Two boys are accused of leaving a 19-year-old student unable to walk or talk after forcing him to lower a bottle of Tito vodka.
Danny Santouli had also poured beer down his throat through a tube after being targeted by sibling brothers, his family claims.
He lost the color of his skin and his lips turned blue after he fainted on a couch during the initiation ceremony at the Phi Gamma Delta.
The University of Missouri student’s heart stopped for a moment and Danny was eventually taken to the hospital in one of the cars of the other oath.
He suffered severe brain damage and has become blind and unable to walk.
After spending months in a rehabilitation unit, his mom quit her banking job to take care of him full-time at home.
His family lawyer says it is “unlikely” that this “gloomy” prognosis will change and now his family is seeking justice.
One month before the ceremony, Danny Santulli was forced to work around the square and was forced to climb into a bucket containing broken glass. Danny’s family spoke after their son was unable to speak or move (Image: GMA) Architecture student Sam Gaddy (right) allegedly tried to help Danny, but then left (Image: Facebook) Alec Wetzler was charged that he provided alcohol to a minor A security snapshot shows promises to be driven down blindfolded (shirt: GMA)
Speaking to Good Morning America, Danny’s mother cried as she said no one called 911, even when her son’s lips turned blue.
“He still does not speak or walk, he is in a wheelchair. He lost his sight. But he listens to us and knows that we are there. We will just keep fighting – we are not going to give up hope, he added.
Danny’s sister said: “I’m upset when I see the people involved who hurt Danny walking on campus and behaving as if they had done nothing wrong.”
In a lawsuit filed last week, Danny’s parents accuse Samuel Gaddy and Alec Wetzler of targeting their son last October.
Fratt’s house was filled with “cocaine, marijuana and alcohol” to ensure the commitments had a night they “would not forget,” the lawyers said.
Surveillance footage obtained by Good Morning America shows Danny and other promising people driving barefoot and blindfolded down a stairwell.
Danny’s son burst into tears as he appeared on Good Morning America (Image: GMA) Danny’s lips turned blue and his skin pale, but again no one called 911 Footage shows Danny falling partially on a couch after fainting at the children’s home (Picture: GMA) The students had stuck bottles of Tito vodka in their hands and called them “pussies” if they stopped drinking (Picture: GMA)
The Pledges had stuck family-sized bottles of Tito vodka in their hands and called them “pussies” if they stopped drinking, according to documents obtained by DailyMail.com.
Danny was later seen falling backwards, fainting on a table and lying on a couch.
His parents have settled a lawsuit against 22 defendants and the fraternity, who have been expelled from campus for repeated violations.
Among them was boy Ryan Delanty, who was Danny’s designated “promise father” for the night.
At 10.57 p.m. on the hazy night, he allegedly sent a message to a friend saying: “My son is dead”. When asked what happened, he replied: “I left him.”
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Danny’s parents are still suing Gaddy and Wetzler, who lawyers say were wary of a previous storm. Their lawsuit alleges that Danny was at their disposal for a month as part of his initiation process. They say he was ordered to bring food, alcohol and cannabis to the fraternity brothers at all hours of the night, to clean their rooms on order. Danny, who was deprived of sleep, was also forced to buy them things with his own money and was ordered to climb into a bucket full of broken glass, the lawsuit says. During the fog, Weltzer chose Danny as his “target” and forced him to drink beer through a tube before making him return to Tito’s bottle, lawyers say. When he appeared to be dangerously drunk, Gaddy first tried to help him but then walked away. The lawsuit alleges that at 12:17 a.m., he entered the room and saw that Santulli had not moved from where he had left him. Danny’s parents want fraternity members to face charges under Missouri law (Image: Facebook) ) “This is the worst case of surprise fraternity ever seen in the US in terms of injury. “You can not be seriously injured and still be alive,” said the family lawyer (Image: GMA). Danny’s family remains optimistic, but they were told that his condition is unlikely to improve much (Image: GMA) About 10 minutes later, Danny slipped off the couch partially and could not move his arms and legs as his face fell to the floor, lawyers say. They claim that someone passing by saw him and put him back on the couch and even though his lips turned blue and his skin pale, “no one called 911”. No one is being prosecuted for the incident, except Wetzler, who has been charged with supplying alcohol to a minor. The business administration student is no longer at university, but Gaddy, who is studying architecture, is still enrolled. Representing Danny’s family, David Bianchi says the parents want the frat members to be charged under Missouri law against turbidity. “This is the worst case of injury of the fraternity that has ever occurred in the United States in terms of injury. “You can not be injured worse and still be alive.” Contact our news team by emailing us at [email protected] For more stories like this, check out our news page.
