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Hazing in Texas: A Complete Legal Guide for Tulia & Swisher County Families If you are a parent in Tulia, Texas, your greatest hope is that your child thrives at college. You imagine them making lifelong friends, exploring new ideas, and building a future. But what happens when that dream turns into a nightmare of coercion, abuse, and life-threatening injury within a campus organization? Right now, we are fighting one of the most serious hazing cases in Texas history. Our client, Leonel Bermudez, a transfer student at the University of Houston, was subjected to months of horrific abuse as a pledge of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity’s Beta Nu chapter. According to a $10 million lawsuit filed in late 2025, he was forced to endure sprints, bear crawls, and wheelbarrow races until he vomited. He was sprayed in the face with a hose “similar to waterboarding,” forced to overconsume milk and hot dogs, and subjected to a brutal November workout of 100+ push-ups and 500 squats. The result? He developed rhabdomyolysis—a severe skeletal muscle breakdown—and acute kidney failure. His urine turned brown, he could not stand without help, and he was hospitalized for four days with a critical risk of…
