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A Wichita County Parent's Guide to Hazing at Texas Universities: Laws, Cases, and Legal Rights If Your Child Was Hazed in Texas, You Are Not Alone A late-night call. A rushed drive to a hospital hours from home. The confusion of hearing your child—a student at a respected Texas university—whisper about forced drinking, extreme workouts, or humiliating acts they endured to "fit in." For parents in Wichita County, from Wichita Falls to Burkburnett and across our rural communities, this nightmare scenario is unfolding too often. Right now, our firm is leading one of the most serious hazing lawsuits in Texas: the case of Leonel Bermudez at the University of Houston. In fall 2025, this young man endured brutal hazing by the Pi Kappa Phi Beta Nu chapter that left him with rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney failure, hospitalized for four days, facing permanent kidney damage. The details are severe: a degrading "pledge fanny pack" rule, forced consumption of milk and hot dogs until vomiting, being sprayed in the face with a hose "similar to waterboarding," and extreme physical abuse including 100+ push-ups and 500 squats in a single session. As reported by Click2Houston, his urine was brown from muscle breakdown before…