Kitean Finley pleas not guilty Monday

An actress accused of kicking and hitting her husband, former Angels

pitcher Chuck Finley, pleaded not guilty Monday through her attorney in a

Laguna Niguel courtroom.

Tawny Kitean Finley, 40, was not present but was represented by

defense attorney Blair Berk. Kitean Finley was charged with two counts of

domestic violence.

A Superior Court judge ordered Kitean Finley to stay away from her

husband, who now pitches for the Cleveland Indians.

Kitean Finley was arrested April 1 after Newport Beach police

responded to a 911 hang-up call at the couple’s Newport Coast home.

Officials said they found cuts and bruises on Finley’s arms and face that

they believed were caused by his wife of four years.

The two reportedly argued on the way home from dinner and Kitean

Finley allegedly attacked him with her high-heeled shoes, scratched him

on the face and pulled his ear.

On April 4, Finley filed for divorce based on “irreconcilable

differences.”