Brandon Thompson is charged with first-degree assault, first-degree reckless injury and strangulation. A 27-year-old man charged in the attack and sexual assault of a University of Wisconsin-Madison student last September pleaded guilty.

The attack left the woman naked, covered in blood and unconscious, according to the complaint, and she was later diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury.

The man accused in the brutal attack of a UW-Madison student last year pleaded guilty Thursday in Dane County Court. Brandon Thompson, 27, appeared for a new plea hearing on Thursday. Thompson pleaded guilty to all three charges he was accused of: first-degree sexual assault,

A man charged with three violent felonies against a UW-Madison student, including first-degree sexual assault, plans to plead guilty.