Developing news now that we first told you about on eyewitness news live at five a former fraternity at johnson and wales university is being sued for disturbing allegations of hazing that a pledge says put him in the hospital for a month and new at six tonight court documents reveal the heinous acts the
Students are accused of eyewitness news reporter steve nielsen joins us now live in the newsroom you know mike as a reporter i’ve read a lot of court documents in my life and they’re usually pretty dry they’re filled with jargon this lawsuit is the exception to that it details claims of horrific acts that
Sent a fraternity pledge to the hospital for a month tau kappa epsilon is no longer at johnson and wales university the school banned them after a hazing allegation now this lawsuit reveals how the student terence bennett claims he was hazed by members of tke in the fall of 2014. the
Documents say he endured extreme hazing and the details are graphic claiming the torturous acts included holding him down and branding him fiercely and regularly beating him with wooden paddles forcing him to eat raw onions and sticks of butter until he vomited multiple times then showering him in his own vomit
Burning him with cigarettes and urinating on him the lawsuit is filed against the entire tau kappa epsilon fraternity and the members of the chapter on johnston wales campus bennett says he asked for medical attention in november but the defendant said no because his injuries would get them in
Trouble eventually bennett says he lost consciousness and woke up in a hospital intensive care unit he stayed there for a month claiming he had multiple surgeries and had jaundice and a fever bennett says his injuries are severe and life-altering now in a statement the university said
They took swift action it reads in part hazing is strictly prohibited by the university’s student code of conduct and all alleged incidents of hazing are reviewed pursuant to the conduct review process now these details are still all coming together there’s a lot of defendants we’re reaching out to them to
Try to get their side of the story live in the newsroom i’m steve nielsen eyewitness news
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