USC Fraternity Sued Over Student's Suicide ... Hazing Led to My Son's Death 
 
 Dead USC Student's Mother Sues Fraternity, Claims Hazing Accident Led to Suicide 
 
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 USC student and model Alasdair Russell killed himself after suffering head injuries while pledging a fraternity, and now his mother wants the frat to pay up ... TMZ has learned. 
 
 Alasdair attended an October 2016 party at the Phi Kappa Psi frat house, where he was trying to become a member. According to a lawsuit, frat members forced him to drink in excess "to the point of passing out" -- and that's exactly what happened when he fell off a platform, smashed his head and lost consciousness. 
 
 In the suit, Alasdair's mother says after he passed out, frat brothers discouraged him from getting medical attention out of fear it would "expose PKP Local's conduct, including but not limited to supplying alcohol to minors and engaging in hazing activities." 
 
 The next day, Alasdair complained of concussion-like symptoms -- head pain, vomiting, blurry vision and wooziness. His mother claims PKP bros gave him Adderall and cocaine to keep him in the game ... as far as pledge duties and partying. 
 
 According to the suit -- obtained by TMZ -- over the next few months, his personality changed, he dropped out of school in January 2017, and he ended being involuntarily committed ... presumably to a psychiatric facility. Then, on April 1, he took his own life on a beach in Florida ... while wearing a tuxedo. 
 
 Alasdair appeared in print and TV ads, including at least one with Naomi Campbell, Rumer Willis, Chelsea Tyler and Evan Ross. His mother is suing Phi Kappa Psi for negligence with regard to drinking, partying and pledge hazing. ||||| Fraternity & Sorority Leadership Development expects all students and fraternities and sororities to uphold their organization and USC values. As demonstrated in the Trojan Greek Standards & Accreditation, membership in a fraternity or sorority is considered to be a privilege, and with this privilege comes the responsibility to perform in a manner exemplifying the ideals of the Trojan: faithful, scholarly, skillful, courageous, and ambitious. 
 
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 Kathleen Russell is suing the USC chapter of Phi Kappa Psi for negligence with regard to drinking, partying and pledge hazing that allegedly resulted in the 19-year-old’s April 2017 death, according to the lawsuit obtained by TMZ on Tuesday. 
 
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 Russell, 55, claims members of Phi Kappa Psi “hazed and forced her son to drink in excess to the point of passing out” at an October 2016 party held in the fraternity house. Alasdair allegedly lost consciousness after falling off a platform and hit his head. 
 
 In her lawsuit, Russell claims fraternity members discouraged Alasdair from seeking medical attention “out of fear it would expose PKP Local’s conduct, including but not limited to supplying alcohol to minors and engaging in hazing activities.” 
 
 TMZ also reported that one day after the incident, Alasdair complained of concussion-like symptoms, including head pain, vomiting, blurry vision and wooziness. Russell alleges fraternity members gave her son Adderall and cocaine. 
 
 Over the course of months following the incident, Russell claims Alasdair’s “personality changed, he dropped out of school in January 2017, and he ended being involuntarily committed.” On April 1, 2017, he was found dead in Boca Raton, Florida, where his mother moved in 2016. 
 
 At the time of the incident, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said in a statement there was an investigation into Alasdair’s death after his body was found at a property overlooking the ocean, 40 miles north of Miami. 
 
 Representatives from the University of Southern California and Phi Kappa Psi did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. 
 
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 Alasdair, who was from the village of Shipbourne in Kent, England, appeared in print and TV ads, including a Gap campaign alongside Naomi Campbell, Rumer Willis and Evan Ross. 
 
 “On Saturday April 1st due to tragic circumstances my family lost 19-year-old Alasdair. He was funny, smart and beautiful and meant great deal to anyone who knew him,” his family said in a JustGiving fund set up following his death. 
 
 In an April 2017 interview with The Times, Russell described her son as a “dreamer,” adding that “the driving force in his life was to climb Everest. He was very artistic and loved the beautiful views.” 
 
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– The mother of a former University of Southern California student who killed himself last year is putting blame on the fraternity that allegedly hazed him. Kathleen Russell claims Phi Kappa Psi members forced 19-year-old pledge Alasdair Russell to "drink in excess to the point of passing out" at an October 2016 fraternity party, per People. The British model from Kent, who appeared in a Gap ad alongside Naomi Campbell, complained of concussion-like symptoms after he fell off a platform and hit his head, losing consciousness, according to a lawsuit. By April 1, 2017, when Alasdair was found dead on a beach in Boca Raton, Fla., where his mother lived, he'd undergone a personality change, dropped out of school, and been "involuntarily committed," the lawsuit reads. Its claim of negligence by Phi Kappa Psi further extends to the events of the day after the party, when Russell says Alasdair complained of pain, blurry vision, and vomiting. Per TMZ, the lawsuit alleges frat members not only discouraged him from seeking medical attention for fear it would expose rule-breaking, "including but not limited to supplying alcohol to minors and engaging in hazing activities," but also gave the teen cocaine and Adderall to keep him partying. The USC website notes Phi Kappa Psi lost its status as a fraternity in March following "hazing and health and safety violations." ABC7 reports four other USC frats have been suspended for hazing allegations in the past two months. (Relatives believe a pledge was hazed before his September death in California.)