dustin diamond stabbing trial verdict: star not guilty of felony, convicted of 2 misdemeanors - whiteboard

Dustin Diamond, best known for playing screams in Bell, was acquitted after being accused of stabbing a man in a bar fight, but two counts of misdemeanor are still under threat of imprisonment.
Prosecutors charged 38-year-
Stabbed a 25-year-old actor. year-
Old man Kathy Smit was at the Grand Avenue salon on December.
26 after his fiancee, Amanda Schutz, had an altercation with a woman who allegedly harassed her and her actors.
Diamond pleaded not guilty for reckless crimes against safety and light, for carrying concealed weapons and using dangerous weapons for disorderly conduct.
On Friday night, a jury in Wisconsin found him innocent.
Schutz himself was also convicted of misdemeanor.
Madison Station WISC-"We are happy with the results and we think justice has been done
The television station quoted Thomas Alberty, Diamond's lawyer, as saying.
The jury did a good job.
"Diamond sometimes uses a whiteboard when he is giving evidence.
He said he tried to defend Shutz and took out his knife and put it away when he saw her safe.
Met with knife wounds
He threatened to tell the police that he did not realize he had been hacked until after the incident.
Diamond said he also did not know that Smit was injured and that he "did not use a knife to swing or slam anyone ".
"It is only for display purposes and has the desired effect," the actor testified . ".
"I said," Let's go. "They're leaving right away.
"After the standoff, he said, they left the bar and Shutz drove the two to their home about a mile away.
He said it was when he looked at her wound carefully.
"Her face is bleeding," the actor testified . ".
"She just thought, 'Oh my God, oh my God', hold her face . . . . . . And try to drive with her free hand.
"After the verdict, Diamond and Shutz hugged together and walked out of the court together.
The conviction of carrying concealed weapons may result in a maximum of nine months of imprisonment, while disorderly conduct with dangerous weapons can be sentenced to up to 90 days of imprisonment.
Diamond and Schutz are scheduled to be sentenced on June 25.