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Gold, 35, remained silent as her attorney, Blair Berk, entered the pleas on her behalf in a Ventura, Calif., courtroom, the Associated Press reports. She is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and causing bodily injury, driving with a blood-alcohol level above 0.08 percent and causing injury, and felony child endangerment.
Gold was arrested Sept. 3 by California Highway Patrol officers after she lost control of her 2001 GMC Yukon with her husband and three sons inside. Gold's spouse, Roby Marshall, and two of their children (ages 5 and 4 months) were not seriously injured but their eldest son, 7-year-old Sage, suffered a broken clavicle and a head laceration.
After CHP officers administered sobriety tests, Gold was arrested and booked under her married name, Tracey Gold Marshall. She spent five hours behind bars before being released on $50,000 bail, said CHP spokesman Steve Reid.
The maximum sentence in such cases is five years in prison, said Senior Deputy District Attorney Kim Gibbons, adding that it is also common for people in such cases to receive probation or a lesser amount of jail time.
"(Gold) is acting very responsibly and taking all this very seriously," Berk said after Tuesday's hearing. "All of her family – her husband and her children – are all incredibly supportive."
Gold, who played Carol Seaver from 1985-92 on Growing Pains, was pregnant with her youngest son when she filmed the latest reunion movie special, Growing Pains 2: Return of the Seavers, which aired Saturday on ABC.
