A fraternity at Pennsylvania State University has been placed on an interim suspension after it allegedly created a private Facebook page for discussions of drug sales and posting of nude photos of unconscious women.
The Kappa Delta Rho fraternity will remain suspended as the Interfraternity Council cooperates with authorities on the investigation of the posts made on the private Facebook page.
The members of Kappa Delta Rho allegedly operated the page simply named "2.0" for almost a year, the authorities revealed. Before April of last year, the fraternity was using another version of the private page, which was named "Covert Business Operations" until a student saw a picture of herself topless on the page and threatened KDR to close it down.
The investigation on KDR's private Facebook page was revealed to the public after WJAC-TV released a report on the matter.
"We're looking to identify victims whose photos rise to the invasion of privacy section, which is a misdemeanor," said State College Police Lt. Keith Robb to the Huffington Post, adding that the police hope that assistance from Penn State will force KDR members to reveal who actually posted the nude photos of women online.
"No arrests are being made at this time," Robb said. "Unfortunately, we aren't able to identify any suspects right now because the accounts on Facebook were sanitized, wiped clean."
The authorities received information regarding the private page in January from a former KDR member, who said that the invitation-only page had 144 members, including current students and alumni, who posted pictures of victims, hazing and drug sales.
The nude women in the photos looked like they were passed out while nude, or in sexual or embarrassing positions. It also appeared that the women in the pictures did not know that photos of them were being taken.
Police evidence showed that the page's members bragged about the women they "banged," posted pictures of strippers that were hired for parties and discussed sexual conquests. There were also screenshots of text messages, including one from a woman that claimed she had no recollection of a sexual encounter and so was worried whether protection was used.
After the investigation is completed, KDR national executive director Joseph Rosenberg told the Huffington Post, the fraternity's headquarters will be making a decision on the chapter in Penn State, as it undergoes a complete review of its membership and reorganization.
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