LOS ANGELES - A former European video game executive injured in the Feb. 21 crash of a rare red Ferrari Enzo in Malibu pleaded not guilty Tuesday to nine criminal charges, including embezzlement, grand theft auto and DUI.

Bo Stefan Eriksson remains jailed on $3 million bail - along with a no- bail immigration hold - pending a July 7 pretrial hearing at the downtown Los Angeles courthouse.

"Well, he would like to get out of custody, and that's an issue I hope we'll be addressing with the court shortly," said Eriksson's new attorney, Alec Rose.

Eriksson's trial is currently set to begin the end of July, but would likely start some time in the fall, Rose said.

"I believe he's much more upbeat now that he's selected the lawyers he wants to go to trial with, and we've discussed some issues of strategy in the case and we're all looking forward to working together," Rose told reporters after the brief hearing.

Eriksson wants three attorneys from the Birmingham, Ala., law firm of Parkman, Adams & White to work with Rose in representing him, the Los Angeles- based attorney said.

Eriksson, a former executive with the now-bankrupt video game company Gizmondo Europe, initially denied he had been driving the Ferrari.

But the 44-year-old Swede acknowledged on April 7 that he was at the wheel at the time of the early morning crash, according to testimony by a sheriff's detective at Eriksson's preliminary hearing.

Authorities say the car - one of only 400 Enzos built - was going 162 mph when it smashed into a power pole shortly after 6 a.m.

The DUI charges stem from two alcohol breath tests given to Eriksson shortly after the crash. The first test - at 7:32 a.m. - showed a blood- alcohol content of .093, and the second, taken three minutes later, showed .085, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Anything .08 or above is considered to be legally drunk while driving.

Eriksson is charged with grand theft auto for bringing the red Enzo into the United States, along with a black Ferrari Enzo and a Mercedes-Benz McLaren.

Authorities contend that the lease agreements for the exotic cars did not allow Eriksson to take the vehicles out of Great Britain.

"Mr. Eriksson pleaded not guilty because we intend to prove in trial that he is not guilty," Rose countered. "… Mr. Eriksson denies that the car (the red Ferrari) was stolen. He denies that any car was stolen."

According to court records, Eriksson spent five years in prison in Sweden for assault, counterfeiting and narcotics offenses before becoming a Gizmondo executive.

Eriksson is also awaiting arraignment July 26 in a misdemeanor case brought by the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office involving an alleged Jan. 4 hit-and- run.

In that case, Eriksson is accused of being at the wheel of a Porsche Cayenne when it rear-ended a Ford Explorer stopped at a red light at Sunset and Beverly Glen boulevards. He is also accused of driving without a valid California driver's license and driving without insurance.