article_snippet.sent: Sanders subsequently withdrew from the University of Texas and sought counselling to cope with the shameful episode which resulted in a police inquiry and the fraternity chapter being disbanded.
article_snippet.sent: Sanders has declined to speak publicly about his ordeal at UT but the harrowing details are laid bare in court documents dating back more than two decades.
article_snippet.sent: In a 1991 interview transcript obtained by Daily Mail Online, Sanders tells investigators with the Travis County's Attorney's Office how Sanders suffered 'repeated beatings and assaults' at the hands of Sigma Nu 'actives'.
article_snippet.sent: Sanders also alleged that Sanders and Sanders fellow pledges were subjected to 'repeated confinements' in a series of tiny compartments carved into the frat building's foundations - including 'the pit', 'the hole' and 'the grave'.
article_snippet.sent: In the wake of the hazing, Sanders fled to a friend's room to escape further brutality before eventually showing Sanders bruises to fellow students.
article_snippet.sent: Sanders' horrified mother Margaret reported it to UT authorities, triggering a police investigation and prompting the fraternity to permanently close the fraternity UT chapter.
article_snippet.sent: Sanders later launched a lawsuit against Sigma Nu seeking 'unspecified actual and exemplary damages for willful and wanton misconduct'.
article_snippet.sent: Hazing incident: Following the alleged assault of Sanders, the Sigma Nu fraternity at UT-Austin (pictured) was shut down .
highlights_snippet.sent: The freshman alleged that The freshman and The freshman fellow pledges were subjected to 'repeated confinements' in tiny compartments carved into the frat building's basement .
  