BELLEFONTE--When Penn State's embattled former head athletic trainer testified in court last year about his role as a live-in fraternity adviser, he said he wasn't aware of underage drinking or alcohol violations at the Beta Theta Pi house.

Defense attorney Leonard Ambrose subpoenaed Tim Bream to court last year to inquire about what he knew about alcohol parties inside the Beta house in the wake of mortal injuries suffered by a pledge during a booze-fueled party Feb. 2, 2017.

But newly available text messages and police interviews prompted at least one defense attorney and a police detective this week to cast doubt on some of his testimony.

Ambrose asked Tim Bream if he was present for a series of rush parties in 2016, including a "crate race," where pledges try to quickly consume a case of beer.

"I don't even know what a crate race is," Bream said on Aug. 30, 2017.

But text messages revealed in court Tuesday as prosecutors sought to refile criminal charges against 11 former fraternity brothers showed a fraternity brother told Bream on Nov. 4, 2016, that they planned a crate race.

"Apparently just a crate race with the brothers tonight," Michael Angelo Schiavone said in his message to Bream.

"OK, thanks MA," Bream texted back. "All be responsible and careful please. Please let me know if any issues."

The text message was among six requests for parties relayed to Bream within seven weeks during the fall 2016 semester.

Additional messages showed Bream procured a bartender for their fall 2016 formal event inside the fraternity.

"How long do you need her for?" Bream asks during a series of messages about the bartender.

Ambrose said Tuesday that Bream testified last year that he didn't drink alcohol and thought it was poison yet he arranged a bartender "so young men can be served alcohol on the premises." Ambrose said many underage people were at the party.

Bream previously testified that he knew there was alcohol being served at specific events and he presumed the executive members of the fraternity had obtained the proper permissions to have alcohol inside the house.

But the text messages showed a more detailed knowledge of parties by Bream than he previously testified to.

Bream previously portrayed his role as someone looking out for the facility. He provided as an example of his guidance as telling the guys to remove a basketball hoop from the patio. Bream also said he only answered questions when asked during weekly executive meetings.

But the newly revealed text messages show the house's risk manager was supposed to get Bream's permission before each party.

"Also, you forgot to give me a heads-up about last night," Bream texted to Schiavone on Nov. 11, 2016.

Bream also denied a request from Schiavone on Dec. 8, 2016, for a six-way, or party involving six different Greek houses.

"No." Bream texted to Schiavone. "Go somewhere else."

The house Vice President, Ed Gilmartin, told police that Bream once got them hay bales as decorations for a date party, knew that they held alcohol parties and never told them that they could not have alcohol at events where pledges were.

Gilmartin also told police that there was a keg inside the library the night of the bid acceptance night with Piazza before the official ceremony, according to discovery evidence provided to defense attorneys in the case.

Bream previously testified he watched the ceremony from that room and video surveillance showed him walking away from the library to his room at 9:28 p.m. on Feb. 2, 2017, after the ceremony but before the alcohol-chugging obstacle course.

Bream testified he was in his room and unaware of any alleged hazing activities.

Bream also said last year that he knew fraternity brothers had sought IFC approval for a social party after the pledge activities Feb. 2, 2017, but that he didn't know whether they had obtained permission until "after-the-fact."

The former district attorney, Stacy Parks Miller, made repeated objections during Bream's appearance in court last year. She said "asked and answered," when Ambrose tried to clarify exactly what Bream knew about alcohol at the party.

"He said he knew there was going to be a social, but he didn't know about the alcohol," in advance, Parks Miller said. Magisterial District Judge Allen Sinclair concurred.

Bream also testified he didn't see evidence of alcohol in the lobby after he exited the house in the early hours of Feb. 3, after the deadly party.

Video surveillance played in court Monday showed Bream walked through the lobby into the great room, where he turned off a light at 5:28 a.m.

Piazza, meanwhile, was dying on the floor of an adjacent darkened room. Police have said it's not clear whether Bream could have seen Piazza in the dark but that Bream walked within 10 feet of the severely injured teenager.

Hours later, video surveillance from the lobby showed fraternity brothers cleaning up beer cans and alcohol debris from the lobby before police arrived for a 911 call about Piazza.

A police detective testified this week there were beer cans, cups and bottles visible.

"Tim Bream said he walked out and didn't see any debris," Ambrose asked Detective David Scicchitano Tuesday. "That was a lie, based on the video. He lied under oath?"

"I believe he did," Scicchitano said.

Deputy Chief Attorney General Brian Zarallo objected and said it's unclear what Bream saw.

Ambrose then rephrased his question.

"Do you have any reason to believe Tim Bream was blind?" Ambrose asked the detective.

"No," Scicchitano said.

According to discovery material provided to defense attorneys, two fraternity brothers also said Bream watched surveillance video with them after Piazza died.

Braxton Becker said he wtached the video with Bream, but Bream told police he did not ever watch the video without police present. Gilmartin alson told police he saw Bream watching the video with Becker the evening of Feb. 4, 2017, after Piazza died.

Police came to the house to confiscate the video on Feb. 6, 2017.

Bream could not be reached Tuesday for his comment.

Bream resigned his position at the end of February, a move that Piazza's parents said at the time was "long overdue." They had previously asked the university to fire him.