Bristol Palin Shares Her Version of the "Truth About the 'Palin Brawl'" After Party Photos Surface

"Once again, the hypocrisy of the media is laid bare," Sarah Palin's daughter writes

By Zach Johnson Oct 23, 2014 11:40 AMTags
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There are two sides to every story, and now, Bristol Palin has shared hers.

Bristol and her sister Willow Palin were involved in a verbal and physical altercation with a man named Korey Klingenmeyer on Sept. 6. According to the police report obtained by E! News, Bristol told police officers that she was attending a birthday party with her siblings when an older woman pushed Willow to the ground. The former Dancing With the Stars competitor confronted the woman and, as a result, was pushed to the ground by Klingenmeyer. Bristol said he also called her a "f--king slut" and a "c--t."

The report said most people who were at the party were "intoxicated." It also revealed that Bristol repeatedly punched Klingenmeyer in the face until he grabbed her fist and pushed her to the ground.

Photos and an audio recording from the fight were released Wednesday.

Sarah Palin addressed the incident on Facebook weeks later, saying she was "proud" of the way her kids handled themselves. Bristol, meanwhile, was silent until Wednesday, when she decided to blog about it.

"First, the media said Trig was not really my mom's kid. Then, they claimed my mom said, 'I can see Russia from my house.' Recently, they said my parents are giving a divorce. And now, they're saying my family started a 'drunken brawl.' Most of the time, I let the lies pass. After all, the truth eventually comes out. But when people are selling 'scoop,' photos, and false information...sometimes the truth just isn't as profitable," the 24-year-old Alaska native wrote. "That's why, after a month and a half of hearing rumors about myself and family, I've finally decided to comment about the situation. Instead of listening to all the people who weren't there—people who claim they heard this from their cousin/brother/sister-in-law/step-daughter/long lost little brother–let me tell you what actually happened."

According to Bristol, a family friend "got knocked out from a cheap shot from behind" that resulted in 10 stitches. She alleged that the attacker "was on social media during this incident, tweeting, 'about to get famous.' When Willow saw all this happening she looked at the guy's mom and said 'get ahold of your son.'" She said the mom responded by pushing her sister. "By this point, I'd already gotten into the car," she recalled. "But when Willow ran to me crying, telling me that some lady had pushed her down, I got out of the car to go talk to her. Any big sister would do this. Next to God, family is the most important thing to me. In fact, that day, we'd had a surprise party for my dad. We all secretly gathered in garage and yelled 'surprise!' when he walked in. The real surprise was that we'd gotten him a truck too."

"After I got out of the car, I didn't get far. I never even got to talk to his mom, because a guy in his late thirties or early forties got in my face. He was towering over me—probably at 6 foot something and over 200 pounds. He puffed his chest out and started yelling. 'You c-nt!' he looked right in my eyes and said.  'Get the f-ck out of here, you slut!' I was alarmed that things had gotten so bad so fast. But it got even worse when this guy started pushing me. He had his hands on me, pushing me down. That's when I swung and hit his face," she recalled. "Some would say I should've never retaliated in defense against him, but certainly he should never have pushed a girl...He pushed me down to the ground and kept me there. It was scary and awful. He held me down until someone got me out of the situation."

"That's it," Bristol wrote. "That's the story."

Noting that she was covered in bruises from being held down, she dispelled more details that have been reported in the media. "I didn't 'swing and hit him seven times with a strong right hook' as so many so-called news stories have reported. After this incident, I still had a perfect manicure on all ten of my nails. Plus—I'm left handed," she wrote. "I wouldn't even begin to know how to begin 'swinging' at someone."

It was recently revealed that Vice President Joe Biden's son had been kicked out of the Navy for cocaine, and former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton recently gave birth, but Bristol argued that the media has ignored darker stories about liberal families. "Did you know her father-in-law and Clinton family pal Edward Mezvinsky is a convicted felon because of committing bank, wire, and mail fraud?" she asked. "Of course, you didn't. Because the friends and family of the revered liberal elite are treated like delicate China. Don't handle too roughly. They are precious. They are off limits. Don't push on them too hard."

(Ironically, Bristol linked to articles about Hunter Biden and Chelsea.)

"Here's the thing. Violence against women is never okay...Even if that violence occurs against conservative women. Imagine for a second the outrage that would happen if Chelsea Clinton had gotten pushed by some guy. Had she tried to defend herself, the liberal media would've held her up as some feminist hero," the Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far author argued. "But it wasn't Chelsea. It wasn't [Hillary Clinton]. It wasn't someone they liked or someone they agreed with. It was a conservative."

"And once again, the hypocrisy of the media is laid bare," she concluded.

Klingenmeyer, meanwhile, has yet to share his side of the story.