PHOTOS: Frat Incident At UCF Caught On Police Video
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A University of Central Florida student was found plastic-wrapped to a tree, covered in whipped cream, chocolate sauce, and cooking oil. Now, more than a dozen people are being investigated for what the university calls hazing.

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Police Video: Incident At UCF Under Investigation

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Tied to a tree with yards of plastic wrap, Shawn Pierce, a brother at Phi Delta Theta, was partying with his brothers in the backyard. But, when police arrived, they didn't see a party, they saw a student being hazed.

Conducting routine surveillance, UCF police spotted Shawn Pierce cocooned in plastic wrap, being peeled off a tree by his fraternity brothers.

Pierce, covered in chocolate sauce, whip cream and cooking oil, was partying with his friends after presenting his longtime girlfriend, Lisa, with a charm with his fraternity letters on it, a sign of commitment in the Greek fraternity system.

But the question remains, was Pierce a voluntary participant or was he forced to undergo a ceremonial initiation?

"There was absolutely no violence or coercion involved in the incident and I was in no time forced or compelled to do anything against my will," says Pierce.

But in the conversation with police, he first says he couldn't tell them to stop. Then, as the officer pressed the issue, he changed his story.

"I don't really regret anything at all; I don't think it was that big a deal," says Pierce.

Phi Delta Theta President Christopher Merritt defends his brothers' actions.

"Im very surprised. I think it's been blown way out of proportion. Right when the issue came up, we dealt with it right away and we were a step ahead and we went into the university and head of Greek life," says Merritt.

UCF police say this is the first incident they've had with the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. The group has the highest grade-point average on campus and it has the second highest involvement in student government.