A Douglas County judge isn't allowing a former Creighton student's evidence of hazing as a factor in his trial.
Twenty year old Christopher Wheeler's defense team says he was hazed by his fraternity before he slashed a young woman's neck in February of 2017.
Judge Shelly Stratman said in court that although the hazing may have taken place, Wheeler also had a part in setting the events that night into motion. Stratman says Wheeler illegally purchased alcohol at a local Walmart and willingly smoked marijuana. The judge also adds that Wheeler didn't have to party with his frat brothers and presented no evidence of being physically threatened to participate.
Wheeler's attorney, Steve Lefler, had hoped the judge would allow evidence of the Phi Kappa Psi's history of hazing, a history that caused Creighton administrators to indefinitely suspend the fraternity. Lefler says that the frat members slipped hallucinogens into the bong Wheeler was smoking, but test of the smoking device came back with no such findings.
Wheeler is accused of going into the dorm room of a student he didn't know, and slashing her throat. The girl suffered non-life threatening injuries in the attack.
Wheeler's trial is set to begin on April 30th.