The video includes Piazza consuming nearly 20 drinks in 90 minutes. Absolutely nobody around checking on him? Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Getting knock out drunk? I can concede they are stupid. Prosecutors filed charges against 12 members of Penn State's now-shuttered Beta Theta Pi chapter and added to the already-existing charges against five others. It would be nearly another six hours before an ambulance was called for Piazza, who died with traumatic brain injuries and a ruptured spleen. WebThe attorney general's office has new evidence: surveillance video from the basement of that frat house on Penn State's main campus. Advertisement Sometimes to excess. Happy CMVing! The next morning, fraternity members located Piazza, unconscious, in the basement. Tim Piazza (center) is pictured with his parents, Evelyn and James. 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. 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. WebPiazza's family left the courtroom when surveillance video was played. 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. This was men who intended to force-feed lethal amounts of alcohol into other young men. Scicchitano said one of the members of Beta Theta Pi already facing charges in connection to the death of engineering student Tim Piazza deleted the footage, but he did not identity that individual in court, PennLive.com reports. Advertisement Another 11 frat members are already facing similar charges. Centre County Report. I know; I sound callous, and my view is wayyyy different than other peoples'. First published on November 13, 2017 / 12:53 PM. What they did was far worse than, say driving drunk and killing someone which would still be involuntary manslaughter. 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. Piazza was a freshman taken in by the frat, the senior frat members are both stupid and evil. "Not going to lie, this footage is pretty tough to watch," Alexandersen tweeted, around the same time Snyder reported the courtroom was silent. Piazza, who was left on a first-floor couch overnight, made severalattempts to get up but fell multiple times,in some cases hitting his head and falling down the stairs. Timothy Piazza, 19, from New Jersey died after falling down a flight of stairs during a hazing ritual at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house. Shit is about to get real and hit the fan because charges have been refiled, theres new charges, on top of a new judge overseeing the entire thing and new evidence. The footage, by all accounts, is disturbing. WebTim Piazza may have been somewhat complicit in the hazing. He is estimated to have had a blood alcohol content (BAC) of nearly .40 on the night of the hazing incident. Roughly twelve hours after his initial fall, emergency services were summoned but not informed that the fall had occurred the night before. Alexandersen said fraternity brothers were "intensely" watching the video of Piazza writhe in pain on the floor in the hours after his fall. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital in the early hours of Feb. 4. This wasnt boys being boys. BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- (WNEP) -- Investigators say a Penn State fraternity pledge's slow death at a frat party was caught on cameras. 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 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. after reading this entire thread and especially all of your answers OP im getting the impression you are either someone (a brother/pledge) who was there that night, or someone with some type of intimate frat involvement to the case and timothy. The bombshell revelation by State College police Detective David Scicchitano came during a hearing to determine if theres enough evidence to send the case to trial. PSU/frat/Piazza? 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. Investigators say his blood alcohol level was between .28 and .36. After consuming a lethal amount of alcohol, Piazza fell down a flight of stairs head first. It could certainly be considered nansalyhbter, and it is horrible what these kids didbut can you explain how this all of a sudden became murder? Piazza died as a "direct result of the extremely reckless conduct of members of the Beta fraternity," aided by the permissive atmosphere fostered by Penn State's Interfraternity Council, the grand jury found. Beta Theta Pi fraternity house at Penn State. Pledges showed signs of intoxication, and Piazza had to be helped to a couch. To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com. Piazza "was a happy and caring human being" who "was killed at the hands of those he was seeking friendship from," his father said, according to ABC News. 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. He suffered severe head trauma and a ruptured spleen from the fall. Parks Miller, whos leaving office at the end of the year, then refiled many of the charges. WebOne of the 18 Beta Theta Pi members charged with the Feb. 4 death of 19-year-old Tim Piazza removed everything from the basement camera two days after his alcohol-related Twenty-six people now face charges in the case. And you actually say that "people need to take responsibility for their actions" yet excuse these animals? 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. 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 At this point normal people would call for medical help. Three brothers picked him up and "slammed" him back onto the couch. "Ems kept looking straight ahead," the report said. 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. Graphic video footage of the night Piazza died was shown for the first time in court Monday. 2023 Telepictures Productions Inc. 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. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. He was found several hours later by members of the frat. These were supposed to be his friends. Investigators say the frat brothers waited 12 hours to call 911. You know what, if somebody falls down a flight of stairs because they're blackout drunk, you should probably make sure that nothing bad happens to him. The legal system is mostly consequentialist simply because letting judges and juries decide which defendants are 'nice people at heart' and let them go, is exactly how lynch mobs and rich, pillar of the community rapists got away with a slap on the wrists or less. First of all, these are not kids, they are adults. "His eyes were closed. Timothy is accountable for over consuming alcohol (under severe social pressure from his Brothers, which could easily be argued as coercion). Would you sue or press charges? I don't see our legal system as something to be used for extracting a pound of flesh. Piazza received "at least 18 drinks in over 1 hour and 22 minutes," Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller said at a news conference Monday, and he "never once obtained any of those drinks for himself. Reach him at: justin@cbsnews.com. you are trying to grasp onto and shred of bullshit in a weak attempt at creating an underdog hero out of these narcissistic assholes. Piazza, a 19-year-old engineering student from Lebanon, New Jersey, suffered a fractured skull, shattered spleen and other injuries, likely during a series of falls inside the house. This is a footnote from the CMV moderators. Privacy Policy | The charges filed Monday which range from involuntary manslaughter to aggravated assault and hazing rely on surveillance footage taken during the pledge event connected with the 19-year-old's death. Piazza, 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. Cold and hyperventilating. 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. More than a dozen members of a Penn State University frat are facing additional charges in the highly publicized hazing death of Tim Piazza after investigators were able to retrieve deleted surveillance footage, prosecutors announced Monday. The district attorney's office in Centre County, Pennsylvania, has announced new charges in the death of Tim Piazza. Before emergency assistance arrived, the brothers wiped blood from his face and attempted to dress him, but his body was too rigid to successfully put clothes on. In this attempt he managed to hit himself in the head several more times and knock himself out again. Piazzas father, Jim Piazza, said his family was making plans for the holidays without the son. Well, we beat him and slapped him, what more could we do? One of the 18 fraternity members facing charges in the death of a Penn State pledge deleted footage from a basement surveillance camera two days after the 19-year-old sophomore died, a detective testified Thursday. Police have said Piazza fell head first down 15 basement steps at around 11 p.m. on the night of Feb. 2, but no one called 911 until the next morning. Heated disagreements broke out while Parks Miller shared hours of evidence with the court, including surveillance video from cameras set up around the frat house. One of the main revelations from the footage: Fraternity brothers gave Piazza at least 18 drinks in one hour and 22 minutes. "He falls, gets injured, spleen, head, repeatedly. 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. He rolled off the couch again and curled his body, clutching his abdomen. Harry Kamerow said he used video evidence and medical records to establish that Piazza's fall at 11:22 p.m. down the basement steps caused his fatal brain and spleen What they did was worse than just leaving him to die. Stupid yes, but they just don't fit my idea of evil. Second of all, yes, victims of horrible crimes often did something stupid or unwise, which is why they were preyed upon instead of someone else who was more cautious and more difficult prey. Also Thursday, an attorney for Luke Visser, one of the defendants charged in Piazzas death, revealed what he claimed to be new information indicating that Piazza may have tripped over a girl sitting on a stairwell leading to the basement suggesting it was more of an accident than the result of drunkenness. She issued several tweets about the surveillance tapes, calling the footage "grueling" to watch. Any one of these people could have stayed with him kept him from doing further damage to himself. I can honestly say that would not be how my mind would work. One fraternity member is accused of deleting the video as police were seeking the footage. 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.. 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. Join Vimeo i have to say, if this were just a random person from the general public, they seriously wouldnt be this invested to make a throwaway account to make someone change their simpleton mind and then it results in you fighting to hang onto every tooth and infected hang nail (points which are not at all logical, and seriously only are one a sociopathic, guilty person would be rationalizing) Youre throwing shit to a wall and hoping it sticks, desperate for a new defense to use in court since the basement footage has now been released. Ok, so they are already violating the alcohol-free provision. Third, being stupid instead of evil is not a defense for a crime. The video captured the night 14 pledges, including Piazza, were taken through a speed-drinking event called "the gauntlet." Flanked by Piazza's parents, Centre County district attorney Stacy Parks Miller told reporters that 12 new defendants, as well as five old ones, are facing new criminal charges, including involuntary manslaughter, hazing and giving alcohol to minors. They carried him back upstairs, but it was another 40 minutes before an ambulance was summoned. 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. He said it was one of the fraternity members facing charges in connection with Piazza's death, but he did not reveal the name in court andsaid the footage disappeared before police could collect it. I agree with both of those things. And to answer your last questionno I would not file charges or sue. One of the 18 Beta Theta Pi members charged with the Feb. 4 death of 19-year-old Tim Piazza removed everything from the basement camera two days after his alcohol-related passing. They are grieving parents looking for something to explain why their son has been killed. They are acting like total jerks attacking these kids in public. 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. 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. What happened to him after that, is entirely on the willful and blatant negligence of his frat brothers. Lawsuits claim it wrecked their teeth. "Piazza looks like dead weight. Contributing: The Associated Press, John Bacon, USA TODAY. 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. He's unconscious," Scicchitano said after Piazzas first fall. And Ive had it with you, too.. His brain had swollen to the point that roughly half of his skull had to be removed to relieve the pressure. 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. And what happened throughout the night was just careless disregard for human life.". He was pronounced dead after roughly 20 hours of surgery proved that he could not likely recover. Scicchitano described scenes where Piazza was unconscious. Prosecutors filed charges against 12 members of Penn State's now-shuttered Beta Theta Pi chapter and added to the already-existing charges against five others. According to reporters at the hearing, Scicchitano said the fraternity brothers were acting like "drill sergeants" and yelling at the pledges to drink. Maybe he didn't need to go to an event where he knew there would be drinking, but it's doubtful he expected to be forced to drink as much as he was or that he could have possibly been making rational decisions a few drinks in. State College Police Detective David Scicchitano said he believed he knew the identity of the person who deleted the footage, PennLive.com reported. 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