Story link: Alpha member gets 180 days in jail for hazing and 10 years’ probation, not 20 years in prison

Raymond Lee wipes tears after learning of his punishment. The victim, Braylon Curry, (left) nearly died after chugging water. Classes kept him away from Monday’s proceedings.

Both options weighed on jurors’ minds as they considered how to punish the first of eight men charged in an SMU fraternity initiation that involved chugging water and caused a pledge to nearly die.

They returned with a little of both Monday, according to relatives of the defendant and victim. Raymond Lee received 10 years’ probation, a $10,000 fine and 180 days in jail.

The 28-year-old DeSoto fitness trainer was convicted Friday of aggravated assault in connection with the November 2003 off-campus ritual of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Advocate’s Andrea Gallo updates LSU suicide and hazing news

Here is the link. Reporting is exceptionally good. Story is too familiar and disheartening–Hank Nuwer

LSU close call mirrors previous LSU hazing death

Here is the link and WBRZ 3 excerpt A hospitalized male student and a female acquaintance’s suicide are at the center of the investigation, WBRZ learned Tuesday. The Advocate reported the female’s suicide came after the male student was hospitalized for alcohol poisoning. The male student became critically ill after an incident late Sunday and […]

Update: Florida State Andrew Coffey death–Clay Muehlstein

Excerpt: For the third time, Muehlstein is accused of violating the rules of his pre-trial release agreement. In at least two of the previous violations, Muehlstein was accused of drinking alcohol. He was also returned back into jail custody after getting into a fight at a Tallahassee bar in 2018. Now, he is being held without […]