This young man was not a Sig Ep, and was not in the house when he died, and apparently was not served by the chapter. The fact that he visited the house on the night he died is enough to provide guilt by association and get our name plastered all over the news.
Pearlstone spent part of the night before he died at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house.Anyone taking bets on whether there will be a lawsuit?
SPE pledge Andrew Van Der Vaart said the fraternity recently met to discuss the events of Thursday night.
During their meeting, SPE brothers said Pearlstone visited their fraternity on Thursday evening and consumed alcohol there. However, Pearlstone drank alcohol he brought in a flask rather than consuming alcohol provided by SPE, Van Der Vaart said.
SPE president Bryant Thomas said the fraternity's largest concern is for the victim and his family.
"My fraternity is cooperating fully with the investigation," Thomas added.
SPE brothers determined that Pearlstone was escorted back to Cauthen by his friend, who is a pledge at SPE, and a SPE brother, according to Van Der Vaart.
"They said they put him in bed and he was still responding," Van Der Vaart said. "They rolled him on his side [and his friend] stayed in the room for 15 minutes" before returning to his own room.
Van Der Vaart added that SPE's regional director visited the fraternity recently and told fraternity brothers that the chapter did not need to be concerned about losing its charter.
"He said it was evident to him that it hadn't been us who were serving him" alcohol, Van Der Vaart said. "We did everything we could."
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