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"&lt;img alt=\"0420_jennifer_williams_nia_crooks\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/04/20/0420-jennifer-williams-nia-crooks-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\"&lt;strong&gt;Basketball Wives&lt;/strong&gt;\" star &lt;strong&gt;Nia Crooks&lt;/strong&gt; has been charged with misdemeanor battery for pimp slappin' the taste out of &lt;strong&gt;Jennifer Williams&lt;/strong&gt;' mouth back in January ... TMZ has learned. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A rep for the Broward County State's Attorney's Office tells us ... officials decided to file the charge on April 10 ... after Williams filed a criminal complaint. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If convicted, Nia faces up to a year in the slammer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the incident, which aired on last week's episode of \"Basketball Wives\" -- Nia can be heard threatening to slap Jennifer ... to which Jennifer replied, \"I wish you would.\" Her wish was granted. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"update_bar\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/09/update-bar.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4:39 PM PST --&lt;/strong&gt; Nia's lawyer &lt;strong&gt;Marc David Seitles&lt;/strong&gt; tells TMZ ...&amp;#160; \"We will vigorously defend Nia against these charges. The women on the show executed contracts expressly accepting the risk that a physical altercation could occur.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lawyer adds, \"Given that Jennifer herself has previously instigated fights on the show, to cry foul now is absurd and a desperate attempt for publicity and money. We will fight until Nia is vindicated.\" &lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_2x06etee\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0419_basketball_wives_slap_video\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/04/19/0419-basketball-wives-slap-video-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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