In 2017, LSU student Max Gruver died after being forced to drink excessive amounts of alcohol as part of his initiation into Phi Delta Theta. His blood alcohol level was four times the legal limit.

Omega Psi Phi mourns death of Southern University student; ... sought to tighten laws around hazing after the 2017 death of Max Gruver a former LSU student who belonged to Phi Delta Theta fraternity.