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The Definitive Guide for Refugio County Families: Understanding Hazing, Texas Law, and Your Legal Rights If Your Child Was Hazed at a Texas University, You Are Not Alone For parents in Refugio, Woodsboro, Bayside, and across Refugio County, the college journey often begins with pride as your student heads off to pursue their dreams at a Texas university. What you don’t expect is the late-night phone call, the unexplained injuries, or the shadow of fear that falls over your child when they whisper about what’s really happening in their fraternity, sorority, or campus organization. Right now, in a Harris County courtroom, our firm is fighting one of the most serious hazing cases in Texas history—a case that shows exactly how quickly “tradition” can turn into life-threatening abuse. We represent Leonel Bermudez in his $10 million hazing and abuse lawsuit against the University of Houston, the Pi Kappa Phi national fraternity, its Beta Nu chapter housing corporation, and 13 fraternity leaders. According to detailed media reports from Click2Houston and ABC13, Bermudez’s fall 2025 pledge period involved forced carrying of a humiliating “pledge fanny pack,” hours-long chauffeuring duties, extreme physical workouts at Yellowstone Boulevard Park, being sprayed in the face with a…