Penn State Frat Bro: Naked Facebook Posts Were 'Funny'

A member of a Penn State fraternity that has been suspended over secret Facebook pages that allegedly show photos of nude women calls the sites “satirical” and “funny” in a recent interview with Philadelphia Magazine.

The member of Kappa Delta Rho, who was interviewed anonymously, said it was “laughably pathetic” that the media was covering the issue to the extent is has, adding “I don’t think that something like this should be reported.”

Earlier this week, the university announced the fraternity would be suspended after allegations surfaced that its members used the private Facebook pages to share photos of naked woman, including females who are passed out, sleeping and even vomiting.

“It was an entirely satirical group and it was funny to some extent,” the Kappa Delta Rho member says in the question and answer interview, published this week.

He tells the publication he was not involved directly with the pages in question, saying the matter is “not anyone else’s business, pretty much. It’s an inter-fraternity thing and that’s that.”

Police in State College, where the university’s main campus is located, say they first learned of the illicit sites when a former member of the fraternity reported the nude photos directly to law enforcement officials.

Police are looking into two pages, one called “Covert Business Transactions” and another titled “2.0,” according to a search warrant obtained by WJAC. The first Facebook page was shut down after a victim saw it. That’s when “2.0” was created, the report said.

Meanwhile, on Friday, more than 100 Penn State students protested at the fraternity house in State College, PennLive.com reported. Braving a snowstorm, the students held signs reading “rape culture lives here” and “support the victims.”

In addition to the allegedly nude and incriminating photos, frat members shared screenshots of text conversations, including one from a woman who was concerned about whether birth control was used during a sexual encounter the night before, the Philadelphia Inquirer said.

Joseph S. Rosenberg, Kappa Delta Rho’s Executive Director, said the fraternity intends to cooperate fully with law enforcement agencies and the university’s investigation and disciplinary process.

(PHOTO: Students protest at the Kappa Delta Rho frat house Friday. Via Twitter @CoachsWifeASU )

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