Tucker Hipps: 19-Year-Old Frat Pledge ‘Forced’ To Balance On Bridge Rail

According to court documents obtained by the network, a new witness has come forward with information related to the death of the 19-year-old Clemson University student. But the specifics of the circumstances that led to his death have remained unclear until this week, when new court documents based on the testimony of an unidentified witness were filed, offering new clues, local media reported Thursday.

His family claims the university and the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity tried to cover up the young man’s death.

Specifically, one fraternity member is accused of texting Hipps’ girlfriend and telling her that Hipps had been seen in the school’s library the morning of his death. According to the lawsuits, toxicology reports showed the teen hadn’t been drinking or taking any drugs before he died.

A potential new witness has come forward in the case of the 2014 death of a fraternity pledge student at Clemson University.

Clemson has suspended the fraternity – Sigma Phi Epsilon – for five years after it was found guilty of a series of violations unrelated to Hipps’ death. Looking at this individual’s statement in relation to criminal charges being filed, there are multiple issues that arise. He claims he was traveling across the bridge at such an early hour to take his auto into the shop.

Hipps then tried to climb back up with no help, but lost his grip and fell, striking his head on the rocks in shallow water below, according to the report.

Hipps’ parents said they filed the lawsuits “in the hopes that change will happen and that no other parent will feel the pain they have been forced to endure”.

King, of North Carolina, along with Campbell T. Starr of Greenville and Samuel Quillen Carney of Delaware, organized the run, according to the lawsuit.

Original reports from sources close to the situation indicated Hipps might have been dropped from the bridge – with one source saying his fall appeared to have occurred as a result of being dangled by his ankles over the bridge’s railing. They have asked that the case be dismissed.

None of the defendants have yet responded to the new allegations revealed today.

“If this had happened to one of Tucker’s friends, he would go to all lengths to make sure the truth were known”, Cindy Hipps said.

“I don’t want Tucker’s little life to be in vain”.

The suits said the fraternity had a long tradition of ‘requiring, pressuring, encouraging and forcing’ pledge members to jump off bridges over the lake and swim to shore.

Cindy Hipps said this summer has been particularly hard for her and her husband, Gary Hipps, without Tucker. Big deal. Do you really want to belong to a brotherhood of idiocy?