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A Guide to Hazing Laws & Lawsuits for Parents in Palestine, Texas If Your Student Was Hazed at a Texas University, You Are Not Alone The phone call no parent in Palestine ever wants to receive: your son or daughter is in the hospital. The story is confusing, filled with gaps. They mention a “pledge event,” forced drinking, or extreme workouts. You learn their new “brothers” or “sisters” were the cause. The university sounds concerned but vague. You feel fear, anger, and overwhelming confusion. What happened to your child? Who is responsible? And what can you possibly do to hold them accountable? Right now, less than three hours from Palestine in Harris County, we are fighting one of the most serious hazing cases in Texas history. Our client, Leonel Bermudez, a University of Houston student, was subjected to brutal hazing as a pledge of the Pi Kappa Phi Beta Nu chapter in fall 2025. The alleged acts are shocking in their cruelty: a degrading “pledge fanny pack” rule carrying humiliating items, forced overconsumption of food until vomiting, extreme physical workouts, and being sprayed in the face with a hose “similar to waterboarding.” This abuse led to a medical catastrophe: rhabdomyolysis…