Two girls’ 10-hour-long sorority hazing hell

Two Medgar Evers College freshmen have blown the whistle on a CUNY ­sorority's secret hazing.

Wooed by Gamma Beta Delta, Shawntee Caton, 17, and Gabby Jones, 18, had planned to join the impressive-seeming sisterhood when things turned ugly. They were blindfolded, interrogated about sex acts, humiliated and asked if they could be tied to a tree naked, the girls told The Post.

Their 10-hour ordeal began Sept. 21 when suddenly strict sorority sisters took the girls' bags and cellphones, ushering them and six other pledges into a stifling, dark basement with a radio blaring static.

They got questionnaires asking whether they were sexually active, how many sex partners they had, whether they were gay or bisexual, whether they had engaged in a threesome or were willing to, and whether they had ever gone to an orgy.

Each was blindfolded and led separately upstairs to a room and surrounded by 20 to 30 women, they said. The tone got "nasty."

Both girls were chided for not following instructions — they came together after being told not to tell anyone and wore black sweaters with white designs after being told to wear all black.

When Jones questioned the criticism, a sister said, "We got a smart ass, don't we?"

"Where are you from?" one asked Caton. "You weren't taught to take off your shoes in people's houses?"

Shawntee Caton and Gabby JonesPhoto: J.C. Rice

Scariest, each was told the other recruits had been tied to a tree outside, naked.

"Can we tie you up?" a member asked.

With a cloth tied over their eyes, each was then separately led into a room of 25 to 30 women, where they were grilled, insulted and mocked.

After the repulsive ritual, members told the shaken girls to "lighten up."

"We all had to go through this," one said.

But Caton was rattled.

"I've never been in a situation like that before, with everybody attacking me and I couldn't do anything at all," she recalled.

Both girls left sobbing.

The sorority, founded in 1988 at Brooklyn College, has a second chapter that recruits at other CUNY colleges, including Medgar Evers, where it is not sanctioned.

The colleges claim "zero tolerance" for hazing but have not yet responded to a complaint by Caton's mom.

"I'm mad as hell," said Alicia Gabriel, who had gone with Caton to the sorority's information session at Brooklyn College in September. "My daughter I thank God my daughter's situation wasn't worse. doesn't need to be a part of any group that belittles or tarnishes her self-esteem."

The girls were first approached by sorority members at a Medgar Evers club fair. It sounded like a way to meet pals and mentors, they said.

I've never been in a situation like that before, with everybody attacking me and I couldn't do anything at all. - Shawntee Caton

Caton plans on law school. Jones seeks a degree in social work.

They attended a friendly "Taco Night" and "Game Night" with other recruits and members. Then each got an invitation — printed with an image of white roses and the sorority motto, "Friendship. Sisterhood. Loyalty." — to the initiation at a member's house in Brooklyn.

It said to bring a $100 "non-refundable initiation fee" for pledge "materials."

The students didn't have $100, but were told they could pay in installments later.

Upon arrival, members took their bags and cell phones, saying they didn't want the girls to check the time.

New York psychologist Susan Lipkins called the tactic "Hazing 101." said such groups typically pull a "bait and switch" by acting nice to draw recruits, then play mind games with them, she said.

New York psychologist Susan Lipkins called it a typical "bait and switch," in which groups lure recruits with kindness only to play mind games with them later.

"The main goal is you make you feel as badly about yourself as possible. They break you down, so they can build you back up and develop a group identity," Lipkins said.

She predicted the hazing would have worsened — and possibly gotten dangerous — had the girls not quit.

A spokeswoman for Gamma Beta Delta said it is "vehemently against any type of hazing" but refused to answer questions.

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