Former Olympian Canoeist Pleads Not Guilty in Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case

Former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn stood before a D.C. Superior Court judge on Thursday and entered a not guilty plea to a charge of destruction of property.

Hearn is accused of causing more than $1,000 in damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C.

After his arraignment concluded, Hearn walked out of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia with his attorney, Norman Eisen, where a group of reporters and protesters had gathered to hear from them.