FAMU band member will admit to hazing Bria Hunter

Aaron Golson (L), Sean Hobson (C), James Harris (R)

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Florida A&M University band member Aaron Golson, one of 11 people charged in the fatal beating of FAMU drum major Robert Champion in Orlando, will admit that he hazed a female clarinetist weeks earlier, his lawyer said Monday.

Defense lawyer Craig J. Brown said Golson, 19, will enter a plea to a misdemeanor hazing offense Thursday in Circuit Court in Tallahassee, although he will still deny that he struck Bria Hunter, 18, as campus police claim.

"He was there [when Hunter was injured]. We've never really denied that," Brown said. "It's good that he can get one case done and out of the way."

Brown said Golson, who denies he contributed to the hazing death of Champion, 26, on a band bus after the Florida Classic football game Nov. 19, would not receive a jail sentence but would have to perform community service in the Bria Hunter case.

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