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VIDEO SHOWN FROM NIGHT OF PLEDGE’S FATAL INJURIES

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Video footage from a Penn State fraternity house recorded after a Beta Theta Pi pledge suffered fatal injuries during a night of alleged hazing and drinking was shown publicly for the first time at a preliminar­y hearing Monday in Bellefonte, Pa.

Eighteen former fraternity members and the fraternity itself face charges from involuntar­y manslaught­er and aggravated assault to recklessly endangerin­g the life of sophomore Timothy Piazza, who died Feb. 4. The hearing will determine whether there is sufficient evidence to proceed with a trial.

Prosecutor­s used video from the former fraternity’s extensive surveillan­ce system to help construct a timeline of the events that led to Piazza’s death, including multiple falls.

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