Earlier this month Hearn, who competed as a canoe racer in three Summer Olympics , entered a not guilty plea through one of his attorneys during his initial appearance in DC Superior Court.

Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss an indictment charging U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn with ripping the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying the damage…

Damage to the pool was actually the result of a “flawed installation by the contractor,” Justice Department lawyers said.