Inspire employees with compelling live and on-demand video experiences. They aren't assholes. Justin is an assistant managing editor at CBS News. The video captured the night 14 pledges, including Piazza, were taken through a speed-drinking event called "the gauntlet." Make me see why the Piazza parents are not complete assholes. In June, Piazza family attorney Tom Kline told CBS News the family hasn't decided whether they'll be in the courtroom when the surveillance videos are played. Again, letting people off the hook for being stupid is a dangerous precedent, because it encourages criminals to maintain as much ignorance as possible and act stupid in front of the jury. WebPiazza's family left the courtroom when surveillance video was played. Privacy Policy | He had no shirt on and no shoes on. In September, following an unusually long, hard-fought preliminary hearing, a judge dismissed the most serious charges against the fraternity members. Piazza was a freshman taken in by the frat, the senior frat members are both stupid and evil. before we start calling them 'kids' and letting them off the hook for killing people. A lawyer for Joseph Ems, who had previously faced a reckless-endangerment charge that was dismissed by the district judge, said he plans to seek dismissal of the three fresh charges against his client: hazing, furnishing alcohol to a minor and an alcohol violation. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Time goes on and he falls off the couch and when he is found off the couch still unconscious he is thrown back on the couch, slapped around and punched him in the abdomen while completely unresponsive. WebVideo Shows Penn State Fraternity Pledges Final Hours Before Hazing Death. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Detectives also found a text from Becker the day after the party, saying Piazza was technically hazed into drinking that much. In another text, Becker used an expletive to say someone had argued against getting the pledges very drunk but no one listened.. That little rant you went into wasn't cool at all. Authorities based the new charges on the Beta Theta Pi basement surveillance footage deleted by a fraternity member following the 19-year-old's death. Gary DiBileo Jr. of Scranton left the Centre County Courthouse without knowing when he'll be back and if the charges against him will go to trial. And you actually say that "people need to take responsibility for their actions" yet excuse these animals? Please enter valid email address to continue. They carried him back upstairs, but it was another 40 minutes before an ambulance was summoned. Press J to jump to the feed. He drank an incredibly high amount of alcohol and fell down the basement stairs and was unconscious. Former attorney Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial continues with closing arguments: Watch live. What led to his death was the negligent behavior of the fraternity members after Tim was first injured. After investigators determined the security footage was manually deleted, they then sent the tapes to the FBI, whose agents recovered the video, authorities said in a statement. If you see a comment that has broken one, it is more effective to report it than downvote it. / CBS News. When Piazza was finally brought to the hospital on Feb. 3, he had a damaged spleen. He was just trying to join an organization. No average person would sit there, make the strange. personal nit picky digs that you were, trying to justify their blatant disregard for a humans life. A court affidavit said one of the brothers, Braxton Becker, purposely deleted the basement footage two days after Piazza died but the FBI was able to recover it. Prosecutors claim the former fraternity brothers at Beta Theta Pi waited to get Piazza help in an attempt to cover up their drinking and "coordinate a story.". Timothy Piazza, 19, was given 18 drinks in less than "I believe the charges will be bound over. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. I can honestly say that would not be how my mind would work. PennLive.come reports State College Police Detective David Scicchitano was on the witness stand for nearly 10 hours during the hearing. Scicchitano replied he did not, saying the girls were not wearing name badges, and recommended that they come forward to police. Terms of Use | "As it relates to my client, we didn't hear a lot. Scicchitano said Piazza had a visible bruise on his abdomen on the footage while being carried by brothers after the fall. In the early morning of February 3, 2017, Piazza tried to get up, but once he reached a standing position, fell backwards. Penn State's former Beta Theta Pi fraternity house now sits empty. Look at the definition of murder..I don't like over the top hyperbole and I think that's why this case has bothered me in terms of coverage. Not calling 911 immediately is not Piazza fault. His "brothers," could have handled it better, but it is clear his parents taught him no accountability, and have no idea what it is themselves. 7:45 p.m. Piazza was seen on his hands and knees in The houses security system captured many of the events the night Piazza was injured, footage that had already been played at a preliminary hearing for those charged previously. 2023 Vimeo.com, Inc. All rights reserved. The most serious offenses include involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault, while others are charged with hazing or alcohol violations. Graphic video footage of the night Piazza WebDeleted surveillance video from inside a Penn State fraternity house recovered by prosecutors has led to new charges. I see the frat members as stupid, not evil. The footage was collected by 12 cameras positioned throughout the house, the Inquirer reported. A judge presiding over the preliminary hearing, which began in June, will decide whether there is enough evidence to send the case to trial. What they did was worse than just leaving him to die. The Centre County District Attorney announced on Monday that the FBI has recovered video footage from the night before 19-year-old Timothy Piazza's death. For the time he was awake during those twelve hours he was in agony. A sketch shows the preliminary hearing in the death of Penn State student Timothy Piazza resumes in Centre County Courthouse, Bellefonte, Penn., Aug. 10, 2017. you are trying to grasp onto and shred of bullshit in a weak attempt at creating an underdog hero out of these narcissistic assholes. The Inquirer explains: "In September, Judge Allen Sinclair gutted the prosecution's case, throwing out the most serious felony charges against the fraternity members and saying prosecutors had not presented enough evidence to support them. But until recently, that did not include the basement, where Piazza was found the next morning. WebPenn State sophomore Tim Piazza spent his final hours dragging his bruised and bloodied body across a beer-soaked fraternity house floor, stumbling down stairs into iron railings, The continuation comes after nearly 12 hours of testimony and hours of surveillance footage from the fraternity house on the night Timothy Piazza, a sophomore from New Jersey, fell during a bid acceptance night party. Another 11 frat members are already facing similar charges. He was found several hours later by members of the frat. Host virtual events and webinars to increase engagement and generate leads. He was estimated to have had a blood-alcohol level several times the legal limit for adult drivers. WebTimothy Piazza, 19, from New Jersey died after falling down a flight of stairs during a hazing ritual at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house. WebDr. I don't think it's cool at all to launch a personal attack like that, in a sub reddit that is about changing view points. I don't see our legal system as something to be used for extracting a pound of flesh. Pledges showed signs of intoxication, and Piazza had to be helped to a couch. Piazza, of Lebanon, New Jersey, died from injuries he sustained as one of 14 pledges at a bid acceptance party that included a hazing ritual known as the gauntlet, requiring participants to drink wine, beer and vodka in rapid succession. Ten other students are facing related charges of reckless endangerment, tampering with evidence and providing alcohol to minors, among other charges. I would feel sorry for myself, but it just wouldn't cross my mind to blame anyone and everyone for the situation. This was men who intended to force-feed lethal amounts of alcohol into other young men. He later tried once more to descend the basement stairs, but fell down again, and remained at the base of the stairs until several of the fraternity brothers discovered him several hours later behind the bar in the basement, cold and breathing rapidly. WebReporters inside the Centre County Courthouse live tweeted the proceedings as the prosecution played the surveillance footage from the Beta Theta Pi fraternity party on "Not going to lie, this footage is pretty tough to watch," Alexandersen tweeted, around the same time Snyder reported the courtroom was silent. Piazza eventually staggered to the basement where he fell down a flight of stairs. It took nearly twelve hours for them to make the call for help. "A young man died unnecessarily," District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller (center) told reporters. Penn State's former Beta Theta Pi fraternity house now sits empty. The Beta Theta Pi house was shut down shortly thereafter and remains empty. Each fraternity brother faces charges after Piazza had a deadly fall at the Beta Theta Pi house at Penn State back in February. Of the accused young men, eight face involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and hazing, among other charges; four face reckless endangerment and hazing, among other charges; and six face charges for evidence tampering. I agree with both of those things. Upon arrival, Piazza was rushed into surgery, where he was discovered to have a ruptured spleen and class IV hemorrhagic shock. Newly recovered security camera footage from inside a Penn State fraternity house showed a pledge had been given at least 18 drinks in less than 90 minutes, investigators said Monday in announcing dozens of new charges related to the pledges death. Pledges showed signs of intoxication, and Piazza had to be helped to a couch. Attorney Ted Simon asked Scicchitano if he had a chance to identify and interview the girl, as well as a second girl spotted on the stairs. That night after the February event, Piazza drunkenly fell down the stairs and sustained the injuries that led to his death less than two days later. Edit: Btw, your comment completely justifies me using a throwaway. During questioning in court Thursday, Scicchitano said one of the 18 fraternity members already facing charges in connection to Piazza's death earlier this year may have deleted the basement video. Parks Miller said in a written statement that the basement video clearly depicts a continuation of the hazing activity previously captured upstairs, including giving pledges beer, wine and vodka. ", As NPR's Bill Chappell reported at the time, Penn State Student's Hazing Death Was No Accident, Grand Jury Says, 'Horror' Of Student's Hazing Death At Penn State Sparks Change. Penn State Frat House Death: Fast Drinking, Slow Death, Frantic Coverup In Grand Jury Timeline, Frat House Death At Penn State: A Who's Who Of The Accused. Surveillance video played in court reportedly shows Piazza repeatedly falling, passing out and tumbling head-first down a flight of stairs, and no one called 911 for hours. His lawyer did not return a message seeking comment. This is especially true when the victim is a minor who was not used to binge drinking, and even more especially true after he's already too drunk to make good decisions. hide caption. This story has been shared 102,156 times. Would you sue or press charges? Piazza was carried to a couch where frat brothers poured beer on him, hit him, and eventually propped him on his side. Tim was accountable to himself for over drinking, but the rest of the frat was accountable for essentially leaving him to rot and die, despite obvious symptoms of trauma and injury, and likely alcohol poisoning. Alexandersen said fraternity brothers were "intensely" watching the video of Piazza writhe in pain on the floor in the hours after his fall. The new allegations mark a significant escalation in a case that has taken several twists since the Dauphin County coroner initially ruled Piazza's death an accident. I don't know, a lot of humane sensible things. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Any one of these members could have called for help. Two of the defendants waived their rights to a hearing. WebPiazza, a 19-year-old sophomore at Penn State, fell down the stairs at the Beta Theta Pi house during a night of drinking for a pledge ceremony there on Feb. 2. Beckers motive, wrote State College Police Detective David Scicchitano, was to conceal the worst of the drinking and hazing. Build a site and generate income from purchases, subscriptions, and courses. Reporters inside the Centre County Courthouse live tweeted the proceedings as the prosecution played the surveillance footage from the Beta Theta Pi fraternity party on Feb. 2, the night of Piazza's fatal injury. Everybody so far has been talking about either how the parent's actions are justifiable in their grief, or that the fraternity is responsible for intentionally trying to cover up his injuries and delaying medical treatment after he fell. This may actually explain why we disagree so much Edit 2: do you have a personal connect to this? Again, these are people who WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIM BEING IN THAT CONDITION who were more concerned about the possible consequences for themselves than saving the life of a badly injured pledge. One brother tried to convince the others that Piazza needed immediate medical help, but was ignored. The grand jury document referenced surveillance footage other than the recently recovered video. "In all," The Philadelphia Inquirer reports, "25 Beta Theta Pi members now face charges.". Video on a camera insidea Penn State fraternity house was erasedtwo days after a pledge died followinga night of hazing and heavy drinking, a detective testified Thursday, according to media reports. An example should be made of that chapter, so I would say his parents are more like the dicks that are trying to fuck the assholes that just want to shit all over everything, IMO. No defendants have entered pleas at this time. Parks Miller, whos leaving office at the end of the year, then refiled many of the charges. Contributing: The Associated Press, John Bacon, USA TODAY. But the hazing was not the unconscionable part of what happened, and it wasn't what led to his death. He can't protect himself from the alcohol and the injuries, and it goes on and on until he dies, and then they don't render aid at that point. And to answer your last questionno I would not file charges or sue. It's a horrible idea for any crime, this one included. I guess I have just been annoyed with the parents claiming that if it was someone else, Tim would have saved them and walked out. Pledges were made to chug vodka and beer. The testimony came on the fourth day of a preliminary hearing for 16 members of Beta Theta Pi facing charges that includeinvoluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault in the Feb. 4 death of engineering student Timothy Piazza, 19. Over the course of 42 more minutes, the video footage shows them hauling Piazza back upstairs, shaking him, and attempting to prop his limp body up on the couch. Piazza subsequently stumbled toward the basement steps, then fell down them. They caused his condition, then exacerbated it, then refused to get him needed care immediately. "The videotape is horrible, and it is gruesome," Kline said. Feel free to message us. Any questions or concerns? He had ruptured spleen and was bleeding internally to the point that he was in class IV hemorrhagic shock (the worst level of shock caused by blood loss) by the time he made it to the hospital. "She has asked that the case be reassigned to another judge, but she is working against the clock. District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller said fraternity brothers gave Piazza 18 drinks in under one hour and 22 minutes. 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, she said. PennLive.com reporter Christian Alexandersen was also at the hearing. What these people chose to do was make it worse and try to hide the fact they were breaking campus rules at the cost of a fellow members well being. Not calling an ambulance for an unconscious, dying person, and instead beating that person up, sounds pretty evil to me. WebSurveillance video played in court reportedly shows Piazza repeatedly falling, passing out and tumbling head-first down a flight of stairs, and no one called 911 for hours. They did not call 911 until the morning of Feb. 3, about 12 hours after Piazza fell, the report said. I feel bad for the victims that they have to come back another day," said Parks Miller. When you get somebody into an environment where they have seemingly no way out, where every authority figure is encouraging or forcing you to drink and nobody would help you, say, leave and go home safely, it is extremely difficult to turn down drinks. Let's look at the Wikipedia article about the incident. After consuming a lethal amount of alcohol, Piazza fell down a flight of stairs head first. "He falls, gets injured, spleen, head, repeatedly. According to several reporters live-tweeting the surveillance footage from that night and early morning, it was hard to watch. Graphic video footage of the night Piazza died was shown for the first time in court Monday. The new charges are based on surveillance footage that authorities managed to recover after a frat brother deleted it. WebSurveillance footage from inside the frat house shown during previous hearings depicted Piazza looking like a corpse after his first drunken fall in the house, according to another WebAccording to the grand jury presentment, around 9 p.m., the videos show Piazza and other pledges in a ritual called "the gauntlet," consuming large amounts of beer, vodka and Attorney Rocco Cipparone Jr., whose client Michael Bonatucci was accused of new counts of furnishing alcohol to minors and liquor code violations, said he hopes the next district attorney will take a fresh look at the case and some of the charging decisions that have been made.. The fraternity was permanently banned from Penn Stateafter Piazza's death. The school has also changed the way it regulates fraternities and sororities, assuming more control over disciplinary procedures. And the frat basically did everything they could to ignore him, until they couldn't, at which point they tried to cover up what they did. Enter with a mindset for conversation, not debate. Security footage shows brothers slapping Piazza in the face, punching him in the stomach, and pouring beer on him, but he remained unconscious and unresponsive. Any one of these people could have stayed with him kept him from doing further damage to himself. Piazza appears lifeless for most of the video, rolling on the ground and holding his head in his hands. (CBSN). I cannot stress this enough. After 40 minutes of debating on what the next step should be, the conclusion was made that Piazza's injuries were indeed serious, and that he would require medical attention. Brothers [in the fraternity] were coming up to him and giving him those drinks.". The new charges are based on surveillance footage that authorities managed to recover after a frat brother deleted it. No one called for help until late the next morning, and the New Jersey native died Feb. 4. He rolled off the couch again and curled his body, clutching his abdomen. They used this power not to keep him safe but to encourage him to drink to the point where even if he hadn't injured himself he would have almost certainly been hospitalized or died of alcohol poisoning. Sometimes to excess. The hearing, which is expected to enter a fifth day Friday, will determine whether there is enough evidence to send the case to trial. All of the footage from a basement camera prior to Feb. 6 had been deleted before authorities had a chance to obtain it. You are asking them to think and act rationally about this, and that is something that is very difficult for grieving people to do. Meanwhile, tensions were high in the courtroom Thursday, with Centre County District Attorney Stacey Parks Miller turning her back on Judge Allen Sinclair to speak directly to the courtroom gallery, Philly.com reports. Firstly, please read through our rules. Advertisement Of course the fraternity should be punished. At one point, the men can be seen trying to dress him, but struggling against the stiffness that had set into his limbs, grand jurors said. As NPR's Bill Chappell reported at the time, charges were pressed against 18 members of the fraternity, including eight who were charged with involuntary manslaughter. Piazza never obtained any of the drinks himself, Miller said. Not every tragedy is a crime, said Ems lawyer, Bill Brennan. He suffered severe head trauma and a ruptured spleen from the fall. The next morning at 10am (not a moment before), a search for Piazza led brothers to the basement where A detective testified in court Thursday that surveillance video had vanished. Because court recessed without a decision, all 16 men are expected to be back in court in the coming weeks. Prosecutors filed charges against 12 members of the fraternity and added to the already-existing charges against five others. Mystery Surrounds Mom-of-3 Found Dead After Failing to Pick up Children from School, Police Ask for Patience, Missing Nevada Woman Stopped Contact with Family, Police Seek Tips, Unknown Man Seen Using Missing Georgia Mans Credit Card in Baton Rouge. He got up and tried to reach the front door but fell head first into it, knocking himself unconscious again. Lawsuits claim it wrecked their teeth. "Piazza looks like dead weight. One person even recommended that help be contacted but was ignored and he was left on a couch. I think they're acting like distraught parents struggling to cope with the death of their son even if it means distorting reality a bit and choosing to see his son in the best of lights and his frat brothers in the worst. Reach him at: justin@cbsnews.com. Not calling 911 immediately is what changed that story, from a crazy night where he drank too much and a lesson for future endeavors to his death. If you don't think 18-21 year olds should be legally responsible for their actions, fine, but we're also going to have to take away their rights to vote, drive, hold a job, etc. I just wanted to have a conversation. However, I'd also like to argue that the fraternity is also legally and morally responsible for his initial intoxication. (Abby Drey/AP). Now we get into our first example of negligence, when they blew off the brother who could tell something was wrong a short time after the accident. FULL STORY: Video surveillance from Pennsylvania State University fraternity house shown in court - WNEP. WebPiazza staggered on his feet down the hallway and turned right into the Away Bar Room. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. 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