Two Ohio University students have pleaded guilty for their involvement in the hazing death of an 18-year-old freshman.
3 min readTwo Ohio University students pleaded guilty Thursday for their involvement in theDominic A. Figliola, 21, and Cullen Willi McLaughlin, 21, both appeared before a judge to enter their pleas in the death of Collin Wiant, who died of asphyxiation from nitrous oxide ingestion on Nov. 12, 2018, according to a statement from Athens County Prosecuting Attorney Keller Blackburn.
A third person, Zachary Herskovitz, 22, of Coraopolis, PA, also appeared in court and pleaded guilty to permitting drug abuse, a felony of the fifth degree. Herkovitz was convicted of hazing, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree, and ordered to complete one year of non-reporting probation and pay a fine of $250.Neither were hit with jail time. They will instead have to successfully complete the Prosecutor's Office Athens County Empowerment Program.
A 2016 photo of the apartment house, center, in Athens, O.H., where Collin Lewis Wiant, 18, of Dublin, was found unresponsive on Nov. 12, 2018.Blackburn said that both students were part of a"cycle of hazing that has existed within Ohio University Sigma Pi fraternity for years." The teenager died inside a Sigma Pi Epsilon annex house in Athens, Ohio, where he was allegedly beaten with a belt, pelted with eggs, deprived of sleep and forced to take drugs and drink a gallon of alcohol in an hour, the lawsuit alleged.
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