The bizarre allegations regarding Alexander Broughton, a 20 year old student from University of Tennessee who went to the hospital last month with a near fatal level of alcohol continue to make headlines. The Pi Kappa Alpha member, along with his fraternity brothers had quite a night September 21st when Broughton was hospitalized with a .40 blood alcohol level, 5 times the legal limit. Twelve students were charged with underage drinking, one charged with disorderly conduct and the fraternity chapter was suspended by university officials.
What really draws interest in the case is the method the students allegedly used to consume the alcohol. Police officers say they discovered that the students were using enemas to consume alcohol at a faster rate.
“Upon extensive questioning, it is believed that members of the fraternity were using rubber tubing inserted into their rectums as a conduit for alcohol as the abundance of capillaries and blood vessels present greatly heightens the level and speed of the alcohol entering the bloodstream as it bypasses the filtering by the liver,” said Darrell DeBusk, Knoxville Police spokesman.
Broughton has gone public to deny these allegations at various press conferences. “The scandalous accusations surrounding that event never happened and I completely deny them.” “At this point my intent is to clear my name, my fraternity’s name and to punish those individuals and institutions responsible for the lies that have been spread around the world.” The family has brought in attorney Daniel F. MCGehee and plans to file civil action against anyone who may have started the “false” allegations and violated his rights.
College administrators are disappointed the event took place, and so shortly after a meeting with fraternity and sorority leaders regarding campus rules involving alcohol. The campus is strictly a dry campus, but these sort of event will go on regardless of the rules.
In 2005, a woman was charged with negligent homicide when she helped her husband take an alcohol enema that raised his blood alcohol level to .47 and resulted in his death.