By - Associated Press - Saturday, January 23, 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A lawsuit alleges that weeks of fraternity hazing led a University of Nebraska-Lincoln student to kill himself.
Kam Rokon claims in the lawsuit filed in Lancaster County District Court that his brother, Rahat Jalil, was forced to stand outside all night with no clothes on and was told to urinate on other pledges who didn’t follow directions before his death in January 2019. He was 18, The Lincoln Journal-Star reports.
The suit seeks unspecified damages from Lambda Phi Epsilon International and the fraternity’s Nebraska chapter. It says the fraternity didn’t have policies in place or enforce those it did, nor did it provide the supervision required to ensure Jalil’s safety.