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(AP) -- The attorney for ESPN personality and AOL
sports columnist Jay Mariotti says her client is innocent of
domestic violence charges being filed against him.

 Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the Los Angeles city attorney,
said Monday seven misdemeanors are being filed against Mariotti,
including domestic violence with injury, false imprisonment and
grand theft. Each count carries a maximum of a year in jail.

 Attorney Debra Wong Yang called the allegations against Mariotti
"inaccurate and sensationalized."

 Mariotti was arrested last month on the city's west side.
 Los Angeles police sources have told the Los Angeles Times that
Mariotti got into an argument with his girlfriend at a Santa Monica
club and they were seen exchanging harsh words before leaving in a
car.

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