Dustin Diamond was sentenced to four months in jail Thursday for stabbing a man during a bar fight last December.
Wisconsin Judge Paul Malloy also sentenced the “Saved By the Bell” star to 15 months of probation. The actor who played nerd Screech on the hit ’90s sitcom was convicted with two misdemeanor counts earlier this month dating back to a Christmas Day bar brawl.
The Associated Press reports Diamond was teary-eyed while leaving court. After a three-day trial in May, Diamond was cleared of felony charges but found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and disorderly conduct.
Diamond told a jury he took out a knife in self-defense after his girlfriend was punched and a throng of people were attacking him at bar. As a result, he claimed to have accidentally stabbed a man.
Witnesses testified that Diamond’s girlfriend, Amanda Schutz, pushed one woman at the bar and grabbed another woman’s hand, initiating the bar fight. Schutz was also convicted of disorderly conduct last month and faces a maximum of 90 days in prison.
Diamond will report to jail Sunday.