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Hazing in Texas: A Comprehensive Guide for Brookside Village Families If Your Child Was Hazed at a Texas University, You're Not Alone Imagine getting a phone call in the middle of the night. Your child, who you sent off to college in Houston or College Station just weeks ago, is in the emergency room. Their urine is brown. Their kidneys are failing. They can't stand without help. And through their pain and confusion, they whisper fragments of what happened: forced drinking, extreme workouts, humiliation, threats. They were trying to join a fraternity, and what was supposed to be about friendship and leadership nearly killed them. This isn't a hypothetical nightmare. This is exactly what happened to Leonel Bermudez, a University of Houston student whose fall 2025 pledge period with the Pi Kappa Phi Beta Nu chapter resulted in rhabdomyolysis, acute kidney failure, and a four-day hospitalization. His story, detailed in a $10 million hazing and abuse lawsuit filed in late 2025, represents the severe reality facing Texas students today. As reported by Click2Houston and ABC13, Bermudez endured what no student should: a "pledge fanny pack" filled with humiliating items, forced consumption of milk and hot dogs until vomiting, being sprayed…