Fraternity

UA Fraternity Sued Over Shared Photos; Woman Accuses Members of Emailing Sexually Explicit Images

A lawsuit filed Friday claims Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity should be held responsible for sexually explicit photographs taken without consent and then distributed to an email network for University of Arkansas, Fayetteville fraternity members. The woman suing the national organization — Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity Inc. — and the UA fraternity chapter — Gamma Chi Zeta of Lambda …


Family of Teen Who Died at Penn State Frat to File Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The family of the New Jersey teen who died after a fall at a Penn State fraternity house plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit, their attorney said Monday on ABC’s Good Morning America. Timothy Piazza, 19, who grew up in Hunterdon County and lived in Readington Township, died on Feb. 4 after falling face-first down a set of basement stairs on Feb. 2 at the Penn State fraternity house where he …


Indiana University Settles Lawsuit Over Sexual Assault Case

Indiana University settles lawsuit over sexual assault case File photo BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A federal lawsuit filed by a Maryland woman against Indiana University has been dismissed after a financial settlement was reached. In her lawsuit, the woman alleged she was raped by a student who had been allowed to remain at the school after being accused of sexually assaulting someone else two years …


Judge Tossed Out Lawsuit Over ‘Rolling Stone’ Rape Story

On Wednesday, a judge tossed out a lawsuit that former fraternity members at the University of Virginia filed against Rolling Stone for defamation over an article that described a gang rape at their fraternity. The story was later discredited and Rolling Stone has since retracted it. U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel cited comments as “speculation and hypothesis rather than fact,” according …


Trial Begins in Hazing Lawsuit Against Fraternity in Md.

A trial begins Monday in a hazing lawsuit that a former Bowie State University student filed against Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. The former student, Kevin Hayes, filed the lawsuit in 2014, saying the fraternity should have made sure its chapters and members followed its anti-hazing rules. The $3 million lawsuit claims Hayes was beaten, body-slammed and spanked with a wooden paddle on a daily …