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"Tensions were running high behind the scenes of Dancing With the Stars, according to Hope Solo.\r\nIn her new book, Solo: A Memoir of Hope, the 31-year-old soccer player accuses her former partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy of becoming physically aggressive during a Season 11 rehearsal. According to Solo, Chmerkovskiy, 32, &amp;quot;slapped&amp;quot; her &amp;quot;hard&amp;quot; on the face while trying to correct one of her dance moves.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;He manhandled me in rehearsals from the start, pushing me, whacking my stomach, bending my arms roughly. I thought that was just how it went -- how dancers worked with each other,&amp;quot; the athlete wrote. &amp;quot;But it kept getting worse. One day, Maks was trying to put me in a certain position and hit my stomach so hard with his open palm that I had a red handprint there for the rest of the day.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nSolo claims ABC gave her the opportunity to continue Dancing With the Stars with a different partner after the incident, but she &amp;quot;didn&amp;apos;t want to end Maks&amp;apos; career,&amp;quot; she explained. She also felt that by doing so, the tabloids would make her look like a &amp;quot;prima donna.&amp;quot;\r\nThe Olympian also addressed her partner&amp;apos;s now infamous &amp;quot;This is my show!&amp;quot; outburst, which aired live on October 24, 2011. &amp;quot;I didn&amp;apos;t know what to say,&amp;quot; Solo wrote. &amp;quot;I was caught in some ongoing DWTS feud [between Chmerkovskiy and judge Len Goodman] that had started long before I signed on.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nUkrainian-born Chmerkovskiy posted a cryptic tweet August 16, which many Twitter users believe is a response to Solo&amp;apos;s allegations of abuse. &amp;quot;Always hated hypocrites and liars, but when someone is both and an opportunist, I just feel bad for them,&amp;quot; he wrote. &amp;quot;Can&amp;apos;t win at someone&amp;apos;s expense.&amp;quot;\r\nHours later, Chmerkovskiy tweeted that &amp;quot;life&amp;apos;s best lessons are the ones that you smile through.&amp;quot;\r\nChmerkovskiy, whose previous celebrity partners include Mel B, Denise Richards, Erin Andrews, Brandy and Kirstie Alley, has yet to take home the Mirror Ball trophy on Dancing With the Stars."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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