who suffered rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney failure after extreme hazing by the Pi Kappa Phi Beta Nu chapter. His urine turned brown. He was hospitalized for four days. And the hazing details are chilling: forced consumption of milk, hot dogs, and peppercorns until vomiting; being sprayed in the face with a hose "similar to waterboarding"; 100+ push-ups and 500 squats under threat of expulsion; and the…