Jury to be brought in for Boone County hazing trial
EDITOR'S NOTE: The story has been changed to say fraternity.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A jury will be brought in from Johnson County during the Boone County trial of a former University of Missouri fraternity member charged with hazing.
Ryan Delanty, 22, of Ballwin, is charged with felony hazing, second-degree assault and supplying alcohol to a minor in alcohol poisoning of Danny Santulli. Santulli was left disabled and unable to speak after drinking at an October 2021 party at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
Santulli was a pledge and Delanty was his "pledge dad."
Jury selection in Delanty's trial is set to start at 9 a.m. May 21 in Boone County. The state plans to bring 70 prospective jurors in from Johnson County, according to the order Judge Kevin Crane issued after a hearing Monday.
Several other defendants in the case have taken plea deals for misdemeanors, primarily supplying liquor to a minor. The cases of Benjamin Parres, of Chesterfield, and Samuel Lane of Benjamin Karl, of Columbia, are ongoing.
The Santulli family sued several fraternity members for personal injury and settled out of court.
