“Jersey Shore” cast member Ronnie Ortiz-Magro has pleaded not guilty to an aggravated assault charge in New Jersey.
The charge stems from a Sept. 4, 2009, fight outside a Seaside Heights nightclub in which Ortiz-Magro knocked another man unconscious.
The fight was shown during an episode of the first season of the popular MTV reality show.
Ortiz-Magro, 25, of the Bronx, N.Y., was arraigned on the charge Monday in state Superior Court in Toms River. The charge carries a potential prison term of up to five years.
The other man in the fight, 26-year-old Stephen Izzo of Berkeley Township, also has filed a lawsuit against Ortiz-Magro, MTV and the show's producers.
Superior Court Judge Stephanie Wauters scheduled a status conference for March 7.
“Jersey Shore” Star Pleads Not Guilty in Fight
The fight from which charges came happened in the first season of MTV show
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