Student left blind and unable to walk after being forced to chug vodka bottle in college ‘hazing’

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Santulli was a freshman at the University of Missouri Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house, known as Fiji, when he suffered alcohol poisoning during an initiation ceremony on 20 October 2021. According to a lawsuit filed by Mr Bianchi against 23 defendants, Mr Santulli was blindfolded in a room at the campus fraternity and pressured to drink a full bottle of Tito’s vodka by his “pledge father” Ryan Delanty. open image in gallery Protestors opposing fraternity hazing chant outside the Phi Gamma Delta chapter at the University of Missouri in February The amended lawsuit alleges Mr Wetzler put a tube into Mr Santulli’s mouth and poured beer into his throat, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported. Prior to the hazing pledge night, Mr Santulli had endured a “month of abuse” at the hands of the fraternity, according to the lawsuit.