TVB host Amigo Choi Kin-bong will face trial in mid-May for allegedly assaulting his 20-year-old Brazilian-Chinese model girlfriend at his Kowloon Tong home in December last year.
Choi, 30, pleaded not guilty to one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm at Kwun Tong Court yesterday for hurting Elizabete Kwong Man-wai, 20, at his Beacon Heights apartment.
He will face trial on May 18 on the charge.
Prosecutors are expected to call four witnesses to testify against Choi in the case.
The television host was released on bail pending his next appearance at court.
Choi, who has been among TVB's most popular hosts, was greeted by a crowd of waiting news and entertainment reporters and cameramen when he arrived for the hearing.
A lawyer representing Choi told the court that his client would argue that the alleged assault on Kwong had been an accident, and that the charge had been wrongly brought.