brady eaves , 18 , was filmed biting the head off a live hamster at a party .
he is the stepson of john arthur eaves jr , democratic candidate for mississippi governor in 2007 , now an esteemed pro-life lawyer .
the teenager is a university of mississippi scholar , phi delta theta frat member , star soccer player , was a top student at private school in jackson .
sources told dailymail.com he is an ` animal lover ' with a pet raccoon .
they said eaves and his friends fed the hamster vodka and ` hot-boxed ' its cage with marijuana before the sickening stunt was caught on camera .
eaves could be charged with felony animal cruelty charges if it was filmed in florida , where there is 5-year maximum jail term and $ 5,000 fine .