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Gary Coleman Pleads Not Guilty to Reckless Driving, Disorderly Conduct
Originally posted 10/14/2008 01:10PM
Gary Coleman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to reckless driving and disorderly conduct.
Coleman was more than an hour late to the hearing in a court in Payson, Utah, just south of Salt Lake City. His attorney, Randy Kester, says the tardiness was due to a misunderstanding.
Coleman faces a maximum of six months in jail if convicted of the misdemeanor reckless driving count, and a fine if found guilty of disorderly conduct.
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Lawyer: Gary Coleman 'Did Nothing Wrong'
Originally posted 09/18/2008 03:50PM
Gary Coleman, who's facing a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving, was "stalked" by the man struck by the actor's truck outside a bowling alley, Coleman's lawyer said Thursday.
"The charges against Mr. Coleman are absolutely ridiculous," attorney Randy Kester tells PEOPLE. "Mr. Coleman is absolutely confident that he did nothing wrong."
Coleman, 40, was backing out of the Payson, Utah, bowling alley around midnight on Sept. 6 when his truck struck Colt Rushton, 24, as well as a car. Rushton was taken to a local hospital and treated for minor injuries.
Witnesses said Coleman became irritated after Rushton photographed him. The
two argued in the bowling alley and then moved outside, police said.
"This man brought it on himself," Kester says. "(Mr. Coleman) was simply trying to leave the bowling alley and this man stalked him."
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Gary Coleman Formally Charged with Reckless Driving
Originally posted 09/17/2008 09:00PM
Gary Coleman was formally charged Wednesday with reckless driving and disorderly conduct following an altercation at a bowling alley in Utah.
"Mr. Coleman was notified today of the charges through his attorney," said
Lt. Bill Wright of the Payson, Utah, Police Department. "(Coleman) never spoke to us about what happened, but we gathered evidence after speaking to witnesses
and the other party involved."
The reckless driving charge is a misdemeanor, and the disorderly conduct offense is an infraction.
Coleman, 40, was backing out of a bowling alley around midnight on Sept. 6 when his truck hit Colt Rushton, 24, as well as another car. Rushton was taken to a local hospital and treated for minor injuries.
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Gary Coleman in Alleged Bowling Alley Scuffle
Originally posted 09/08/2008 08:20AM
Actor Gary Coleman hit a pedestrian with his truck after arguing with him in a Salt Lake City bowling alley, police in Utah tell the Salt Lake Tribune.
Police Lieutenant Bill Wright said Colt Rushton, 24, and the former Diff'rent Strokes star, 40, got into the alleged altercation in the early hours of Saturday, reportedly after Reston photographed Coleman.
Wright said the argument continued outside, and that Coleman hit Rushton and a vehicle as he was backing out of a parking space.
No citations were issued.
– Stephen M. Silverman
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Gary Coleman, Wife Have Their Diff'rences
Originally posted 04/25/2008 05:00PM
"He throws a temper tantrum like a 5-year-old," his newlywed wife complains on a TV show
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Gary Coleman Says He's Secretly Married
Originally posted 02/12/2008 03:30PM
Former child star Gary Coleman – who's now 40 – married Shannon Price, whom he'd met on a movie set, last Aug. 28, her 22nd birthday, Coleman reveals to Inside Edition.
The onetime Diff'rent Strokes star also admits that this is his first-time-ever romantic relationship.
"I never got the opportunity to be romantic or feel romantic with anyone," he says. "I wasn't saving myself, she just happened to be the one."
The couple's nuptials happened, "on a mountaintop," according to Coleman. "Nobody was around but the minister, preacher, the videographers, the photographer, the helicopter pilot and us. That was all that was there. There was nobody else.”
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Gary Coleman Cited for Disorderly Conduct
Originally posted 07/31/2007 05:30PM
Gary Coleman was cited for disorderly conduct in Provo, Utah, following a public argument with a female companion last Friday.
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Gary Coleman's Newest Role
Originally posted 07/21/1998 12:00AM
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