His attorneys releasing the video tapes could be an attempt to blunt some of the public relations damage if he were to leave OU following the Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl against Auburn and enter the NFL Draft. The punch and the fact there was video of it was no secret to NFL personnel.
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After throwing the punch, Mixon fled from the camera 's view and did not reenter it. Molitor is left on the ground and stays down for much longer than a 10-count. She makes it back to her feet on her own but wobbles and has to be helped into a chair.
Per the police affadavit after the incident, Molitor had "a fractured jaw, fractured cheek bone, fractured sinus, and fractured orbit which caused a hematoma on the left eye" after Mixon punched her. According to Mixon's attorney, he was acting in self-defense.
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