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"&lt;img alt=\"1220-tmz-steve-harvey\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/12/20/1220-tmz-steve-harvey-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Steve Harvey&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160;tried to pressure his ex-wife into making a mea clupa ... that she lied when she claimed he brutally beat their son ... so she claims.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve Harvey's lawyer wrote a letter for&amp;#160;&lt;strong&gt;Mary Harvey&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160;to sign -- obtained by TMZ -- in which she says she made up&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/20/steve-harvey-investigated-for-child-abuse/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; the allegation that Steve beat their 11-year-old son&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; with a belt and paddle.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The letter reads in part, \"I have to deal with that [the lie] and answer to God for my behavior.\"&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The letter goes on, \"I know that you love our son and would do anything legal to protect him.&amp;#160; You are a loving father.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for Steve's effort to keep the allegations under wraps, the letter goes on to say, \"I realize that you sought the sealing of the record as a measure to protect our son from a lot of unnecessary anxiety from his peers and others and to protect us as a unit from a media frenzy.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mary refused to sign the letter and their war continued ... ending this week with a judge throwing Mary in jail for leaking documents to the media.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for Steve ... authorities cleared him of the child abuse charges."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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