WE’VE LEARNED SO FAR. >> HE WENT RIGHT INTO SAID HE WILL STAY WITH HIGH SAT SCORES. SMART GUY. GREAT AND HIS FAMILY IS DEVASTATED. ATTORNEY JAMES FRANCE ANNOUNCING A CIVIL LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF BENJAMIN BRENNAN, A FORMER SDSU STUDENT. THE
LAWSUIT CLAIMS BREAD AND THEN A 19 YEAR-OLD FRESHMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA WAS NEARLY KILLED DURING A HAZING INCIDENT AT THE KAPPA SIGMA FRED HOUSE 2 YEARS AGO. ATTORNEYS SAY DURING AN INITIATION RITUAL BRANDON WAS DETAINED BY FRAT MEMBERS WHO FORCED HIM TO
CONSUME POTENTIALLY DEADLY AMOUNTS OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS BOTTLE LIKE THIS. 700, 50 MILILITERS OF STRAIGHT ROB. YOU’RE GOING TO DRINK THAT. YOU KNOW, 30 MINUTES TO CONSUME IT. AND BY THE WAY, WE’RE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME OTHER THINGS TO MAKE IT EASIER
FOR YOU. MARIJUANA AND STRONG TOBACCO ATTORNEYS SAY THE TEENAGER THEN PASSED OUT AND BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. SO THEY GRABBED HIS LIFELESS BODY, PUT IN THEIR CAR. COUPLE OF MEMBERS TAKE IT OVER TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM. AND WHEN THEY GOT THERE, WHAT DO THEY
DO? THEY LEFT HIM THERE. THEY DIDN’T IDENTIFY WHO HE WAS. ATTORNEY SAY BRANDON WENT INTO A COMA GIVEN A ONE PERCENT CHANCE OF SURVIVAL HE PULLED THROUGH BUT CONTINUES TO SUFFER FROM SEVERE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL INJURIES IF HE
HAD DIED, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS FRAT MEMBERS CONSPIRED AND TRIED TO COVER UP THEIR ACTIONS TELLING INVESTIGATORS THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. 9 FRAT MEMBERS ARE NAMED IN THE LAWSUIT. ATTORNEY MIKE PEREZ SAYS SAN
DIEGO STATE ALSO CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION FOR HONOR CODE VIOLATIONS. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT 7 OF THE STUDENTS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THIS HAZING OR ALTERNATELY SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL. ATTORNEYS SAY AT THE TIME THE FRATERNITY WAS ALREADY UNDER
SUSPENSION FROM THE UNIVERSITY FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. >> THE FRATERNITY AND THE NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION THAT MANAGES THE FRATERNITY ARE ALSO NAMED IN THE LAWSUIT. ATTORNEYS ALSO PASS ALONG THE MESSAGE FROM THE VICTIM’S FAMILY. AND THE FAMILY WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW
THIS NEEDS TO STOP. THEY DON’T WANT THIS HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE. OTHER STUDENTS, CHILDREN AND THE FAMILY MEMBERS. IT’S JUST TERRIBLE. WHAT’S HAPPENED HERE AGAIN, THIS IS A CIVIL CASE. ATTORNEYS SAY THERE’S ALSO A POTENTIAL CRIMINAL CASE THAT SDPD JUST WRAPPED UP ITS INVESTIG
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