12 SORORITY PLEDGES SHOWED UP AT A PITTSBURGH POLICE STATION TO FILE A COMPLAINT OF HAZING. AND THAT LED TO THE SUSPENSION OF THE SORORITY. Reporter: ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY DOES NOT HAVE A CAMPUS HERE. WE SPOKE TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE. HE WOULD NOT TELL US WHERE THE HOME IS LOCATED THAT THE
INCIDENT HAPPENED THAT. WE HAD A MOTHER COME INTO THE POLICE STATION WITH HER DAUGHTER AND 11 OTHER YOUNG WOMEN WHO WERE PLEDGES FOR SORORITY. Reporter: THE MOTHER WANTED TO REPORT THE HAZING THAT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 21. THE MOTHER MADE ACCUSATIONS THAT THE GIRLS WERE TAKEN TO A Reporter: THE 12 PLEDGES ARE
ALL 20 OR 21 YEARS OLD. AT THIS POINT IN TIME THE GIRLS ARE ON SPRING BREAK AND ARE GONE. WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY RETURN TO INTERVIEW THEM AND STUDENTS SENT THIS LETTER TO THE GREEK COMMUNITY ANNOUNCING THE SUSPENSION OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA. AS SOON AS WE HAD
INFORMATION WE CONTACTED THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH POLICE. AND THEY ARE CONDUCTING THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION. Reporter: WHERE THE INVESTIGATION GOES DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH THE PLEDGES ARE WILLING TO COOPERATE WITH POLICE. THESE YOUNG LADIES ARE ADULTS , AND IF THEY DON’T COME FORWARD , THERE’S NOTHING MUCH WE CAN DO IT.
THE MOTHER WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE SORORITY ENCOURAGED THE WOMEN TO COME AND SPEAK TO THE POLICE. THE MOTHER GOT THEM TOGETHER AND SAID HEY THIS IS NOT RIGHT. Reporter: WE REACHED OUT TO THE ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY HEADQUARTERS IN CHICAGO, SO FAR
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