'The Sandlot' Star Michael Vitar Pleads Not Guilty to Assault

Michael Vitar, "The Sandlot" star who played Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez, walked into an L.A. court and entered a not guilty plea in the beatdown of a college kid.

Vitar, who quit acting to be a firefighter and the 2 other alleged assailants were all in court to enter their pleas. The other two also pleaded not guilty.

We broke the story, Vitar was charged with felony assault for allegedly attacking Samuel Chang, a 23-year-old UCSB student on Halloween last year.

Vitar and his co-defendants are due back in court in March.