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YouTube Narrated PPT Presentation to HPPD (2018)
In late 2018 a detailed Power Point presentation on the circumstances surrounding the death and private investigation into Robert’s death was made to Walt Jones and his 1st assistant of the District Attorney’s Office of Guilford County (High Point) NC. The lead...
Bloomberg Article
In September 2018, Bloomberg published a detailed investigative article on Robert’s life at High Point University and the Delta Sigma Phi chapter he was pledging. This article, written by renowned journalist John Hechinger details the circumstances...
CBS17 – Appeals court upholds NC frat’s dismissal in pledge death
An appeals court agrees a fraternity should be dismissed from a lawsuit alleging a pledge at a private North Carolina university died from hazing. The state Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday the mother of Robert Eugene Tipton Jr. didn’t offer sufficient evidence that...
CBS – Family of dead fraternity pledge sues university in N.C.
The family of a fraternity pledge who died in 2012 is suing North Carolina's High Point University, alleging that hazing led to his death and that school officials had knowledge of the fraternity's conduct. The News & Record of Greensboro reports that...
NBC – High Point University sued over student’s alleged hazing death
Robert Eugene Tipton Jr., who was pledging Delta Sigma Phi at HPU, “was hazed viciously by members of Delta Sig at the direction” of Michael Qubein, son of university President Nido Qubein and one of Tipton’s classmates, the suit alleges. Click here to read more from...
Arnold & Smith – Horrific Hazing Allegedly Cause Of College Student’s Death
According to news reports, the family claims that the day before he died, Tipton was told he had to attend what the fraternity dubbed a “counseling session” at the off-campus apartment. After arriving, they say that members of Delta Sigma Phi proceeded to viciously...
Daily News – N.C. fraternity pledge died in violent hazing ritual led by school president’s son: lawsuit
To join, they say it would cost him his life. A North Carolina fraternity pledge died after being "violently assaulted and battered" during a hazing ritual led by the university president's own son in 2012, a newly filed lawsuit claims. Click here to read more on the...
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