Suicide victim sues a sister who allegedly scrambled her daughter

A woman whose daughter was playing basketball at Northwestern University and committed suicide in 2017 filed a lawsuit against the sorority who had allegedly been subjected to hazing.

The mother, Felicia Hankins, filed a 50-page federal civil complaint against Alpha Kappa Alpha, a Chicago-based African-American sorority, and eight individual or former members of the organization.

Sophomore Jordan Hankins, 20, from Indianapolis. was found dead in her dorm on January 9, 2017 and the Cook County Medical Examiner said it was a suicide.

His mother claims that in the lawsuit, her daughter had been subjected to a brutal hazing that had caused her before anxiety and depression. she has committed suicide.

Northwestern basketball player "was subjected to physical abuse, such as paddling, insults, psychological abuse, financial abuse, sleep deprivation, discarded and thrown objects, and other forms of hazing designed to humiliate [19659007] "These incidents had a negative impact on the physical, mental and emotional health of Jordan Hankins," according to the lawsuit that claimed the "experience" triggered it, causing serious anxiety and depression and she had suicidal thoughts. "

A representative of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority could not be reached immediately for comments on Wednesday.

Northwestern University said in a burst According to NBC Chicago," the sorority involved has been and continues to be suspended from the university, "said a school spokeswoman in a statement, noting that Northwestern itself was not named in the lawsuit

Hankins graduated from Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, where she was a student of honor and a member of the National Honor Society, according to Northwestern, and was planning to study biological sciences at the university.

"Jordan Hankins was in his youth and was looking to join an organization that, in his opinion, was dedicated to brotherhood and personal and professional development," said Brandon E. Vaugh's family lawyer. in a declaration [19659016] "Instead, it is alleged that members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority inflicted severe physical and psychological abuse on her. Despite repeated warnings that hazing caused anxiety and depression in Hankins, we claim that AKA took no action to stop the abuse, which led to Hankins committing suicide. "