SAN FRANCISCO -- A 23-year-old New Jersey man was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for allegedly stalking Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel and dragging the Holocaust scholar out of a hotel elevator earlier this year.

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harold Kahn ruled there was enough evidence to try Eric Hunt on six felony charges including attempted battery, stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, elder abuse and false imprisonment of an elder. Each charge carries a hate crime allegation.

If convicted of all the charges, Hunt could face seven years in prison and a $100,000 fine, prosecutors said.

Wiesel, 78, who chronicled his experiences as a Jewish teenager at two Nazi death camps in the book "Night," told authorities he was accosted by a young man who asked him for an interview at San Francisco's Argent Hotel, then dragged him off an elevator.

Hunt, of Vernon, N.J., has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to all the charges. He's currently being held in a psychiatric unit of San Francisco County jail, where he's receiving counseling and medication to treat bipolar disorder, said defense lawyer John M. Runfola.

Runfalo said his client is mentally ill and the incident "came about as a result of a psychiatric condition and not anti-Semitism and hatred."

Hunt was ordered to appear at a Sept. 4 court hearing to enter a new plea and receive a trial date.

Kahn also referred the case to Behavorial Health Court and set a Sept. 6 hearing for attorneys, mental health specialists and a judge to develop a plan to treat Hunt's condition and possibly drop criminal charges.

The district attorney's office reserves the right to reject the plan, and prosecutor Alan Kennedy said Tuesday he doesn't think an alternative court is appropriate for Hunt's case.

"I do believe the charges are serious enough that they warrant time in state prison," Kennedy said.