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Dustin Diamond, Saved by the Bell star, pleads not guilty in bar stabbing

Saved by the Bell actor Dustin Diamond, who played Screech in the '90s TV show, appeared in a Wisconsin court Thursday on charges stemming from a Christmas Day scuffle.

The 38-year-old actor faces a number of charges linked to a Christmas Day scuffle

Dustin Diamond, who played Screech on the 1990s TV show "Saved by the Bell," has pleaded not guilty to charges resulting from a Christmas Day bar fight. (Ozaukee County Sheriff/Associated Press)

The actor who played Screech in the 1990s TV show Saved by the Bell has pleaded not guilty to charges resulting from a bar fight.

Dustin Diamond and his fiancée, Amanda Schutz, appeared in Ozaukee County Circuit Court Thursday morning on charges stemming from the Christmas Day scuffle at a bar in in southeastern Wisconsin.

Diamond is accused of stabbing a man after Schutz became involved in an altercation. The stabbed man told police he had shoved Diamond forcefully and didn't realize he had been cut until later.

The 38-year-old Diamond pleaded not guilty to second-degree reckless endangering safety, a felony, and two misdemeanors. Schutz entered the same plea to misdemeanor disorderly conduct.

Diamond has been free on bond. The judge set a $500 US signature bond for Schutz.