Dustin Diamond Trial: 'Saved By The Bell's' Screech Expected In Court For Knife Incident

Dustin Diamond, who played Screech in the 1990's hit show "Saved by the Bell," is headed to trial.

The 38-year-old actor has been accused of stabbing a man during a bar fight in southeastern Wisconsin, according to Fox News

He is expected to be in Ozaukee Country Circuit Court Wednesday at some point to start his "trial on a felony charge of second-degree recklessly endangering safety."

He was also charged with two misdemeanors, one for disorderly conduct and the other for having a concealed weapon - a pocketknife.

If convicted, he could face up to 10 years in jail, The Inquistr reports.

His defense attorney claims that not one of the people interviewed at the bar following the incident on Christmas day saw him stab the man, who was not seriously hurt.

"Dustin doesn't feel like he is being wronged," lawyer Thomas Alberti told People at the time. "He gets that when something like this happens, the police get involved and the court figures it out. He says the Port Washington police have been nothing but exemplary. He gets it. He knows there is a process in this country and in the end he will be exonerated."

All of this allegedly happened because Diamond was trying to protect his fiancée, who was apparently punched in the face and "forcibly held by more than one adult male."

"[Diamond] produced a pocketknife in a desperate attempt to defend his [fiancée] from further harm. [Diamond] hoped to deter the aggressors with the only option that he had: a pocketknife," his lawyer continued to explain. "It was not until one of the aggressors attempted to tackle [Diamond] that any alleged injury occurred."

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