A former San Diego State University student is suing a fraternity after a hazing incident “almost killed him,” according to a new lawsuit.
The complaint, which names the national Kappa Sigma fraternity, its defunct SDSU chapter, and several suspended members of the SDSU chapter, alleges that the fraternity members forced Benjamin Brennan to finish a 750 milliliter bottle of hard liquor in 30 minutes and consume drugs on April 16, 2021.
Members allegedly forced Brennan, who was 19 at the time, to continue consuming alcohol in amounts that would “literally kill most people” after “he could no longer care for himself, stand, or speak,” the civil complaint states.
Between the evening of April 16 and the next morning, Brennan “was on a couch unable to move or speak due to severe intoxication” while fraternity members allegedly struck him with “paddles” and other objects.
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Kappa Sigma members put Brennan in a vehicle and transported him to a hospital, where they allegedly left him, “failing to provide any information whatsoever that could have assisted the hospital’s efforts to treat him.” His attorneys argue that the apparent decision to leave Brennan at the hospital without giving more information to medical professionals “aggravated and compounded his injuries.”
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“Subsequently, hospital personnel found Plaintiff BRENNAN unconscious, vomiting and not protecting his airway. Plaintiff BRENNAN was placed on life support, intubated and was given a 1 % chance of survival by treating physicians due to his grave condition and Blood Alcohol Content Level of .489 which was recorded at some point in time long after BRENNAN had stopped consuming alcohol. Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC was also found in his system,” the complaint states.
Mitchell B. Wilson, executive director of the national Kappa Sigma Fraternity, told Fox News Digital…
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