🚨 Hazing Legal Emergency: Custer County Families Deserve Justice

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Custer County Parents: Your Child Is at Risk

Hazing isn’t just happening at big universities. It’s happening right here in Custer County — in fraternities, sororities, sports teams, and student organizations at local colleges and high schools. The same national fraternities that have paid millions in settlements for hazing deaths operate chapters near Custer County. The same negligent oversight that sent a University of Houston student to the hospital with kidney failure exists at institutions in our community.

If your child is pledging a fraternity or sorority near Custer County, they face the same risks that hospitalized our client in Houston.

🔥 This Is Happening in Custer County

Universities Near Custer County with Greek Life:

While Custer County itself is a rural community, it is surrounded by educational institutions where Greek life thrives. These include:

• Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) — Weatherford, OK (~30 miles from Custer County)

  • Active Greek organizations including fraternities and sororities
  • Known for strong student life and Greek presence

• University of Oklahoma (OU) — Norman, OK (~110 miles from Custer County)

  • One of Oklahoma’s largest Greek communities
  • Multiple fraternities and sororities with national affiliation

• Oklahoma State University (OSU) — Stillwater, OK (~150 miles from Custer County)

  • Large Greek system with over 50 fraternities and sororities
  • Known for high-profile Greek life events and traditions

• Cameron University — Lawton, OK (~60 miles from Custer County)

  • Smaller but active Greek community
  • Fraternities and sororities with national chapters

• Regional Community Colleges and Technical Schools

  • Many have Greek organizations or clubs with initiation rituals

These same national fraternities — Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Pi Kappa Alpha, Kappa Sigma, and others — have chapters at these universities. The same organizations that have paid millions in hazing settlements nationwide operate near Custer County.

💔 What Hazing Really Looks Like — The Houston Case

Our attorneys are fighting this battle RIGHT NOW — and we will bring the same fight to Custer County.

The Case That Shows Custer County Families What’s at Stake

Leonel Bermudez was a “ghost rush” — a prospective member who wasn’t even a student at the University of Houston yet. He accepted a bid to join Pi Kappa Phi fraternity in September 2025. What followed was weeks of systematic abuse, torture, and hazing that hospitalized him for three nights and four days with severe rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney failure.

This is what happened to him — and what could happen to your child in Custer County.

The Hazing Activities That Hospitalized Our Client:

On November 3, 2025, Bermudez was punished with extreme exercise until he could not stand. He crawled up the stairs when he got home. The next day, he couldn’t move. His mother rushed him to the hospital with kidney failure.

This happened in Houston. It could happen in Custer County.

⚠️ The Same Fraternities Are in Custer County

The fraternity that hazed our client, Pi Kappa Phi, has 150+ chapters across America — including at universities near Custer County. Other fraternities with documented hazing histories also operate in our region:

These are not isolated incidents. This is a pattern of abuse by national organizations that have failed to protect students — including students near Custer County.

🏛️ Universities Near Custer County Are Failing Too

The University of Houston owned the fraternity house where our client was hazed. They had the power to inspect, regulate, and shut down the chapter. They knew about a prior hazing hospitalization at their university in 2017. They did nothing to prevent this from happening again.

Universities near Custer County have the same responsibility — and the same failures.

• Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) — Greek life oversight
• University of Oklahoma (OU) — Large Greek system with documented issues
• Oklahoma State University (OSU) — Multiple fraternities with hazing histories
• Cameron University — Smaller but active Greek community

If your child is hazed at a fraternity or sorority near Custer County, the university may be liable for failing to protect them.

💰 Hazing Costs Millions — We Have the Receipts

Hazing isn’t just wrong — it’s expensive. Juries and courts have awarded millions to hazing victims and their families. Custer County families can recover the same compensation.

Precedent Cases — They Will Pay:

These same results are possible for Custer County victims.

⚖️ Your Legal Rights as a Custer County Hazing Victim

1. Oklahoma Hazing Laws Protect You

Oklahoma has strict anti-hazing laws (21 O.S. § 1190):

• Hazing is a crime — punishable by fines and imprisonment
• Consent is NOT a defense — Even if your child “agreed” to participate, it doesn’t matter
• Organizations can be held liable — Fraternities, sororities, and universities can be sued
• Criminal charges may apply — Assault, battery, reckless endangerment

2. Civil Lawsuits Can Recover Compensation

If your child was hazed in Custer County or at a nearby university, you can sue for:

✅ Medical expenses — Hospital bills, therapy, future treatment
✅ Pain and suffering — Physical and emotional trauma
✅ Lost wages — Time missed from work or school
✅ Academic damages — Tuition, scholarships, educational disruption
✅ Punitive damages — To punish egregious conduct and prevent future hazing

3. Who Can Be Sued?

🚨 What Custer County Families Should Do RIGHT NOW

If Your Child Has Been Hazed:

1. 🏥 Seek Medical Attention Immediately

   • Hazing injuries like rhabdomyolysis can be life-threatening
   • Document all symptoms and treatment

2. 📸 Preserve All Evidence

   • Photos/videos of injuries or hazing activities
   • Screenshots of texts, GroupMe, Snapchat, Instagram DMs
   • Witness names and contact information
   • Medical records from hospital or doctor visits

3. 🚫 Do NOT Talk to the Organization or University Alone

   • They will try to control the narrative
   • Their lawyers will try to minimize your claim
   • Anything you say can be used against you

4. 📞 Call Attorney 911 Immediately

   • 1-888-ATTY-911 (24/7)
   • ralph@atty911.com
   • Free, confidential consultation

5. ⏳ Act Fast — Statute of Limitations Applies

   • Oklahoma has a 2-year deadline to file a lawsuit
   • Evidence disappears, witnesses forget, memories fade
   • The sooner you act, the stronger your case

🛡️ Why Custer County Families Choose Attorney 911

We Are Fighting This Fight Right Now — And We Will Fight for Custer County

Our attorneys, Ralph Manginello and Lupe Pena, are currently litigating a $10 million hazing lawsuit against Pi Kappa Phi and the University of Houston. We know how to build these cases. We know how to win. Custer County families get the same aggressive representation.

Our Advantages for Custer County Victims:

🎯 What We Will Do for Custer County Hazing Victims

1. Immediate Case Evaluation

   • Free, confidential review of your case
   • Determine liability and potential compensation

2. Aggressive Evidence Preservation

   • Send preservation letters to all defendants
   • Obtain security camera footage, text messages, social media
   • Interview witnesses

3. Comprehensive Medical Documentation

   • Work with medical experts to document injuries
   • Calculate future medical needs
   • Establish link between hazing and injuries

4. Multi-Defendant Litigation Strategy

   • Sue the chapter, nationals, university, and individuals
   • Pursue all available insurance policies
   • Maximize recovery from all liable parties

5. Media and Public Pressure

   • Expose the truth about hazing in Custer County
   • Pressure institutions to take responsibility
   • Prevent future hazing incidents

6. Trial-Ready Representation

   • Prepare every case as if it’s going to trial
   • Willing to take cases to court if settlement offers are unfair
   • Experienced in high-stakes litigation

📞 Custer County Families: Call Now — Before It’s Too Late

Hazing victims in Custer County deserve justice. You deserve compensation. You deserve accountability.

Call Attorney 911 today for a free, confidential consultation:

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We work on contingency — $0 upfront. We don’t get paid unless you get paid.

We will travel to Custer County for your case. Distance is not a barrier to justice.

🚨 Warning to Fraternities Operating Near Custer County

To the fraternities with chapters near Custer County — Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Pi Kappa Alpha, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta, and others:

We are watching. We are coming.

The same legal strategies that secured $10 million verdicts against fraternities nationwide apply to your chapters. If you haze students near Custer County, we will pursue every liable entity — the chapter, the nationals, the university, and the individuals.

We already shut down the Pi Kappa Phi Beta Nu chapter at University of Houston. Your chapter could be next.

To the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, and Cameron University:

The same institutional negligence that made University of Houston a defendant exists at your campuses. Act now — or face the same accountability.

💔 A Message to Custer County Hazing Victims

You are not alone. You did not deserve this. You have rights.

What happened to you was not “tradition.” It was not “brotherhood.” It was not “building character.”

It was abuse. It was assault. It was illegal.

You have the right to seek justice. You have the right to compensation. You have the right to hold those who hurt you accountable.

You also have the power to protect others. By coming forward, you can prevent this from happening to the next student.

Be brave. Step forward. We will fight for you.

📢 Enough Is Enough — Custer County Deserves Better

To the Custer County community:

Hazing has no place in our schools. It has no place in our community. It has no place in Oklahoma.

We call on:

• Parents — Talk to your children about the dangers of hazing
• Students — Report hazing when you see it
• Educators — Implement real oversight of Greek life and student organizations
• Legislators — Strengthen Oklahoma’s hazing laws
• Media — Expose hazing culture in our community

Together, we can end hazing in Custer County.

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We protect victims like you in Custer County, across Oklahoma, and nationwide. When institutions fail our children, we fight back.