ALBANY, NY (NEWS 10) – A total of seven men have been charged in the 2014 hazing death of University at Albany student Trevor Duffy. 
 
 The men are accused of forcing Duffy to drink a 60-ounce bottle of vodka, leading to his death. 
 
 The fraternity the men say they were part of, Zeta beta Tau, has released a statement denouncing them. 
 
 According to the statement, the men were not a part of the fraternity that is sanctioned by UAlbany. 
 
 The fraternity, based in Indianapolis, has retained legal counsel and is planning to sue the men. 
 
 The full statement reads as follows: 
 
 Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity has no affiliation with the rogue group that illegally used the Zeta Beta Tau name at the University of Albany and is involved in the alleged hazing that resulted in the death of a University of Albany student. The group is not the Epsilon Gamma Chapter of Zeta Beta Tau, which is recognized by the Fraternity and the University as a leader on campus. Rather, these men are a separate rogue group not authorized to use the Zeta Beta Tau name. 
 
 The men allegedly involved in this incident are not, nor have never been, members of Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity. This group allegedly involved in the incident is not recognized by the University nor Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity. 
 
 Zeta Beta Tau is retaining counsel for the purposes of filing suit against these individuals who falsely represented themselves, deceiving the public and damaging the otherwise exceptional reputation of our Fraternity. 
 
 Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, ZBT, its symbols, slogans, and materials are protected by United States Copyright and Trademark law and Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, Inc. has the sole and exclusive right to license the use of its copyrights and trademarks. Anyone found to be engaged in unauthorized use of ZBT’s intellectual property (including, but not limited to, representing themselves as a member of a chapter or undergraduate member of ZBT at University at Albany or using copyrighted or trademarked materials, or wearing ZBT letters) may be subject to legal action. ||||| text size 
 
 ZBT Fraternity suing group linked to hazing deaths for using its name 
 
 
 
 
 
 ALBANY -- Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity is suing a group of University of Albany students connected with a 2014 hazing death, saying the group was never recognized as a chapter of the fraternity. 
 
 
 
 According to a fraternity statement, the group is not recognized by either the fraternity or the university. The group claimed to be a part of the Epsilon Gamma chapter, which is recognized by the national fraternity and by the university. 
 
 
 
 Zeta Beta Tau is retaining counsel for the purpose of bringing a lawsuit against the individuals, claiming they falsely represented themselves, deceiving the public and damaging the fraternity's otherwise exceptional reputation. 
 
 
 
 According to the national fraternity, the name Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, ZBT, its symbols, slogans and materials are all protected by copyright. Unauthorized use leaves the rogue group subject to legal action, fraternity officials said. 
 
 
 
 Zeta Beta Tau was founded in 1898 in New York City, as the world's first Jewish fraternity. It has chapters on more than 90 campuses across North America, and has more than 130,000 undergraduate and alumni brothers worldwide. 
 
 
 
 Attorney Paul DerOhannesian is representing Joseph Angilletta, one of the students accused in connection to Duffy's death. 
 
 
 
 “Clearly one aspect here is they seem to want to distance themselves from this tragic event,” DerOhannesian said. 
 
 
 
 He said CBS 6 informed him of the new lawsuit against Angilletta and wasn't ready to state his client's case in regard to the new allegations. 
 
 
 
 “It’s certainly different, it’s certainly novel and I'm not sure why they'd take that step,” DerOhannesian said. 
 
 
 
 ZBT Fraternity suing group linked to hazing deaths for using its name
– The seven men accused of the 2014 hazing of a SUNY Albany student that caused his death are already in trouble with the school and the police. Now they've got a new problem on their hands: a lawsuit set to be filed by the fraternity whose name they apparently appropriated. Zeta Beta Tau's national office says the "rogue" group of SUNY Albany students charged in the death of 19-year-old Trevor Duffy used the frat's name without authorization and isn't linked to the actual recognized chapter on campus, NBC News reports. "Zeta Beta Tau is retaining counsel for the purposes of filing suit against these individuals who falsely represented themselves, deceiving the public and damaging the otherwise exceptional reputation of our Fraternity," a fraternity statement reads, per News10. Duffy died after allegedly being made to consume nearly half a gallon of vodka in a case that made headlines; his BAC was seven times the legal limit, notes NBC. The national fraternity says its intellectual property—including its name, the ZBT initials, and other materials—are protected under copyright rules, WRGB reports. That means anyone who falsely claims to be affiliated with the frat is fair game for legal action, a move the attorney for one of the accused says he's baffled by. "It's certainly novel, and I'm not sure why they'd take that step," the lawyer for Joseph Angilletta, one of two men arrested just last week in the case, tells the station. "Clearly one aspect here is they seem to want to distance themselves from this tragic event." (Five Baruch College frat members may face up to 20 years behind bars for allegedly taking part in the "glass ceiling.")