“No parent should ever lose a child, and certainly not because of hazing disguised as ‘brotherhood,’ ” Sawyer Lee Updike’s mother, Sheryl Roberts-Updike, said
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- University of Texas at Austin student Sawyer Lee Updike died by suicide in January 2024 at 18 years old
- At the time of his death, he was pledging the Sigma Chi fraternity’s Alpha Nu chapter
- His parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the fraternity for the “horrific hazing” they claim caused their son’s death
Parents of the late University of Texas at Austin student Sawyer Lee Updike have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Sigma Chi fraternity.
Sawyer died by suicide in January 2024, at the age of 18. His parents, Sheryl Roberts-Updike and Lee J. Updike, filed a suit against the Sigma Chi fraternity’s Alpha Nu chapter on Nov. 20, according to legal documents obtained by PEOPLE.
Along with the Alpha Nu chapter, the defendants named in the suit include Sigma Chi International, as well as members of the fraternity who allegedly subjected Sawyer to “horrific hazing.”…