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U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn<\/span> pleaded not guilty to charges of damaging the Reflecting Pool at the base of the Washington Monument.<\/p>\n

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The 67-year-old, who competed in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics, was indicted July 2, after he was accused of ripping out a portion of the sealant from the bottom of the Reflecting Pool<\/span> on June 19. He faces up to 10 years in prison, if convicted.<\/p>\n

Hearn said he stopped by the pool during a 64-mile bike ride and was arrested after reaching down into the pool. He has said he was just interested in the material and briefly touched it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hearn’s attorneys, Mary Dohrmann, senior counsel at Washington Litigation Group, and Norm Eisen, co-founder and executive chair of Democracy Defenders Fund, requested a status hearing and trial date and advocated for “release with no restriction” in the meantime.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A status hearing has been set for Aug. 5.<\/p>\n

The government asked for a “stay away, no contact order,” which Dohrmann opposed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hearn is “an upstanding citizen” and “does not need supervision of any kind,” Dohrmann argued. She added it would be “a waste of court resources to impose any restrictions.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The judge agreed to release Hearn on his own recognizance.<\/p>\n

The case “reflects the administration’s effort to shift blame for their own failures,” his lawyers said in a statement after Hearn’s indictment last week.<\/p>\n

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