Pledge Master News Today

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The preliminary hearing continues into his hazing death. the district attorney says text messages from young and other fraternity members shall the brothers were worried about going to jail and tried to cover up evidence after piazza suffered lethal injuries at the fraternity house during a drinking hazing ritual called the gauntlet. they say he messaged daniel casey, the pledge master. "make sure the pledges clean the basement and get rid of every evidence of alcohol. he also wrote was girlfrie...

Phone call came at least 12 hours too late to say to save timothy piazza. the penn state student died at a fraternity hazing ritual back in february and now tensions a really boiling over in the courtroom. the attorneys have been shouting at each other and it has basically been two gut wrenching days for the parents of tim piazza. visibly emotional at these proceedings, sometimes crying, who can blame them as these text messages are read aloud in court, such as this one from the pledge master of...

Binge drinking through a hazing ritual called "the gauntlet" and that they knew the rituals were dangerous and against the fraternitys national policies when he texted the pledge master saying "if anything goes wrong with the pledge as the semester, than both us are effed." lawyers say they also try to cover up their involvement and 1911 was finally called and we mentioned the fall. >> how old is he? >> hes 19. 19 years old. >> was he breathing? >> he isnt breathing. >> was there any alcohol or ...

He has cold extremities. probably going to need an pamer ambulance. >> was there alcohol or anything involved? >> yes. >> reporter: so much alcohol that piazzas blood alcohol content was four times the legal limit when he tumbled down a flight of stairs 12 hours before the 911 call. just 19, piazza, an engineering student, was pledging to join the penn state chapter of beta theta pi. >> instead, what he found was a culture of depravity and debauchery. >> reporter: the indictment reveals whatrocu...