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Hazing in Texas: A Comprehensive Legal Guide for Parents in Castro County and City of Hart If Your Child Was Hazed at a Texas University, You Are Not Alone Imagine receiving a phone call in the middle of the night. Your child, a student at a Texas university you worked hard to send them to, is in the emergency room. Their story comes out in fragments—forced drinking, humiliating acts, extreme physical exertion, threats, and a culture of silence. They were trying to join a fraternity, sorority, Corps program, or spirit group, and what was sold as “brotherhood” or “tradition” nearly killed them. For families right here in Castro County, from the quiet streets of City of Hart to the surrounding farms and communities, this nightmare is real. It happened recently at the University of Houston, and it could happen to any Texas student. Right now, we represent Leonel Bermudez in a landmark $10 million hazing lawsuit against the University of Houston and the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity’s Beta Nu chapter. The details are harrowing: a “pledge fanny pack” filled with humiliating items, forced consumption of milk and hot dogs until vomiting, being sprayed in the face with a hose “similar…
