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"A New York City gym teacher has apologized to Jersey Shore star Nicole Polizzi (a.k.a. &amp;quot;Snooki&amp;quot;) for punching her in the face.\r\n\r\nAfter seeing a video of the attack (which has been cut from tonight&amp;apos;s episode), &amp;quot;I was sick to my stomach,&amp;quot; Brad Ferro, 24, tells the New York Post. &amp;quot;I couldn&amp;apos;t believe that I&amp;apos;d ever do anything like that. I was raised to act in a respectful manner to women.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;I deeply regret what happened,&amp;quot; he goes on. &amp;quot;Nobody deserves that. That was not the real Brad Ferro.&amp;quot;\r\nFerro was arrested Aug. 19 shortly after knocking Polizzi, 21, to the floor at the Beachcomber Bar &amp;amp; Grill in Seaside Heights, NJ. Polizzi suffered an injury to the mouth. Ferro was suspended from his job and later enrolled in an anger management course.\r\n\r\nIronically, Ferro -- who says he &amp;quot;drank way too much&amp;quot; the night the incident occurred -- tells the Post that days before the attack, he had taught his students about bad decisions and the dangers of abusing alcohol.\r\n&amp;quot;I remember very little from the time of the incident,&amp;quot; Ferro says. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s all fuzzy. I remember a punch -- I don&amp;apos;t remember who or why and I remember being arrested.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nFerro&amp;apos;s lawyer Andrew Siben says his client has learned his lesson.\r\n&amp;quot;Brad should be given a second chance to show he is a person of much higher character than has been shown on this video,&amp;quot; says Siben. &amp;quot;I think he&amp;apos;s a decent young man who, unfortunately, made a bad decision which has come back to haunt him [and possibly end his career].&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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