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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img title=\"Merriman's Ex: 'He Never Laid a Hand on Me'\" alt=\"Shawne Merriman's Ex:\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2009/09/09/0908_gloria_shawne_ex-1.jpg\" vspace=\"4\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"4\" /&gt;Shawne Merriman&lt;/strong&gt;'s ex girlfriend &lt;strong&gt;Gloria Velez&lt;/strong&gt; doesn't believe he choked &lt;strong&gt;Tila Tequila&lt;/strong&gt; this weekend -- because Gloria says the &lt;strong&gt;San Diego Charger&lt;/strong&gt; never laid a hand on her during their four years together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gloria tells us Shawne \"Never ever put his hands on me. Ever.\" Adding it's \"out of his character\" to violently lash out on a woman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So far, no charges have been filed against Merriman. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n&lt;div class=\"related\"&gt;\n&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span&gt;More Tila and Shawne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2009/09/07/shawne-merriman-tila-tequila-statement-arrest-drunk/\"&gt;Chargers Star -- Tila Tequila Was Drunk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2009/09/06/nfl-star-arrested-in-fight-with-tila-tequila/\"&gt;NFL Star Accused of Choking Tila Tequila &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div class=\"clear\"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2009/09/09/spacer-1.gif\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"14\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"70\" hspace=\"0\" /&gt; &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2009/09/06/2123-tila-tequila-and-shawne-merriman-before-the-fight\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2009/09/09/0909_tila_201-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tila And Shawne\" vspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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