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Police: Joe Mixon said slap 'felt like a dude hit me' before he threw 2014 punch
Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon told police that it felt “like a dude” hit him when he was slapped by Mia Molitor in 2014 according to police video.
Molitor slapped Mixon before he punched her in the face in a Pickleman’s Cafe on July 28, 2014. Video of the incident was released last week. Molitor said she suffered multiple facial fractures after the punch and she hit her face on a table as she fell to the ground.
Mixon, a five-star recruit in the class of 2014, reached a plea deal regarding the assault charges from the incident and missed the 2014 season. Per the Oklahoman, he said a man with Molitor said a racial slur while Mixon responded with a homophobic slur in his interview with Norman police three days after the punch.
“The gay dude … he called me something,” Mixon said in the video. “He was like (slur). So then I was like, you got me messed up. And then I called him a (slur). And after that, the girl, she dropped her purse, that’s when she came in my face, pushed me, and then my glasses came off, and then, like, I had, like, jumped at her, like, to watch out. And then she came in my face. I put my head down. And she swung on me.
“And after that, like, I was so shocked, because she hit me so hard. It felt like a dude hit me. And after that, like, my face went boom, my reaction was just right there.”
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The surveillance video of Mixon’s punch was released by his attorneys last week following an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling. The court ruled the video must be available for public consumption as it was part of the public record. The city of Norman had fought to keep the video private, but had provided media a viewing of the tape shortly after the incident. What people saw last week with their own eyes matched the descriptions provided two years ago.
The punch was the culmination of an argument that began outside the restaurant. The Oklahoman report has more details about Mixon’s interview and what he said transpired that evening.
Molitor has filed a civil suit vs. Mixon.
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