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AMONG THE WORST KIND OF HAZING POSSIBLE. THAT’S HOW MIAMI UNIVERSITY LEADERS DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED AT THE DELTA TAU DELTA HOUSE MARCH 16 DURING THE FRATERNITY’S BIG/LITTLE REVEAL. THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT CALLING IT BRUTAL AND DEPLORABLE. THE UNIVERSITY’S 33 PAGE REPORT OUTLINES ALMOST 5 MONTHS WORTH OF INTERVIEWS AND EVIDENCE. THE VICTIM SAYS HE WAS BLIND-FOLDED ALONG WITH 24 OTHER PLEDGES AND LEAD TO THE WAR ROOM HE CLAIMS HE WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND WHILE BLINDFOLDED, HAD BEER SPIT ON HIS FACE AND WAS FORCED TO DO PUSHUPS WHILE BEING KICKED. HE GOES ON TO SAY 7 MEN HIT HIM WITH A PADDLE THAT HAD SPIKES AND GROOVES AND AT LEAST ONE HIT HIM WITH HIS PANTS DOWN BECAUSE QUOTE IT’S TRADITION. HE SAYS HE WASN’T ALLOWED TO LEAVE WHEN HE ASKED. THE PLEDGE ALSO DETAILS THROWING UP REPEATEDLY DURING A CHUG UNTIL YOU PUKE GAME WHERE HE WAS FORCED TO DRINK A 6-PACK OF SMIRNOFF ICE AND A FIFTH OF CROWN ROYA AFTER HIS BIG TOOK HIM BACK TO HIS DORM, HE TOLD A FRIEND CALL 911, I FEEL LIKE I’M GOING TO DIE. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED, HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL NEARLY THREE TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT. GROUP CHAT MESSAGES FROM THE DAY OF THE MANDATORY EVENT WARNED PLEDGES THE WORST IS YET TO COME AFTER THE INCIDENT HE RECEIVED A TEXT FROM A FRATERNITY BROTHER SAYING, IT’S THE POINT OF IT TO IT PUT IT -- EXPLETIVE SUCKS BUT IT PAYS OFF IN THE END. THE UNIVERSITY HAS SUSPENDED THE FRATERNITY FOR 15 YEARS THE LONGEST SUSPENSION EVER IMPOSED BY THE UNIVERSITY ON A FRATERNITY. THE DELTA TAU DELTA NATIONAL ORGANIZATION SAYS HAZING IS A BEHAVIOR WHICH TRANSCENDS FRATERNITIES AND HIGHER EDUCATION. COLLECTIVELY WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO REMOVE THIS PROBLEM FROM OUR SOCIETY. NO CRIMINAL CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED IN THIS CASE YET, BUT THE PROSECUTOR IS STILL REVIEWING THIS CAS

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A Miami University fraternity is banned from campus for the next 15 years in what the university says is the longest suspension in university history. Delta Tau Delta has been suspended since the spring 2019 semester when a pledge alleged he was hazed and physically harmed during a mandatory event, the fraternity's big/little reveal.In a 33-page redacted investigatory report and six-page letter to the Gamma Upsilon chapter president, the university calls a March 16 incident "among the worst kind of hazing possible."The report documents months worth' of interviews, confessions, text messages and pictures of the victim's injuries. The scathing sanctions match the tone of Miami University President Gregory Crawford's comments shortly after the allegations surfaced, when he called the incident "brutal and deplorable."As of Wednesday, no criminal charges have been filed, but Oxford police said the prosecutor is still reviewing the case and charges are still possible. The pledge who shared his story with officials said he was blindfolded along with 24 other pledges and led to the "war room" during a March 16 evening event at the fraternity house. He said while blindfolded, he was thrown to the ground, slapped in the face, had liquor poured on him and was forced to do pushups while several men kicked him on his sides. The report goes on to say seven men took turns hitting him with a paddle that had some sort of spikes and grooves on it. At least one brother hit him after his pants were down because "it's tradition," the report said.The victim claimed he asked to leave but was not allowed. The pledge said he was forced to drink a six-pack of Smirnoff Ice and a fifth of Crown Royal during a "chug until you puke" game. He said he threw up multiple times and was told to keep drinking. At the end of the night, he said he was asked to smoke a joint and told it would help numb some of his pain. The pledge said at that point, he asked to go back to his dorm room and his "big" took him there, telling the pledge's girlfriend that he was fine and just needed to sleep.Within five minutes of being back at his room, the pledge said: "Call 911. I feel like I'm going to die."He was taken by ambulance to the hospital with a blood alcohol content of .231, nearly three times the legal limit. As documented in the university's report, group chat messages sent to pledges the day of the mandatory event warned them, "The worst is yet to come" and "You guys don't want to drink any alcohol before you get here tonight."After the incident, the victim received a text message from a fraternity brother saying, "Please do not say anything that would threaten the future of the fraternity" and another that read, "It's the point of it to turn boys into men. It f****** sucks but it pays off in the end and you don't appreciate it until you're a little older because I hated it but now I have respect for it."Delta Tau Delta fraternity said it withdrew the charter of the Gamma Upsilon chapter at Miami University in May, the result of multiple violations, specifically hazing.Jack Kreman, the CEO of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, released a statement reading as follows: "Delta Tau Delta is a committed partner with Miami University as it addresses critical issues like hazing facing the campus community. Hazing is a behavior which transcends fraternities and higher education. Collectively we must work together to remove this problem from our society," said