'Saved By The Bell' Star Dustin Diamond Arrested For Allegedly Threatening A Life with Switchblade
Saved By the Bell star Dustin Diamond (Skreech) was arrested in Wisconsin on Christmas night with charges of allegedly threatened someone's life with a switchblade. As of now, it is not clear what caused the incident, but Diamond has been known to have a short temper in the past. You can check out his mug shot above.
The Ozaukee County Sheriff officially said he was arrested for possession of a switchblade, reckless endangerment and carrying a concealed weapon. He was taken into custody after getting into a bar fight and his bail is set for $1K.
Diamond and the whole original "Saved By the Bell" cast were in the news again earlier this year as a Lifetime movie was made about the years on their show titled "The Unauthorized Saved By The Bell Story". Most of what the writers for the movie went off of were Diamond's account of the show from his tell all book. The film premiered on Lifetime in September.
"Saved By The Bell" was one of the highest rated shows on television, running from 1989-1993 and still shown on steady re-runs to this day. The kids from fictional Bayside High in California seemed to have their lives together and only focused on PG rated issues on the show.
However, behind the scenes, there were always stories about the casts fights, drug use and sexual encounters. Then Dustin Diamond, who played Screech, put out a tell-all book about the dirty secrets of the show and cast.
The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story was written Ron McGee (The Nine Lives of Chole King) and directed by Jason Lepeyre (Restless Virgins).
The Lifetime movie starred Dylan Everett as Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Sam Kindseth as Dustin Diamond, Julian Works as Mario Lopez, Alyssa Lynch as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Tiera Skovbye as Elizabeth Berkley, and Taylor Russell McKenzie as Lark Voorhies.