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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Christine Pelisek / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Christine Pelisek / People Jan 23, 2015 4:25 AM UTC  Dustin Diamond waits for his preliminary hearing at Ozaukee County Courthouse in Port Washington, Wis., on Jan. 5, 2015 Dustin Diamond waits for his preliminary hearing at Ozaukee County Courthouse in Port Washington, Wis., on Jan. 5, 2015Jeffrey Phelps—Getty Images by [Christine Pelisek / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Christine Pelisek / People Jan 23, 2015 4:25 AM UTC Former [_Saved by the Bell_](http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0,,20295687%5F20653494,00.html) star [Dustin Diamond](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:DustinDiamond,00.html) pleaded not guilty Thursday to allegedly stabbing a man at a bar in Port Washington, Wisconsin, according to his attorney, Thomas Alberti. Diamond, 37, who’s best known for playing nerdy Samuel “Screech” Powers in the early 1990s sitcom, was charged with second-degree recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon after he admitted he was armed with a knife during a fight at the Grand Avenue Saloon on Dec. 25. “I’m feeling very positive about the outcome \[of the trial\],” Alberti tells PEOPLE. “The deeper we dig the more confident we feel about the outcome. The police and the prosecutor provided us with video and witness reports and everything we see completely supports what we said all along happened so we feel very good about it.” Diamond told police the bar fight started after he refused to shake hands with a woman who was bumping into his 27-year-old fiancée. The couple was arrested a short time after they left the bar. His fiancée, Amanda Schutz, was charged with disorderly conduct and released, according to [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/26/showbiz/dustin-diamond-arrest/index.html). Alberti says Diamond is taking everything in stride. “They moved to Wisconsin because they wanted to have a family,” he says. “They felt Wisconsin would be somewhere they wouldn’t have to deal with their notoriety. They decided at Christmas to go out and then this all happened.” During the hearing, the judge also reduced Diamond’s bail amount from $10,000 to $5,000. 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