Arizona Daily Wildcat
Wednesday November 6, 2002
COLLEGE STATION, Texas ÷ Texas A&M University student Brennan Jasper Bice was arrested Oct. 31 after he admitted to videotaping intercourse with a female student without her knowledge and then showing the tape to fraternity members.
Bice, 21, a information and operations management junior and member of Lambda Chi Alpha, told police that he videotaped himself and a sorority member having consensual sex at his home last month, said Lt. Rodney Sigler of the College Station Police Department.
"The woman was completely unaware they were being videotaped at the time," Sigler said.
Court papers show that up to 15 people saw the videotape on different occasions at the fraternity house, which is located at 1400 Athens Dr.
Bice told College Station police that he showed the videotape to his fraternity brothers as a way to brag about the encounter.
"Bice was arrested and charged with improper photo or visual record with the intent to arouse or gratify," said Wayne Dicky, jail administrator for Brazos County.
The offense occurred on Oct. 8, but the woman in the videotape did not file a police report with the CSPD until Oct. 16, Sigler said.
A source close to Bice said he is a respectable student with good grades who volunteers and was president of his class in high school.
"Brennan has absolutely loved going to A&M," said the source, who asked not to be identified. "He has so much pride and has been so happy to be there. He's just beside himself now."
The source declined to comment on the charges against Brice.
According to police records, the Lambda Chi Alpha president found the videotape and notified the president of the woman's sorority. The woman later contacted Bice and asked if he had shown the videotape to anyone.
"This crime is a state jail felony and you can receive up to two years in a state jail," Sigler said.