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Sentencing delayed for LSU student convicted in hazing death

Matthew Naquin was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for negligent homicide in the 2017 death of 18-year-old Max Gruver.

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BATON ROUGE, La. — A sentencing hearing has been postponed for a former Louisiana State University student convicted in the hazing death a Phi Delta Theta fraternity pledge.

The Advocate reports 21-year-old Matthew Naquin was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for negligent homicide in the 2017 death of 18-year-old Max Gruver of Roswell, Georgia. A continuance was granted because one of Naquin's relatives was hospitalized with a serious illness.

Naquin's new sentencing date is Nov. 20. He faces up to five years in prison.

It took a jury less than an hour to convict the Texas native in July. Gruver died of alcohol poisoning after a hazing ritual. Several pledges testified Naquin appeared to target Gruver that night.

Two other members pleaded no-contest to misdemeanor hazing. They were released from jail in August.

Sentencing delayed for LSU student involved in Max Gruver's hazing death; faces up to 5 years

A former LSU student's sentencing in the 2017 alcohol-related hazing death of Phi Delta Theta fraternity pledge Max Gruver has been pushed back to Nov. 20. Matthew Naquin, 21, was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday on his July negligent homicide conviction, but his attorney filed a motion last week asking for a continuance because a member of the Naquin family is hospitalized with a serious illness.

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