INJURY LAWYER COMMERCIAL - What do you think of Tim McGraw's response to slapping a fan? Do you agree? retainers
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Remember the video that surfaced earlier this month that purported to show country star Tim McGraw slapping a fan during his sold-out July tour stop at Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood in Atlanta? McGraw's reps claimed he was defending himself after the woman -- since identified as Jesslyn Taylor -- tried groping him and ripping his jeans while he was onstage
Taylor appears to have upped the ante, hiring Georgia personal injury lawyer Eric Hertz, according to TMZ
Hertz claims Taylor just wanted to touch McGraw as part of the interactive environment" of the show and that she feels "humiliated" by McGraw's assertions that she was too aggressive
