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03 Aug Tyler Kim Press Release

Posted at 11:35h in News by

August 3, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: Tyler Jones – 252-675-7606
tyler@speakstrategic.com

THE PEPER LAW FIRM, PA FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST PI KAPPA PHI FRATERNITY ON BEHALF OF FORMER COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON STUDENT FOR ACTS THAT LED TO HIS SEVERE BEATING

Tyler Kim vs. Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity; Alpha Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity; Pi Kappa Phi Properties; Richard M. Pierce, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Alpha Chapter Advisor; Brooke M. Kingsley Isbell, Individually and in her Official Capacity as Pi Kappa Phi Director of Prevention Education; Justin Angotti, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity Assistant Executive Director of Education & Accountability; Sean Daily; Matthew Louge; Nikos Lara; and Steve Leone.

Charleston, SC – The Peper Law Firm, PA filed a lawsuit this week on behalf of a former student at the College of Charleston who was severely beaten by brothers of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity on April 16, 2017.

As alleged in the filed complaint, Pi Kappa Phi hosted an initiation party wherein it provided copious amounts of alcohol and illegal drugs to its members and guests. After forcefully kicking the student out of the party, members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity threatened to kill him, both orally and in writing, and dispatched four of its members to do so. They broke into the student’s house and physically beat him to a pulp, leaving him unconscious.

Following the lynching, the student was held captive to prevent him from filing a police report or seeking medical treatment.

Lead attorney Mark A. Peper filed the lawsuit and stated, “The results of our research in preparation for filing this lawsuit is shocking. We believe we will prove this organization has created an ‘anything goes’ custom and culture by encouraging excessive drug and alcohol use, hazing, acts of extreme violence, and a sole mission to protect the interests and image of Pi Kappa Phi at all costs.”

The complaint, which is available at www.peperlawfirm.com/blog, is filed in the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Charleston County, South Carolina and demands a jury trial against all Defendants.



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