Penn State frat members gave pledge 18 drinks in less than 90 minutes, video shows

Mike Deak | (Bridgewater, N.J.) Courier News

Show Caption Hide Caption New charges brought forward in Penn State hazing death A slew of new charges were announced Monday — including aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter — against former members of the Penn State fraternity accused of being involved in the hazing death of 19-year-old sophomore Timothy Piazza.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Beta Theta Pi brothers gave their pledge 18 drinks in an hour and 22 minutes, surveillance video from the basement of the fraternity house shows.

The new tape led Centre County's district attorney, Stacy Parks Miller, to announce additional criminal charges Monday against frat members as a result of the investigation into deleted surveillance video fromtake possession of the recording equipment.

State College police sent the box to the FBI, whose agents were able to restore the deleted video.

The basement video clearly depicts a continuation of the hazing previously captured upstairs during a gauntlet. Brothers furnished beer to pledges at a beer pong gauntlet station and immediately handed them beers to perform another shotgun together as a pledge class.

On the video, fraternity brothers approach the pledges with alcohol, requiring them to drink wine, beer and vodka. Tim Piazza does not obtain his own alcohol at any point.

“In fact, on video, Tim Piazza does not obtain his own alcohol at any point — rather, every drink consumed was provided to him by a fraternity brother,” Miller said.

As the pledges returned to the first floor, they