WHEN THIS HEARING WILL HAPPEN. >> Reporter: ON MONDAY, A FEDERAL JUDGE IS SCHEDULED TO HEAR A REQUEST FROM FOUR UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FRATERNITIES ON FOR A HALT ON THE SUSPENSION OF NEW MEMBER ACTIVITIES. IT PENDING A THIRD PARTY INVESTIGATION BY A CONSULTING FIRM.
THE ORDER AFFECTS 31 FRATERNITIES AND 16 SORORITIES THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR PAN HELENIC ASSOCIATION. A TRERNT ADVOCACY GROUP. >> I’VE NEVER SEEN A HOST INSTITUTION BEHAVE IN THIS MANNER. THIS IS EGREGIOUS BEHAVIOR. >> Reporter: NEWS4 HAS CONFIRMED MEMBERS OF THE LAW FIRM BRINGING
THE RESTRAINING ORDER REQUEST WERE PRESENT BY PHONE OR IN PERSON AS THIRD PARTY INVESTIGATORS QUESTIONED FRATERNITY LEADERS THIS WEEK. THE LAWYERS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK OR INTERJECT PER UNIVERSITY RULES. A SOURCE WITH DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF THE INTERVIEWS CONFIRMED TO
NEWS4 THAT AT LEAST ONE STUDENT WAS ASKED TO OPEN THE CALENDAR ON HIS PHONE FOR INVESTIGATORS OR RISK BEING DEEMED UNCOMPLIANT. >> THIS IS FROM MY ADVANTAGE POINT OUTRAGEOUS. WE WOULD NEVER — IF YOU OR I IN ANY KIND OF SITUATION LIKE THAT, WE WOULD WALK OUT.
>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT TO NEWS4, THE UNIVERSITY’S CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER SAID “WE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY INDIVIDUAL BEING ASKED TO TURN OVER THEIR PHONE.” THE UNIVERSITY’S 13 MULTICULTURAL GREEK LIFE ORGANIZATIONS AND ITS 5 HISTORICALLY BLACK FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES ARE EXEMPT FROM
THE UNIVERSITY’S ORDER. IN COLLEGE PARK, JACKIE BENSEN, NEWS4. >> NOW A UNIVERSITY SPOKESPERSON TELLS US THE SCHOOL EXPECTS TO UPDATE ITS CAMPUS COMMUNITY TOMORROW ON THE STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION. THE SCHOOL INSISTS
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