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SEATTLE --Celebrity crab-boat captain Sig Hansen has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges that he spit on an Uber driver last week in Seattle.Hansen, the star of the Seattle-based reality show Deadliest Catch, is accused of spitting on an Uber driver and denting the driver s car early Thursday morning afte yeezy r celebrating Norway s Constitution Day in Ballard,C hoka BS affiliate KIRO reports. The police report shows it happened after the driver refused to accept cash for the ride.According to KIRO, Hansen was arrested at his Seattle home, where officers say he was obviously intoxicated. As he left the court hearing, Hansen said he feels terrible and embarrassed about what happened. Magistrate Park Eng ordered him to abstain from alcohol and drugs. More from CBS News Rapper Young Thug pleads guilty to gang, drug and gun charges adidas campus Shooting in mall in Vancouver, Washington leaves 1 dead, 2 wounded Former CIA officer found not guilty in assault case