A fraternity on LSU's campus was the site for an alleged hazing incident during the university's "rush week."

The incident happened at the Kappa Sigma fraternity house on Aug. 21, according to a report from university police. Other details are slim.

LSU was the site of the infamous death of freshman Max Gruver from alcohol poisoning in 2017 during a hazing ritual to pledge the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

Earlier this year, a sophomore student at Southern University seized and died after being punched repeatedly in the chest during a ritual to pledge the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

A criminal hazing statute written into state law following Gruver's death, and which allows for a felony charge in certain cases, was used when charging the three Omega Psi Phi brothers considered suspects

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