A student living at Beta Theta Pi fraternity will stand trial on multiple assault charges after a man he allegedly punched was diagnosed with multiple brain hemorrhages.

Matthew W. Guthrie, 20, was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment.

He was arraigned before District Justice Jonathan Grine on April 1 in connection with a Jan. 30 incident that occurred at the fraternity house, 220 N. Burrowes St.

A Beta Theta Pi member said yesterday that the fraternity had no comment about the incident and would not confirm whether Guthrie was a member.

Guthrie was bound over for trial Wednesday.

According to court documents, Guthrie was at a party when his girlfriend called from his room at the fraternity and said an intoxicated man refused to leave. Guthrie returned and found the assault victim, James Madison University student Scott Benham, lying in a stairway between the first and second floors of the building. He went into the room, and his girlfriend confirmed Benham was the man who would not leave.

Guthrie returned to the stairway and, according to a witness, pulled Benham to his feet against a wall and punched him in the face. The witness also said Guthrie shoved Benham into a wall.

In a statement given to police, Guthrie said he grabbed Benham and told him to leave but said he never hit the victim. The documents said Benham was at downtown bars earlier that day with members of Beta Theta Pi and did not remember the evening. He woke up the next morning at the fraternity and returned to his girlfriend's apartment complaining of head pain.

A fraternity member later informed Benham that Guthrie had kicked him in the head, according to the documents.

Benham was taken to Mount Nittany Medical Center on Feb. 1 and was diagnosed with internal bleeding in his brain. Hospital staff members contacted members of the State College Police Department before he was transported to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville for further treatment.