Wife of RFK Jr. pleads not guilty to DWI charge

BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. -- The wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated in New York.

Attorney Kerry Lawrence entered the plea Thursday night for 50-year-old Mary Richardson Kennedy, who's accused of jumping a curb near a school.

Kennedy's arraignment took place in Bedford Town Court, about 45 miles north of New York City.

Kennedy's husband is a prominent environmental lawyer and son of former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. He wasn't in court.

Mary Kennedy was arrested May 15 after a police officer said he saw her run over a curb outside a school near her Bedford home. Police say she had a blood-alcohol level of 0.11 percent. The legal limit is 0.08 percent.

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