Dustin Diamond Stabbing Lands Actor In Wisconsin Court

Dustin Diamond, accused of stabbing a man in a bar fight on Christmas Day, will be appearing in a Wisconsin courtroom. The actor, who played Screech in the 1990s television series “Saved by the Bell”, is expected to be at a hearing at Ozaukee County Circuit Court on Monday afternoon.

The criminal complaint says Diamond and his fiancee got into an altercation with two men and a woman at the Grand Avenue Saloon.Diamond had told police that he accidentally stabbed one of the men while trying to defend his fiancee. The victim was not seriously injured. A switchblade was recovered.

Dustin Diamond is being charged with second-degree recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon.

The “Saved by the Bell” actor was in the show from 1989-1993. The series co-starred Tiffani Thiessen, Mario Lopez, Elizabeth Berkley and Mark-Paul Gosselaar.

Thiessen recently told CBS News that she still keeps in touch her former cast members.

“It made it a little easier growing up with other kids in the business. We were a very tight-knit…working family. We had a lot of firsts together…traveling around the world. We got to know each other very well. It’s like having brothers and sisters…I still talk to half the cast — closely — still a lot.”

In Diamond’s interview with The Daily Beast he talked about being “intelligent”.

He said, “I consider myself to be an intelligent person, and I like intelligent people. For me, an intelligent person, in my mind, does not just look at things they read on the Internet and instantly believe them and judge someone else they’ve never met. Especially if you know that there’s trash written about that person. If you’re in the public eye you know that there’s haters for them, too. Obviously the more popular you are the more you’re going to get it, which I guess I should be flattered about.”

Dustin Diamond most recently appeared on “Celebrity Big Brother” and “Celebrity Fit Club.”

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Dustin Diamond Stabbing Lands Actor In Wisconsin Court