The same day that video of Ray Rice attacking his fiancee in an Atlantic City elevator was released, MTV personality Nev Schulman addressed the scandal in what many considered to be an inappropriate fashion.
Schulman’s tweet – which has since been deleted – includes a photo of him standing in an elevator with a caption reading, “There’s no abuse in this elevator.”
Whether Schulman was making light of the Rice scandal or not, many who know him well believed that it was not his place to speak out, as Schulman has his own ugly history of violence against women.
In 2006, Schulman was expelled from Sarah Lawrence College after an incident in which he punched a young woman in the face.
Schulman claims he acted in self-defense, but yesterday the woman involved granted an interview about the incident, and she’s telling a very different story:
While Schulman claims the woman – who wishes to remain anonymous – attacked him and tried to smash his camera, she claims she simply asked him to stop taking photos of people without permission…and the request caused Nev to completely lose it.
“I confronted him, and asked him to stop taking pictures.” the woman says. “I didn’t tackle him and I certainly didn’t choke him with his camera strap. I tapped his shoulder and he turned and hit me out of nowhere, I went down and he held me in a head lock and repeatedly punched me while I tried to get free.”
“The impact broke my glasses and the rest of the night was a blur. I got off the floor, talked to police, then went home to sleep. When I woke up the next day, my face was bruised, I was hurt, and a friend urged me to go to the hospital, which I did.”
Certainly a very different version of events than the one featured in Schulman’s recent memoir.
We may never know for sure what exactly happened that night, but we think it’s clear that until he apologizes for the incident, violence against women is one area in which Schulman should probably keep his opinions to himself.