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Steve-O "I've been clean for 44 days," he told reporters outside court while signing autographs for people reporting for jury duty in unrelated cases.

The 33-year-old reality-television star, whose real name is Stephen Glover, entered his plea in a Los Angeles courtroom and was ordered to return on May 13 for a hearing in the case.Steve-O, the stunt-performing star of the MTV series "Jackass" and its movie spinoffs, pleaded innocent on Wednesday to a cocaine possession charge stemming from his March arrest in Hollywood."I've been clean for 44 days," he told reporters outside court while signing autographs for people reporting for jury duty in unrelated cases.Glover is one of several pranksters who made a name for himself doing outrageous stunts on the "Jackass" show. The two "Jackass" movies that followed in 2002 and 2006 were surprise hits at box offices with combined ticket sales of more than $160 million worldwide.Glover was arrested on March 3 at his residence in Hollywood after someone complained that he had vandalized a neighbor's property.He was reportedly hospitalized for psychiatric evaluation after his arrest and blogged about the experience on his Web site (https://www.steveo.com) in a post headlined: "You Should All Know I'm In The Looney Bin."The British-born performer has a long history of legal woes, some related to his outlandish on-stage antics.Authorities in Louisiana brought obscenity and assault charges against him in 2002 after a nightclub performance in which Glover stapled his scrotum to his thigh in a stunt he called "The Butterfly."

Stephen Glover aka Steve-O of "Jackass" fame has been charged with felony possession of cocaine

Steve-O of "Jackass" fame has been charged with felony possession of cocaine, according to court documents posted on celebrity news site TMZ.com.
The documents show that Steve-O, whose real name is Stephen Glover, was charged Monday. A message left for his manager, Ben Feigin, wasn’t immediately returned late Thursday.The 33-year-old co-star of MTV’s irreverent stunt show was arrested March 3 at his Hollywood home for investigation of vandalism and possession of a controlled substance.Glover allegedly had a small quantity of drugs on him, police said at the time.