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Texas Hazing Guide for Somerville Families: Understanding Your Rights & Finding Accountability A Somerville Parent’s Worst Fear Realized Imagine receiving a call in the middle of the night. Your child, a student at a Texas university you trusted, is in the emergency room. Their story comes out in pieces: forced drinking, humiliating tasks, extreme physical exertion, and a culture of silence. As a parent in Somerville, Burleson County, you sent your child off to pursue their dreams, not to be subjected to abuse disguised as tradition. Right now, just a few hours from Somerville in Houston, we are fighting exactly this kind of case. We represent Leonel Bermudez, a University of Houston student who was horrifically hazed by the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity’s Beta Nu chapter in fall 2025. His story—detailed in a $10 million lawsuit—involves being forced to carry a degrading “pledge fanny pack,” endure “waterboarding” with a hose, complete hundreds of push-ups and squats until he collapsed, and consume outrageous amounts of food until vomiting. The result was catastrophic: rhabdomyolysis (severe muscle breakdown) and acute kidney failure that required a four-day hospitalization, with brown urine signaling the life-threatening damage. The Pi Kappa Phi chapter was quickly suspended and…
