Prosecutors today released hundreds of pages of evidence in the hazing death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion. full story ![]()
Prosecutors today upgraded to manslaughter the charges facing 10 former FAMU band members in the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion.
orlandosentinel.com (2 months and 19 days ago)
Former FAMU drum major Rikki Wills, who insists that he tried to shield his college roommate Robert Champion from a brutal hazing in Orlando in 2011, pleaded no contest today to felony hazing in the fatal beating.
orlandosentinel.com (11 days ago)

Former FAMU drum major Rikki Wills, who insists that he tried to shield his college roommate Robert Champion from a brutal hazing in Orlando in 2011, pleaded no contest today to felony hazing resulting in death.
chicagotribune.com (11 days ago)
ORLANDO - Former FAMU drum major Rikki Wills, who insists that he tried to shield his college roommate Robert Champion from a brutal hazing in Orlando in 2011, will not receive a prison or jail sentence, a prosecutor said. Wills, 25, one of the student leaders of Florida A&M University’s iconic ensemble, pleaded no contest Friday to felony hazing and prosecutors...
staugustine.com (11 days ago)

Former FAMU drum major Rikki Wills rejected a plea deal Friday in the fatal hazing of his roommate Robert Champion and is set to become the first ex-band member to go to trial in the case.
chicagotribune.com (18 days ago)
Kyle Hightower Associated Press -- The roommate of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion, who died after undergoing a hazing ritual in 2011, has pleaded no contest to hazing charges.
tallahassee.com (11 days ago)
Former FAMU drum major Rikki Wills rejected a plea deal Friday in the fatal hazing of his roommate Robert Champion and is set to become the first ex-band member to go to trial in the case May 13.
orlandosentinel.com (18 days ago)
Former FAMU percussionist Caleb Jackson, who has been in jail since he was arrested nearly a year ago in the fatal hazing of drum major Robert Champion, is expected to plead guilty today and cooperate with Orange County prosecutors.
orlandosentinel.com (1 month and 4 days ago)
An Orange County judge, rejecting FAMU's claims that drum major Robert Champion should be viewed as a "participant" in the illegal hazing that killed him, will not throw out a lawsuit against the university.
orlandosentinel.com (19 days ago)

Robert Champion died in November 2011 after collapsing from what prosecutors say was a savage beating during a hazingTwelve former members of a university band were charged Monday with manslaughter in the 2011 hazing death of a drum major.Ten of the Florida A&M University band members had been charged last May with third-degree felony hazing for the death of 26-year-old...
guardian.co.uk (2 months and 19 days ago)
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