TV Series Based On Penn State Cocaine Ring In The Works

STATE COLLEGE, PA — A comedy TV series loosely based on the fraternity cocaine trafficking ring involving Penn State students is in development.

According to Deadline, the project is part of producer-director Alec Berg's overall deal with Netflix.

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Deadline described the project as a "fictional comedy series about a college fraternity drug ring, loosely inspired by recent events and allegations."

In August, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday charged 14 people with participating in a drug trafficking operation involving two fraternities.

Students Agostino Abbatiello of New York and and Thomas Robinson of the Pittsburgh suburb of Churchill were the alleged ringleaders of the operation. They allegedly sold cocaine purchased in Philadelphia and New York through the Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon fraternity houses between 2023 and 2024.

Sunday said fraternity pledges were required to cut and bag cocaine as part of their indoctrination.

No title, additional cast members, production schedule or release date has been announced for the Netflix project, according to Deadline. Berg, the co-creator of HBO's "Barry" and executive producer on "Silicon Valley" will executive produce and serve as supervising writer for the new series.