Penn State has already made some changes to fraternities since Piazza's death. Timothy Piazza had toxic levels of alcohol in his body and was badly injured in a series of falls, authorities said Friday in announcing criminal charges against members of the organization and the frat itself. Piazza passed away two days later at the Hershey Medical Center.
DiBileo's father, the county controller, said the family has retained Scranton attorney Paul Walker to represent his son.
Those findings, which Penn State's president calls "sickening", were released Friday. He said he was rebuffed by Neuman, who shoved him and said that the members had the situation under control. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 17. His bail and preliminary hearing date were not available late Friday.
Ten Beta Theta Pi members have been arraigned so far on charges including involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault.
According to the investigation, Piazza was attending and drinking at a bid-acceptance ceremony when he fell down a set of stairs.
During the next 40 minutes, fraternity brothers shook him, tried to prop him up, covered him with a blanket, wiped his face and attempted to dress him before one finally called 911, the grand jury said.
In a statement Friday, the university's Inter-fraternity Council pledged it was committed to reforms that would prevent similar deaths in the future.
In preparation for the event one Beta brother bought almost $1,180 worth of alcohol, including Four Loko, an infamous alcoholic energy drink banned in at least five states and known as "a blackout in a can", and bottles of Crown Russe vodka, prosecutors said.
The district attorney said today that Piazza had two serious falls during the night and by the time he went to the hospital on February 3 it was essentially too late, according to The Patriot-News. Fraternity brothers can be seen employing various methods trying to keep him from rolling over or attempting to wake him up.
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They splashed liquids on his face.
At about 1am, fraternity brothers put a backpack full of books on Piazza, who had thrown up and was twitching, in an attempt to keep him from rolling onto his back, according to the grand jurors' findings.
At one point, a new member of the fraternity saw Piazza, became upset and screamed at the others that they needed to get him to the hospital. One brother told investigators Piazza "felt cold to the touch, his skin appeared pale, and his eyes remained half-open".
Text messages reportedly recovered from Young's phone describe Piazza on February 3 as "in shock" and "on the verge of death".
The coroner ruled Piazza's death accidental and said he sustained multiple traumatic injuries from the fall.
The grand jury report concluded that "the severity of Timothy Piazza's condition was obvious and noticed by the fraternity brothers and pledges around him that evening".
One fraternity member told the grand jury that pledges drank four to five alcoholic beverages within a two-minute time span. Young directed members to delete messages, the grand jury wrote.
Penn State President Eric Barron added that the charges were "heart-wrenching and incomprehensible". "It is numbing how an atmosphere that endangers the well-being and safety of another person could occur within an organization that prided itself on commitment to each other and to its community".
He was pledging Beta Theta Pi. Eight face involuntary manslaughter charges.
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