HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - A federal lawsuit was filed this week against the University of Southern Mississippi, the local chapters of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Omega Psi Phi, Inc. and others.

This 45-page lawsuit details alleged physical and mental hazing.

Images included in the lawsuit show the plaintiffs injuries after what the lawsuit calls “Hell Night.”

The lawsuit describes Hell Night as an “initiation ritual” in which “pledges were required, as a condition of membership into the fraternity, to allow Omega Psi Phi members to beat them with a wooden paddle”

The lawsuit says this took place on April 16, 2023.

The photos included in the lawsuit are of the plaintiffs buttock.

The plaintiff is still in a hospital gown with visible staples and a large bandage.

The lawsuit detai

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