![]() If there had been one person who stood in the place of this association, then he'd be charged. "The law of manslaughter says you are criminally responsible when you engage in reckless and wanton conduct. "My office determined that the indictments should be aimed at the fraternity that promoted and orchestrated the activities that ultimately led to Scott Krueger's death, not at the people who were sent on a purchasing errand. Martin explained why the fraternity was indicted. 29, 1997." FRATS 'ON NOTICE'Īt the news conference, Mr. He was rushed by ambulance to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston, where he remained in a coma for some 40 hours until he was ultimately pronounced dead on Monday, Sept. Emergency medical technicians responded quickly and discovered that Scott Krueger was not breathing, his face was blue, and he had choked on his own vomit. Instead of immediately calling 911, a fraternity member dialed the MIT campus police who in turn transferred the call to 911. Approximately 10 minutes later Krueger was unconscious and covered with vomit. Two 'big brothers' of the fraternity then carried Krueger to his new bedroom in the fraternity, placed him on his stomach, and positioned a trash can nearby. Within minutes, he began to lose consciousness. "As the event wore on, Krueger began complaining of nausea and lay down on a couch. ![]() The 'big brothers' were introduced and then the whole group sang a Phi Gamma Delta drinking song that ended with the words 'drink her down, drink her down, drink her down, down, down.' Each 'big brother' had an additional bottle of hard liquor to share with his 'little brother.' Scott Krueger's 'big brother' presented him with a bottle of Bacardi spiced rum. At about 11pm, the fraternity 'big brothers' entered the 'Animal House' room and the pledge trainer ordered the pledges to line up. 26, 1997, the Phi Gamma Delta 'pledge trainer' provided the group of pledges with beer and a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey that he had purchased earlier. The detailed statement continued, "During the first part of the event on the night of Sept. "There never was any compulsion to drink a prescribed amount of alcohol," Mr. (Timothy Burke, attorney for the "pledge trainer," said he disagreed with the prosecutor's summary. Scott Krueger expressed anxiety about the event to his twin sister and to fellow pledges at MIT." The pledges were told that they were to gather together that night at 8:30pm in a designated room at the fraternity, watch the movie Animal House and collectively drink a certain prescribed amount of alcohol. The pledge trainer advised these 12 freshman pledges that their attendance was mandatory and that they would meet their fraternity 'big brothers' at the end of the night. 24, 1997, Krueger and the rest of his 12-member pledge group "were told by their fraternity's elected 'pledge trainer' that an event, traditionally called 'Animal House Night,' would be held on the evening of Friday, Sept. The statement charged that the cause of death in real terms "was the wanton and reckless conduct on the part of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, its officers and its members in promoting and orchestrating the 'Animal House' drinking event, supplying an inherently dangerous amount of alcohol, and then abandoning Scott Krueger when he was in dire need of medical treatment." Wechsler of the Homicide Unit, said the medical cause of Scott Krueger's death was acute alcohol intoxication and aspiration - choking on his vomit. The detailed statement, submitted by Assistant District Attorney Pamela J. "Sophisticated analysis will legitimately bring us to the point where an unincorporated association can sue and be sued. Martin said the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, an unincorporated association, would face criminal charges in the death. No charges were brought against individual members of the fraternity, the alumni corporation which owns the house, or MIT.Īt Thursday's news conference, Mr. 401 - a toxic amount that is more than five times the legal limit in Massachusetts," it said.Īn arraignment is scheduled for October 1. ![]() "While at this event, fraternity officers and members provided Krueger with enough alcohol to raise his blood-alcohol level to. Martin II filed on September 14 and released by court officials following a September 17 news conference said Scott Krueger, 18, of Orchard Park, NY, drank "an inherently dangerous amount of alcohol at an organized, mandatory, annual fraternity hazing event." It said the event was known as Animal House Night and featured a showing of the movie Animal House. The four-and-a-half-page "statement of the case" by District Attorney Ralph C. The Suffolk County district attorney has detailed the charges of manslaughter and hazing against the now-defunct Phi Gamma Delta fraternity in the September 1997 drinking death of MIT freshman Scott Krueger.
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