article_snippet.sent: According to shocking arrest warrants and summons seen by Star magazine, the 44-year-old Golden Globe winner allegedly set fire to one pledge after viciously beating Hamm and using a claw hammer to drag Hamm by Hamm genitals during a hazing ritual gone wrong.
article_snippet.sent: court documents unearthed from the actor's time at the University of Texas at Austin claim that Hamm, 44, was eventually charged with assault in connection with the sadistic November 1990 initiation, but Hamm managed to get the charges dismissed before Hamm began Hamm ascent to superstardom.
article_snippet.sent: When the actor got there, according to Travis County Court documents, Hamm - who was then aged 20 - and other frat brothers ominously told the actor, 'It's going to be a long night!'
article_snippet.sent: The unidentified junior was then allegedly subjected to two hours of brutal physical attacks as part of the actor fiery baptism into the Sigma Nu fraternity.
article_snippet.sent: Eight warrants were issued for Mad Men star Jon Hamm and seven other frat members, which was shut down for a time after the alleged hazing incident.
article_snippet.sent: Three members of Sigma Nu were sentenced to 30 days in prison for the hazing ritual and Mad Men star Jon Hamm was eventually hit with hazing and assault charges in 1991.
highlights_snippet.sent: Allegedly viciously beat pledge for the Sigma Nu fraternity at UT-Austin .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Hamm and other frat brothers put pledge through humiliating initiation .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Allegedly struck Hamm with a paddle 30-times and set fire to Hamm pants .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Hamm had a summons issued to Hamm after Hamm left UT-Austin in 1992 .
  