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The fiasco that is the Sayreville High School varsity football team hazing scandal has impacted many and will continue to impact many, and the sad thing is it was all easily avoidable.
CBS 2 has learned that eight football coaches have been let go in connection with the Sayreville War Memorial High School football hazing scandal, in addition to the five coaches who were suspended.
Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey's office has charged seven Sayreville varsity football players with sexually assaulting four younger teammates during several hazing rituals in the locker room. He talked exclusively to CBS 2 on Monday.
Seven Sayreville football players were charged for allegedly hazing four underclassmen in locker rooms in incidents occurring over the course of 10 days.
Sources tell CBS 2 a sheriff's van took away at least three Sayreville High School football players still in custody and charged with sexual assault from Middlesex County Family Court.
Superintendent Richard Labbe, who canceled Sayreville High School's football season after allegations of hazing, says he is weighing whether to restore the program after this season.
Organizer Maureen Jenkins said she wanted the event to send an anti-bullying message and provide support to the district for deciding to put student safety ahead of football.
The six other students, ranging in age from 15 to 17, were arrested Friday night in connection with the assaults at regional football power Sayreville War Memorial High School.
Six teens were arrested in Sayreville, New Jersey Friday evening – and a seventh was wanted by police – in connection with alleged intimidation and hazing on the Sayreville High School football team.
Earlier Wednesday, an exclusive story by Matthew Stanmyre of NJ Advance Media was published to the site. In it are graphic details of what allegedly happened inside the football locker room at the school.
Controversy has erupted after Sayreville High School in New Jersey suddenly canceled three football games, and prosecutors have also launched an investigation into what sources told CBS 2 may have been hazing.
Miss America Kira Kazantsev said Tuesday that she was removed from her college sorority over a letter that made light of hazing, but she denied a report that she was involved in aggressively hazing fellow students.
The University of Connecticut has banned three more Greek organizations for hazing, claiming that students were forced to eat pet food, bob for mini-bottles of alcohol from toilets and be partly or fully nude.
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The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity joins the banned sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma, which had its registration and recognition revoked last week over the same incident.
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As the Braham family prepares to bury their son, an investigation is now being launched in two states into whether allegations of college fraternity hazing is connected to the suicide of 18-year-old Marquise Braham.
A fraternity at Penn State Altoona has been suspended after a freshman from Queens committed suicide.
Two state lawmakers are looking to strengthen New York's anti-hazing laws after a Baruch College fraternity member died in December.
The Pi Delta Psi fraternity has disowned its Baruch College chapter, following the death of a student who died after taking part of a hazing ritual.
Chun "Michael'' Deng, a 19-year-old freshman and pledge at Pi Delta Psi, died Monday while at a weekend retreat with the fraternity in Pennsylvania.
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The internal police report states that two players, who have not been identified, forcibly held down a third player and rubbed against him in a sexual manner. All were fully clothed.
Some say Martin, a Stanford graduate who went about his business quietly, handled the situation well. But pro football is a macho world, and some players believe Martin should have responded more firmly.
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