Olympic canoeist David Hearn pleaded not guilty in Washington, DC, Superior Court Thursday to damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Hearn was indicted on July 2 on one depend of destruction of property of greater than $1,000 for allegedly damaging the Reflecting Pool in entrance of the Lincoln Memorial.
The felony cost carries a most penalty of 10 years in jail, if convicted.
“The government’s evidence is weak,” Mary Dohrmann, an lawyer for Hearn, mentioned on the listening to Thursday.
His attorneys additionally invoked his proper to a speedy trial, however the decide mentioned due to the court docket’s calendar she couldn’t maintain a trial until February 2027.
No trial date was set. His subsequent listening to is scheduled for August 5.
A big group of supporters gathered exterior the courthouse carrying indicators and altering “free Davie.”
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