Dustin Diamond says he did not intentionally stab man in bar scuffle

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/29/screech-stabbing-dustin-diamond-milwaukee

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The TV actor Dustin Diamond said on Friday he did not intentionally stab a man in a barroom scuffle just outside Milwaukee.

Diamond, 38, who played Screech on the 1990s show Saved by the Bell, is accused of stabbing a man on Christmas Day in Port Washington, about 25 miles north of Milwaukee.

Diamond told a jury that he was trying to protect his girlfriend during a bar fight. He has pleaded not guilty to recklessly endangering public safety.

The man who was stabbed, Casey Smet, 25, testified on Thursday that he didn’t know he had been stabbed until he left the bar and was talking to police.

Diamond testified that he thinks Smet hurt himself when he grabbed Diamond.

If convicted, Diamond could face up to 10 years in prison.