Having done my share of power drinking in college, I can testify "Yes" to that question. Particularly if the person is smaller, female, an inexperienced drinker, and drinking something harder than beer.
Excessive Beer (or / especially wine) drinking usually hits slower, and the consumer winds up with their head in a trashcan before any serious damage is done. I suppose that you could get alcohol poisoning from beer, but jeez, you'd need to work pretty hard at it.
Hard liquor is different. Having had enough "Never Again" moments myself (Southern Comfort....shudder) I could see where this girl could have gotten herself into trouble. Especially if there was no one there to look after her.
I've carted my share of girls back to their apartments and roommates ("aw jeez, wildbill, thanks for bringing her home...I think") who thought that they could (or should, or whatever) keep up with either myself or other guys at parties. Fortunate for all of them that I'm a decent fellow, unlike this crew.
Have you seen anybody pass out to a near-comatose state in response to one drink?
I get the impression that this girl may have done her share of drinking and screwing around before this incident, based on the reputation she seems to have had.
I wonder what the situation was with the other girl who says she was raped by this crew.
Had my share of run-ins (sure felt like a run over by a truck, too) with too much alcohol, both liquor and beer.
For everybody wondering, yes, it’s entirely possible to get yourself trashed in a short amount of time. I’m a small guy with a low tolerance and I’ve done it to myself plenty of times.