SALT LAKE CITY He was known for his TV antics promoting his computer company, but now, Dell Super Dell Schanze may become known for kicking an owl while flying a motorized paraglider.

Schanze appeared in federal court Thursday for misdemeanor charges related to reports and video footage of him kicking an owl in February or March 2011. But before his hearing even began, he was loud, disruptive and interruptive.

Other news organizations reported he lashed out at them, even calling one evil. While waiting for his own case, he made loud and rude comments about other cases.

At one point, U.S. Magistrate Judge Brooke Wells asked the defendant in another case to give up his firearms as a condition of his release.

Schanze, 45, yelled, Thats totally unconstitutional ... Thats not cool at all.

He was handcuffed and escorted out of the room until he could be compliant in the courtroom.

When he did return, he was uncooperative with Wells, who at one point said, Im not going to play these games.

But Wells managed to get a plea out of the former TV pitchman -- not guilty, he told her.

Wells eventually appointed him a public defender, Kent Hart, and set a one-day trial for Feb. 17.

Schanze was once a TV pitchman in commercials for his company Totally Awesome Computers, and he also ran as the Libertarian candidate for governor.

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