Jon Hamm Looks Back On The Time He Allegedly Hazed The Soul Out Of A Sigma Nu Pledge

Socrates Johnson7 years ago

Gun to my head, I couldn’t really tell you all that much about Jon Hamm, aside from the fact that he allegedly has a massive hog (or a Hammer, as it is referred to in the business) and that he used to star in a show called Mad Men (the title is a funny play on words, you see, because it’s about a bunch of ad men who sometimes, and this is the real kicker, get mad).

But apparently, Jon went HAM (see AMC, I can also make clever double entendres) back in his Sigma Nu days at the University of Texas and was caught up in some pretty horrific hazing allegations.

The story first gained traction back in 2015, but it just resurfaced in an lengthy profile piece by Esquire. I had never heard about this whole incident until now, and whoa buddy, let me tell you, it sounds like more than just a “fucking bummer” as our boy Jonny Hamms describes.

According to reports, when Hamm was a sophomore, he and several of his fraternity brothers hazed a pledge so severely that their actions permanently shut down the frat’s UT chapter. Assault charges were filed against the 20-year-old and fellow members that were later dropped. A 1991 lawsuit claimed that Hamm lit the kid’s pants on fire; physically abused him; and, along with his brothers in a part of the Sigma Nu house called the “Party Room,” hooked the claw of a hammer underneath his crotch and led him around the room.

When I bring up the incident, which was reported in Texas newspapers at the time and resurfaced in 2015, first in the tabloids and then in The Washington Post, Hamm bristles. He tells me, “I wouldn’t say it’s accurate. Everything about that is sensationalized. I was accused of these things I don’t… It’s so hard to get into it. I don’t want to give it any more breath. It was a bummer of a thing that happened. I was essentially acquitted. I wasn’t convicted of anything. I was caught up in a big situation, a stupid kid in a stupid situation, and it’s a fucking bummer. I moved on from it.”

Those are…quite the allegations. It’s great that Jon “moved on from it” though. I’m sure the kid who was (allegedly) set on fire and dragged around by the balls with a hammer by a Hammer (allegedly) moved on from it too..

[via Esquire]

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