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Originally Posted by 10,000 Volt Ghost

I've never seen the clip of where she actually got hit. The guy really molly whopped her.

In August 2009, female cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi was punched in the face after a confrontation with a man who had stolen her drink at the Beachcomber Bar & Grill in Seaside Heights.[14] The assailant, Brad Ferro, a physical education teacher from Deer Park, New York, was arrested on simple assault and disorderly conduct charges.[14][15] A promo of the clip aired after the show's December 3, 2009 premiere and circulated on the Internet.[16] The incident would have aired on the December 17 episode, along with a public service announcement against violence towards women.[16] Polizzi suffered bruises and swelling as a result of the punch.[16]
As soon as the footage aired on the season sneak-peek on MTV, Ferro was suspended from both of his positions at North Queens Community High School and the Middle Village School in Queens.[14] Ferro was subsequently placed in one of the Department of Education’s teacher reassignment center.[14] The Department of Education is in the process of firing Ferro and said his firing is imminent.[15]
Ferro has since apologized to Polizzi stating "I deeply regret what happened. Nobody deserves that. That was not the real Brad Ferro."[17] Ferro was found guilty of simple assault and fined $500 and given a 6 month suspended jail sentence.[18] Ferro later pleaded guilty to a nonindictable offense in municipal court.[19] Ferro's father feels that his son was provoked into "doing something stupid" saying "When you get a bunch of people in a situation with alcohol and instigate, someone's going to do something stupid, and that's obviously what MTV wants."[15]
After the clip of Polizzi's incident was aired after the first and second episodes, MTV decided to omit the footage from the December 17 episode calling it "extremely disturbing".[15][20] The clip shown in the preview for the episode in which Snooki gets punched can be seen on news sites that reported the incident prior to the episode being shown.[3][18][21][22][23]

cuz they didnt show it