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"{{tmz_video_0}}&lt;img alt=\"120412_williams_victim\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/12/04/120412-williams-victim-1.jpg\" style=\"display: none;\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"update_bar\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/09/update-bar.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11:22 AM PT --&lt;/strong&gt; A Target spokesperson confirms Forrest has been fired from the store ... but explains, \"His departure was unrelated to the video footage that has appeared online.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rep adds, \"Out of respect for the privacy of this individual, we cannot discuss the reasons for his departure.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0314_divider_graphic\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/03/14/0314-divider-graphic.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Target employee who was PIMP SLAPPED in the face by &lt;strong&gt;Katt Williams&lt;/strong&gt; says he's been FIRED from his job ...even though HE was the one who was attacked. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/12/02/katt-williams-face-slap-target-video/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TMZ broke the story&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ...&amp;#160;&lt;strong&gt;Forrest Liebenberg&lt;/strong&gt; was having a calm conversation with the comic in the Northern California store when Katt slapped him in the face for no apparent reason.&amp;#160; Liebenberg didn't strike back ... instead he pulled out his phone and called for help. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the incident, Forrest &lt;a href=\"http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/12/03/tmz-com-katt-williams-slaps-woodland-target-store-employee/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;told CBS13&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; he'd been terminated from his job with no explanation -- saying, &amp;#8220;They weren&amp;#8217;t very clear, but it is obvious to me that it was based on this incident.&amp;#8221;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He added, \"Maybe I was a little uninformed about how seriously the situation was with Target, but obviously it is pretty serious.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forrest says he doesn't know if Target believes he's the person who leaked the security footage to TMZ. He also claims he is NOT the leaker. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We reached out to Target for comment -- so far, radio silence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_1}}"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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