FILE â In this Jan. 2, 2016, file photo, Penn State athletic trainer Tim Bream, right, and head coach James Franklin, left, check on injured quarterback Christian Hackenberg prior to his leaving the game in the first half of the TaxSlayer Bowl NCAA college football game against Georgia in Jacksonville, Fla. Bream could testify as a preliminary hearing resumes for members of a fraternity facing criminal charges over the death of a pledge. A district judge in Pennsylvania plans Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, to take up a defense request to hold Bream in contempt. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser, File)
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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - A live-in adviser to a Penn State fraternity has testified he didn't see the alcohol hazing ritual or other events leading to a pledge's death.
Tim Bream took the stand Wednesday on the sixth day of a hearing on whether 16 former frat brothers should stand trial on charges ranging from involuntary manslaughter to hazing. Two other defendants waived their right to a preliminary hearing.
Bream said he went to his room after watching the February pledge ceremony at Beta Theta Pi and left for work the next morning without seeing Tim Piazza, of Lebanon, New Jersey. Bream is also the football team's head athletic trainer.
Piazza consumed a dangerous amount of alcohol during a hazing ritual and fell repeatedly, suffering fatal injuries. An ambulance was called the next morning.
FILE â In this March 23, 2015, file photo, Penn State athletic trainer Tim Bream, right, talks with quarterback Christian Hackenberg, in blue, as he stretches during an NCAA college spring football practice in State College, Pa. Bream could testify as a preliminary hearing resumes for members of a fraternity facing criminal charges over the death of a pledge. A district judge in Pennsylvania plans Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, to take up a defense request to hold Bream in contempt. (Joe Hermitt/PennLive.com via AP, File)
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FILE - In this May 15, 2017, file photo, Evelyn Piazza, center, seated with her husband James, right, and son Michael, left, speaks during an interview in New York. The Piazza's talked about Timothy Piazza, 19, a brother, son and Penn State sophomore who died in February after he was put through a ritual at his fraternity house and forced to drink dangerous amounts of alcohol in a short amount of time. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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