Released without bond, with no restrictions on visits to Reflecting Pool

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23. Judge denies Pirro demand to bar Olympian from Reflecting Pool after 'not guilty' plea

This case is so weak that I doubt that it gets to a jury. The fact that Piro asked/demanded that David Hearn be barred from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was truly outrageous and stupid. I am glad that the judge rejected this idiotic demand from Piro

A D.C. judge refused to bar three-time Olympian David Hearn from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Thursday, rejecting a government demand hours after he pleaded not guilty to a felony charge.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-07-09T16:30:13Z

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A D.C. judge refused to bar three-time Olympian David Hearn from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Thursday, rejecting a government demand hours after he pleaded not guilty to a felony charge.

Hearn, 67, faces up to 10 years in prison on a single count of destruction of property — a charge U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro brought after President Donald Trump's $14 million reflecting pool renovation was plagued by problems, including peeling paint and green algae.

Pirro claims Hearn "forcefully and violently" ripped up two square feet of the pool's new blue liner on June 19. Hearn says he touched a piece that was already peeling off and did nothing wrong.

Pirro's office asked D.C. Superior Court Judge Carmen McLean for a stay-away order — a legal demand that would have barred Hearn from returning to the pool. The judge said no, releasing Hearn without supervision or restrictions.

"The government's evidence is weak," his attorney, Mary Dohrmann, told the court.

"It is not a crime to touch the Reflecting Pool," she added.