Events from 1990 might have just caught up to an Emmy-nominated actor.

USA Today reports.

Hamm was accused in violent college hazing

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Mad Men star Jon Hamm took part in a violent university hazing in 1990 at the University of Texas that led to criminal charges, according to court and school records obtained Thursday.

The Emmy-nominated actor had not previously been publicly linked to a lawsuit filed by a member of a fraternal social organization who said he was severely beaten, dragged by a hammer and had his pants lit on fire. In the 1991 lawsuit, the pledge said Hamm participated “till the very end.”

Criminal records show that Hamm, now 44, was charged with hazing and received probation. A separate charge of assault was dismissed. The chapter of the Sigma Nu fraternity, a male group of students, permanently disbanded.

Representatives for Hamm and Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner did not respond to requests for comment Thursday.

The case resurfaced just as the critically acclaimed Mad Men begins airing its final season on AMC.

According to the lawsuit, Hamm became “mad, I mean really mad” after the 20-year-old student joining the fraternity failed to recite things he was supposed to memorize about Hamm and other fraternity members. For Hamm, his list included “Young Bobby,” ”MC Hammer” and “UT Football Punching Bag.”

The pledge, Mark Allen Sanders, said Hamm went on to set his jeans on fire, shove his face in dirt and strike him with a paddle.