Olympic canoeist David Hearn pleaded not guilty in Washington, DC, Superior Court Thursday to damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Hearn, 67, was indicted on July 2 on one count of destruction of property of more than $1,000 for allegedly damaging the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
The felony charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, if convicted.
“The government’s evidence is weak,” Mary Dohrmann, an attorney for Hearn, said at the hearing Thursday.
His attorneys also invoked his right to a speedy trial, but the judge said because of the court’s calendar she couldn’t hold a trial till February 2027.
