breaking<\/a> the tip of his finger, snubbed a lit cigarette on his face, and struck him in the face. He displayed photos of these injuries.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Johnny must now establish that she made a false assertion about him in the Washington Post column.” He performed a poor job of highlighting particular assertions in the article that he feels are untrue.”
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