Actor Faizon Love pleads not guilty to assault charge

Actor Faizon Love pleads not guilty to assault charge | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, file photo, Faizon Love, a cast member in "Couples Retreat," banters with photographers at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles. Love has been jailed on a misdemeanor assault charge in Ohio after an alleged altercation Tuesday, March 7, 2017, with a valet at John Glenn Columbus International Airport. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Actor and comedian Faizon Love has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanour assault charge after an alleged altercation with a valet at the Columbus airport.

Love pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Franklin County Municipal Court and was released on $2,000 bond. He was arrested Tuesday and jailed overnight after authorities alleged he argued with the 24-year-old man and assaulted him in a baggage claim area.

Authorities say Love grabbed the man behind the neck and threw him to the ground and into a desk, then pushed him down when he tried to get up. Video of the altercation was released Wednesday.

Defence attorney John Moore has said there was a disagreement over payment.

Love is scheduled to make appearances at a Columbus comedy club next week.

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