Hazing cases at Ohio universities rarely result in criminal charges

ATHENS — Fraternity brothers at Ohio University whipped their pledges with belts, pelted them with eggs and forced them to chug a large bottle of vodka in less than an hour at what was called “Blackout Monday.”

A pledge at Miami University reported to the school that he was blindfolded and beaten with a spiked paddle that caused cuts and bruising.

A parent detailed how fraternity brothers at Ohio State University slipped drugs into their pledges’ drinks to make them “freak out, vomit and make fools of themselves.”

Universities took action against the fraternities, including suspending or expelling the organizations. But despite a law enacted in 1983 making hazing a fourth-degree misdemeanor in Ohio, no one has been criminally charged in any of the cases.

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((Lima News)