Jim Jones pleads not guilty to assault charge

NEW YORK (AP) - February 5, 2009

Jones, 32, was arraigned Wednesday in Manhattan Criminal Court and freed without bail pending a March 24 court date. He is charged with assault.

He allegedly beat Jayvon Smith on Dec. 22 outside the Louis Vuitton store on Fifth Avenue.

Jones downplayed the incident, saying: "It's what you call an expensive inconvenience."

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