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learned about their son s final moments. they said they had worked on max for 45 minutes, but there was nothing they could do. reporter: police say 18-year-old max was taking part in a hazing ritual where pledges are forced to drink highly concentrated alcohol if they incorrectly answer questions about the fraternity. max s blood alcohol level, .496. six times the legal limit. yeah. so, that night, i m sure it was it was enough to kill you. reporter: the ten current and former fraternity members arrested. could face charges ranging from misdemeanor hazing to negligent homicide, a felony. we were hook, line and sinker. like our son made a great decision with this fraternity. reporter: max s parents say before he joined, they went online to research this fraternity. there was no hazing. no hazing. it was an alcohol-free house. reporter: what they weren t aware of, multiple complaints of excessive drinking and hazing at lsu s chapter and some members had been suspend
next tonight, ten young men under arrest in the suspected hazing death of a college student in louisiana. the lsu freshman died after attending a fraternity pledge event called bible study. here s abc s steve osunsami. reporter: one by one today, the frat brothers accused in the september hazing death of this lsu freshman were led away in handcuffs. their lawyers were upset it had to be so public. they re going to parade these kids up this walkway and into that facility and to parish prison. it s not necessary. reporter: nine of the ten young men from phi delta theta are charged tonight with misdemeanor hazing. but 19-year-old matthew naquin, who witnesses say was the most aggressive that night, is also accused of negligent homicide, a felony. 19-year-old max gruver died after what they called a bible study september 13th. pledges were asked questions about the fraternity, and police say that naquin and two others forced them to drink 190-proof alcohol when they got the ans
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florida said murder charges don t apply because champion suffered too many blunt force traumas for the medical examiner to know for sure which one was fatal. champion died in november after running through what the band calls crossing bus c. a ritual in which someone walks from the front to the back of the band s bus while getting pummeled by bandmates. a month later, champion s parents told abc they worried about the school s culture. i pray that no other kid, no other parent would have to go through what we went through. reporter: prosecutors say they are also charging 20 other people with misdemeanor hazing in unrelated cases. that prosecutor, lawson lamar, said he s not naming the 13 who have been charged because they still haven t been arrested, and he s concerned they might flee. rob and sunny? good to see the justice is moving on that. i never understood the whole hazing thing. why people subject themselves to that. to belong to some group. yeah, i don t get that eithe