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TexasTowelie

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Wed Feb 5, 2020, 07:28 PM Feb 2020

Texas State suspends Pi Kappa Phi for 7 years following allegation of 'brutal attack'

SAN MARCOS -- Texas State University has suspended the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity for seven years after a student sued the organization and its members, alleging an attack left him with a skull fracture and traumatic brain injury.

A spokesman for the university confirmed the chapter has been suspended for a minimum of seven years beginning on Jan. 27. He did not comment on what prompted the suspension. Victor Tran, a spokesman for the national Pi Kappa Phi headquarters, said the organization is appealing the university decision.

In December, 22-year-old Texas State student Nikolas Panagiotopoulos filed a lawsuit in state district court in Travis County seeking more than $1 million in compensation after he said fraternity members and their guests attacked him in the early hours of Oct. 27.

According to the lawsuit, Panagiotopoulos passed by the house around 2:30 a.m., where members and social guests of the fraternity were outside and were “unruly, acting aggressively and/or intoxicated.” The group began to taunt and harass Panagiotopoulos, in part, because they mistakenly believed he was part of a different social club, his attorneys said.

Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/20200205/texas-state-suspends-pi-kappa-phi-for-7-years-following-allegation-of-lsquobrutal-attackrsquo

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Texas State suspends Pi Kappa Phi for 7 years following allegation of 'brutal attack' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2020 OP
One of the reasons why 2naSalit Feb 2020 #1
They're called frat rats for a reason. czarjak Feb 2020 #2
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