mad men star jon hamm's secret college bullying shame has been exposed by court documents unearthed from the actor's time at the university of texas at austin 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 him and using a claw hammer to drag him by his genitals during a hazing ritual gone wrong the documents claim that hamm, 44, was eventually charged with assault in connection with the sadistic november 1990 initiation, but he managed to get the charges dismissed before he began his ascent to superstardom scroll down for video  college student: jon hamm is pictured here in the university of texas at austin yearbook for 1990 (left)   the same year he was allegedly involved in a hazing scandal at the sigma nu fraternity the actor is pictured (right) this week  according to the explosive court documents, hamm was in his sophomore year at ut austin when a prospective 21 year old pledge was called to the sigma nu house at 230am when he got there, according to travis county court documents, hamm   who was then aged 20   and other frat brothers ominously told him, 'it's going to be a long night!' the unidentified junior was then allegedly subjected to two hours of brutal physical attacks as part of his fiery baptism into the fraternity the alleged victim told police that hamm and other members hit him with a paddle 30 times and then lifted the pledge off the floor by his underwear, 'pulling it back and forth in a sawing motion', causing 'great pain' the pledged then claimed that hamm led him to a basement 'pit' where he slammed the junior's face into the ground while he was doing push ups and then allegedly stood on his spine with his full weight shockingly, after this, hamm is then supposed to have set fire to the pledge's pants and refused to let him pat the flames down, but instead made him blow them out shame: the allegedly assault saw hamm and seven other frat brothers set fire to a 21 year old pledge and beat him with a paddle  at the end of the vicious hazing ritual, the pledge was taken to a part of the frat house called the 'party room' where hamm 'hooked the claw of a hammer underneath his genitals and led him by the hammer around the room' allegedly not content with this, hamm then went onto to break into another potential pledge's room that night and subjected him to a similar torturous initiation however, the morning after, the mother of the first pledge was called to his room to find him 'hiding in a closet at his apartment, his buttocks and legs black with brusises' despit pleading with his mother not to go public, saying 'they'll come kill me!', she reported the incident to the police high school senior: these pictures of jon hamm are from 1989, the year he graduated from john burroughs school in ladue, missouri and one year before his admission to university of texas at austin  early career:  jon hamm is pictured here on the 1996 show the big date   one year after he had his arrest warrant dismissed and six years after the alleged hazing incident  huge hit: man men and the character of don draper has given jon hamm his biggest role to date   winning a golden globe for his work on the amc series  eight warrants were issued for hamm and seven other frat members, which was shut down for a time after the alleged incident three members of sigma nu were sentenced to 30 days in prison for the hazing ritual and hamm was eventually hit with hazing and assault charges in 1991 in the wake of the hazing incident, the sigma nu fraternity was shut down in 1990 after the pledge's mother made her son's alleged assault public by going to the police in 1990, the ap reported that sigma nu would close and that seven students were being punished after pledges were 'physically and psychologically attacked' the then national president of sigma nu, james cherry, said that he was revoking the charter of its ut austin, saying, 'basically, we're out of business on this campus' 'but our fraternity was founded in opposition to hazing in 1869 and we will not tolerate any form of hazing today' a warrant was issued for hamm's arrest in 1992 but the actor reached a plea deal with authorities in 1995 and the charges were dismissed he returned home to live with his family in missouri and the actor   who recently emerged from a 30 day stint in a rehab facility   began his acting career a friend told star that although shocking, 'the hazing incident was an isolated incident in jon's life since then, he's been strong enough to take steps to make himself a better person' hazing incident: following the alleged assault of the 21 year old pledge, the sigma nu fraternity at ut austin (pictured) was shut down  recently, the mad men star has admitted that playing the complex role of don draper has taken its toll in an interview he gave just weeks before he checked himself into rehab last month for 30 days, hamm opened up about the effect that playing madison avenue ad man don draper had on his psyche the 44 year old star told variety: 'playing this guy does not come without its own difficulties, it’s not fun to live in this guy’s headspace year after year' he added: 'people ask, 'what’s the difference between you and don?' look, i drink, i get drunk i’m not immune to that,  'and (creator) matt (weiner) will tell you, the darkness in don has not abated, it’s gotten worse year after year it’s relentless and it can be hard on you as a person i love coming to work; i love the people i work with but it’s been rough' as he reflected on being offered similar roles and being typecast as the dark, brooding, alcoholic womanizing character, jon revealed he wants to distance himself from that persona
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