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Hazing in Texas: A Complete Guide for Parents in the Village of Hillcrest If Your Child Was Hazed at a Texas University, You Are Not Alone For parents in the Village of Hillcrest, sending your child off to college should be filled with pride and excitement, not fear and uncertainty. Yet right now, in our own state, families are facing the devastating reality of campus hazing—a reality we know intimately because we're living it through our clients. In late 2025, we filed a $10 million lawsuit on behalf of Leonel Bermudez against the University of Houston, the Pi Kappa Phi Beta Nu chapter, its national headquarters, the UH System Board of Regents, and 13 fraternity leaders. During his fall 2025 pledge period, Leonel was subjected to what can only be described as systematic torture: forced to carry a humiliating "pledge fanny pack" containing condoms and sex toys, subjected to brutal physical workouts including 100+ push-ups and 500 squats, sprayed in the face with a hose "similar to waterboarding," forced to consume milk, hot dogs, and peppercorns until vomiting, and made to lie in vomit-soaked grass during cold-weather exposure. The result? Rhabdomyolysis—severe skeletal muscle breakdown—and acute kidney failure. His urine turned…