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Brendan Young and Daniel Casey were the president and vice president of Beta Theta Pi on Feb. 2, 2017, whenThe fraternity, which was supposed to be alcohol-free because of a suspension eight years prior, lined the pledges up in the basement and forced them to down approximately 3 shots of vodka from a “handle,” before running the “gauntlet” which featured chugging a beer, guzzling wine from a bag, and playing beer pong.
After the gauntlet, Piazza was placed on a couch and left unsupervised, and with his blood alcohol content between .28 and .36, he stumbled around the house before falling down the basement stairs at around 11 p.m.Timothy Piazza died days after he fell at a Penn State fraternity where he participated in a pledging event consisting of downing a large quantity of alcohol in a short time in Feb. 2017.
The two men had participated in and facilitated the hazing event, with Casey serving as the pledge master at the time of the incident.Brendan Young Jr., the former Beta Theta Pi president walks out of Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. on June 12, 2017.The 14 counts of hazing equated to one for each pledge with the reckless endangerment charge connected to Piazza.
“Mr. Piazza was simply seeking to join a social organization for the benefits of community and shared experiences, as so many university students do. Most of those students go on to successful lives and careers — basic expectations following college which Mr. Piazza never had the opportunity to experience.”The criminal prosecution of these cases has taken a significant amount of time due, in large part, to appeals of pre-trial court rulings, the attorney general added.
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