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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"1220-steve-harvey-tmz\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/12/20/1220-steve-harvey-tmz-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve Harvey&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160;was accused by his ex-wife and 11-year-old son of brutally beating the boy ... but Harvey's rep tells TMZ the comedian has been cleared.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A judge found &lt;strong&gt;Mary Harvey&lt;/strong&gt; in contempt Thursday and sent her to jail for leaking sealed information about the alleged incident to the media.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for the incident ... according to a police report -- obtained by TMZ -- Mary claims Steve got a phone call from the boy's school informing him his son lied about turning in homework.&amp;#160; According to the kid, Steve hit him with a belt and then a paddle board -- the kind used for hazing in fraternities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the police report ... cops took photos of the boy's injuries, showing bruises on his buttocks and right thigh, as well as cuts on his leg.&amp;#160; The police report says the boy told cops, the beating was so brutal he had trouble urinating for days.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The matter was then referred to the Texas Dept. of Family and Protective Services.&amp;#160; Steve's rep tells TMZ, the Dept. concluded, \"Based on the information obtained, the child does not appear to be at risk ... the case is closed without further investigation.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mary believes that it's all a cover-up, and she's been on a campaign for several years to expose him.&amp;#160; But yesterday the judge had enough and felt she violated the protective order in the case and threw her in jail for 30 days."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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