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Hazing in Hardin County: A Guide for Kountze Parents & Families Seeking Justice Understanding the Reality Behind Campus Hazing and Your Legal Rights When your child leaves home for college in Texas—whether heading to the University of Houston, Texas A&M, or another campus hours from Kountze—you trust that campus life will provide growth, friendship, and safety. But for some Hardin County families, that trust is shattered by a heartbreaking phone call, a sudden trip to the emergency room, or the gradual realization that their child is being systematically abused under the guise of "tradition" or "brotherhood." Right now, just a few hours from Kountze in Houston, we're fighting one of the most serious hazing cases in Texas history. In late 2025, we filed a $10 million hazing and abuse lawsuit on behalf of Leonel Bermudez, a University of Houston student who suffered rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney failure after enduring months of physical and psychological torture at the hands of the Pi Kappa Phi Beta Nu chapter. According to media reports, Bermudez was forced through extreme workouts, humiliated with mandatory "pledge fanny packs," sprayed in the face with a hose "similar to waterboarding," and coerced into consuming dangerous quantities of food…