article_snippet: I was totally unaware of any spitting incident and had assumed that the issue at the time was with the challenge
article_snippet: It is not in my character or in my nature to spit at anybody nor is it something I have ever done or would ever do.
article_snippet: It is certainly not something that I did last night.'
highlights_snippet: Defender says Defender has never spat at anyone and will never do so .
  