DECEASED PLEDGE’S FAMILY TO SUE PENN STATE, FRATERNITY

The father of a Penn State pledge who died following a night of alleged hazing and drinking says members of Beta Theta Pi fraternity treated his son like “roadkill,” adding that the family plans to sue the school, the fraternity and its members.

Jim and Evelyn Piazza appeared on multiple morning shows Monday in their drive to hold accountable those responsible for the loss of their son, Timothy, who died Feb. 4.

“It was horrific,” said Jim Piazza, speaking on NBC’s Today show about his son’s death. “This wasn’t boys being boys. This was men who intended to force-feed lethal amounts of alcohol into other young men. And what happened throughout the night was just careless disregard for human life.”