Jon Hamm Hazing: Victim’s Own Words Of What ‘Mad Men’ Actor’s Alleged Role Was In Hazing Incident

The Jon Hamm hazing incident, which emerged in news reports on Wednesday, is further looked into with court documents obtained by the Associated Press. The source printed what the alleged victim says Hamm’s role was in the fraternity hazing at the University of Texas in 1990.

As the report explains, the Mad Men star was involved in a violent college hazing at the university that was incriminating. He was charged with hazing and received “deferred adjudication,” which means that under Texas law, he was required to complete probation. It turns out he was never convicted. A separate charge of assault was reportedly dismissed.

Fraternity chapter Sigma Nu was permanently shut down after the hazing lawsuit was filed, this is according to court and school records obtained by the AP.

In court documents filed in 1991, the pledge, Mark Allen Sanders, states that he was brutally beaten, dragged by a hammer, and his pants were set on fire. He specifically named Hamm as someone who participated “till the very end.” The Sigma Nu pledge failed to successfully memorize a list of things about fellow fraternity members. The lawsuit reveals that Hamm became “mad, I mean really mad” after Sanders — then 20-years-old — failed to recite them successfully. Hamm’s list included “Young Bobby,” ”MC Hammer,” and “UT Football Punching Bag.”

Sanders names Jon Hamm in the hazing accusations as the one who set his jeans on fire, shoved his face in dirt, and stuck him with a paddle.

“He rears back and hits me left-handed, and he hit me right over my right kidney, I mean square over it. Good solid hit and that, that stood me right up.”

Sanders goes on to say in court documents that he needed medical care and withdrew from the university. The lawsuit was dismissed in 1993. Four other fraternity members were charged and pleaded no contest to misdemeanor hazing charges.

AP writes that none of the records were sealed and that Hamm, 44, wasn’t famous when the allegations were made. University records show that prior to the Jon Hamm hazing incident, he arrived at the university in 1989 and left when the semester finished up in which the hazing took place. The actor told W Magazine in 2008 that he left school in his sophomore year to move back to Missouri because his father died.

Hamm’s rep and Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner haven’t responded to the latest headlines. Neither Sanders nor his attorney has come forward, either.

Aside from the Jon Hamm hazing lawsuit, the actor has been in the news recently for completing rehab for alcohol addiction and is fighting rumors that he and his longtime girlfriend, Jennifer Westfeldt, have split up after 16 years together. As People reports, a rep for the couple confirms they’re still together.

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