JOIE CHEN, CNN ANCHOR: Paula Poundstone pleaded not guilty today to charges of lewd conduct and child endangerment. Details of the accusations remain unclear. But as CNN's Sherry Sylvester reports, it's clearly not a laughing matter.</s>SHERRI SYLVESTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): About a dozen reporters greeted comedienne Paula Poundstone as she arrived at the Santa Monica courthouse. She hugged some and personally thanked others. Poundstone later cried as her attorneys spoke of the thousands of letters and e-mails she has received since her arrest last week.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: At this time do you wish to enter a plea of...</s>PAULA POUNDSTONE, COMEDIENNE: Not guilty, your honor.</s>SYLVESTER: Inside, the comedienne entered not guilty pleas on four felony counts including charges of lewd conduct upon a child under the age of 14 and of endangering four other children. Judge Roberta H. Cayman (ph) issued a series of far-reaching protective orders barring Poundstone from any contact with those named in the complaint and preventing her from unsupervised visits with all minors.</s>GINA SATRIANO, DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: They serve to protect any children from being alone in her presence and from the name -- certain of the named minor victims from being in her presence at all until the resolution of this case.</s>SYLVESTER: Defense attorney Steven Cron called the stay-away orders unnecessary.</s>STEVEN M. CRON, POUNDSTONE'S ATTORNEY: She has spend her whole life trying to do good things for other people and a lot of her lifetime activities have had to do with the welfare of children and to be accused of these types of charges is especially upsetting to her.</s>SYLVESTER: A preliminary hearing is set for July 30. If convicted of the charges, Poundstone faces 13 years in prison.</s>CHEN: Sherri Sylvester reporting to us the latest from Santa Monica, California.
Poundstone Pleads Not Guilty to Lewd Behavior