Hughes Hubbard & Reed partner Steven Hammond pleaded not guilty this week to misdemeanor lewdness and public exposure charges, according to news reports, related to allegations that he masturbated in a sauna in front of an employee at a high-end Wall Street gym.

Hammond, 65, co-chairs Hughes Hubbard’s international practice from New York. He is facing misdemeanor charges of public exposure and lewdness for exposing a body part in public, according to New York criminal court records.

Steven Hammond