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Hazing in Texas: A Complete Guide for Jersey Village, Houston & Harris County Parents The Call You Never Want to Make You're relaxing at home in Jersey Village when your phone rings—it's your college student, their voice shaking. They're describing something that sounds like abuse, but they keep calling it "tradition." Or maybe you get the call no parent should ever receive: your child is in the emergency room after a fraternity event, suffering from severe physical injuries or alcohol poisoning so extreme it has damaged their kidneys. Your mind races with questions: What actually happened? Who's responsible? What do we do now? Right now, in Harris County, we're fighting one of the most serious hazing cases in Texas history. Leonel Bermudez, a University of Houston student, was subjected to brutal hazing by the Pi Kappa Phi Beta Nu chapter that left him with rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney failure, hospitalized for four days, and facing potential lifelong health consequences. According to detailed media coverage from Click2Houston and ABC13, Bermudez endured forced consumption of milk, hot dogs, and peppercorns until vomiting, was sprayed in the face with a hose "similar to waterboarding," performed hundreds of push-ups and squats under threat of…