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The Definitive Guide to Hazing in Texas: A Legal Resource for Gorman Families & Eastland County Parents If Your Child Was Hazed at a Texas University, You Are Not Alone As a parent in Gorman, Cisco, Rising Star, or anywhere in Eastland County, you sent your child to college with hopes for their future. The nightmare begins with a late-night phone call, a text message that doesn’t sound right, or your child returning home broken—physically and emotionally. What you’re seeing might be the result of hazing: a dangerous, illegal tradition that continues to injure and kill Texas students. Right now, our firm is fighting one of the most serious hazing cases in Texas history. We represent Leonel Bermudez, a University of Houston (UH) student who was brutally hazed as a pledge of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity’s Beta Nu chapter in fall 2025. The alleged abuse—documented in a $10 million lawsuit—includes forced consumption of food until vomiting, extreme physical workouts, simulated waterboarding, and degrading humiliation rituals. Bermudez developed rhabdomyolysis (severe muscle breakdown) and acute kidney failure, passed brown urine, and was hospitalized for four days with ongoing risk of permanent damage. This is not an isolated incident. It’s happening at…