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Excerpt:After the [Thursday] morning hearing, Badgley’s lawyer, Mariana Rossman, rushed her client away from the courthouse, telling reporters along the way that Badgley would be exonerated.

Olsen’s lawyer, Michael Murphy, said his client wasn’t present when DeVercelly was drinking.

Murphy said the criminal charge has been difficult for Olsen, a finance major who plans to start his senior year at Rider this fall.

“We’ll get through it,” Murphy said. “We’ll just have to see what the prosecutor has.”

By Hank Nuwer

Journalist Hank Nuwer tracks hazing deaths in fraternities and schools. Nuwer is the Alaska author of Hazing: Destroying Young Lives; Broken Pledges: The Deadly Rite of Hazing, High School Hazing, Wrongs of Passage and The Hazing Reader. In April of 2024 and April 2025 , the Alaska Press Club awarded him first place in the Best Columnist division.

He has written articles or columns on hazing for the Sunday Times of India, Toronto Globe & Mail, Harper's Magazine, Orlando Sentinel, The Chronicle of Higher Education and the New York Times Sunday Magazine. His current book is Hazing: Destroying Young Lives from Indiana University Press. He is married to Malgorzata Wroblewska Nuwer of Fairbanks, Alaska. Read his musings in his blog at Real Alaska Daily--http://realalaskadaily.com

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