09 jul 2026
Former US Olympian pleads not guilty to damaging reflecting pool amid Trump’s renovation
David Hearn is accused of destroying ‘American flag blue’ lining material on the bottom of the reflecting pool David Hearn, a former Olympic canoe racer, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to damaging Washington’s reflecting pool after a $14.7m renovation project. Hearn, a three-time US Olympian, was indicted last week on a single felony count of property destruction. He appeared in local superior court in Washington DC, to enter the plea after he was criminally charged over the incident in mid-June.
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Former Olympic canoeist David Hearn denies damaging Donald Trump’s Washington, DC reflecting pool renovation.
al jazeeraA former US Olympian canoeist denies accusations that he deliberately damaged the lining of the refurbished Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
bbc newsCanoeist David Hearn plead not guilty in D.C. Superior Court Thursday to a charge of destruction of property causing more than $1,000 in damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. (Image credit: Finn Gomez)
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Former Olympian pleads not guilty in reflecting pool vandalism charges
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Ex-Olympian pleads not guilty to Reflecting Pool vandalism charges
- 16:06al jazeera
Former US Olympian pleads not guilty in DC reflecting pool vandalism case
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