Second fraternity expelled from University of Virginia following investigation into harassment

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia – The University of Virginia has disbanded a second fraternity after an investigation earlier this year uncovered disgusting incidents involving content recording.

Theta Chi is the second fraternity at U.Va. to have its fraternity terminated, following Pi Kappa Alpha’s termination earlier this year.

Two other fraternities, Sigma Alpha Mu and Pi Lambda Phi, remain under investigation, according to a report released by the university earlier this month.

This report details specific, previously unpublished cases of harassment.

At Theta Chi, the report concluded that new members faced taunts and verbal harassment during the spring semester and were forced to run errands for existing members. While waiting in lines at the fraternity house, new members were forced to consume “various food and non-food items, including a mixture of disgusting/unknown items and habanero peppers,” according to the report.

Ingesting these foods led to vomiting and loss of feeling in the limbs, the report says.

Even more disturbing were the recently published examples of hazing at Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. The report found that earlier this year, new members there were blindfolded, stripped to their underwear, and punched in the face and chest. New members were forced to eat cat food and other disgusting foods, and new members had hot sauce smeared on their genitals.

One particular member had his arms tied to a wooden cross with duct tape. He was then force-fed a mixture of cottage cheese and hot sauce and his body, including his genitals, was doused with hot sauce,” the report said.

Neither Theta Chi nor Pi Kappa Alpha can apply for reinstatement until at least 2028, according to the university.

The international headquarters of Theta Chi and Pi Kappa Alpha did not respond to emails seeking comment Tuesday.

In Virginia, the 2021 death of Virginia Commonwealth University student Adam Oakes following a hazing incident in a fraternity led to the passage of anti-hazing legislation and a nearly $1 million settlement from the university to Oakes’ family.