Celebrity Justice
Yeah-Yeah -- An Eye for an Eye?

Marty YorkIt may not be a defense to criminal battery, but at least the dude who played Yeah-Yeah in "The Sandlot" is telling cops a story that's consistent with his injuries.

Marty York tells us, yeah, he backhanded his GF, but only after she attacked him in his car during an argument. Now we have York's mugshot that seems to back up his story -- that she hit him.

Is that a defense to striking the girl? It may be up to a jury.

P.S. -- They're back together.



Tags: arrest, assault, domestic violence, DomesticViolence, marty york, mugshot, the sandlot, yeah-yeah

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16. Jen,

Here are my thought on your question & comment:

If She was sitting next to him (passenger side), that leaves just about 1ft of distance between his face and her left arm assuming they were driving in anything but a Humvee...that distance isn't enough to throw a solid punch unless you have really short arms or are very strong where you could snap a jab off like a boxer. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that she doesn't fit either of those examples.

The likely scenario is that he turned to face her when they were arguing and she punched him with her right fist as that side of her body & the car would've allowed for enough power & room for her to take a good swing at him from the passenger side. If she had been driving and swung hard enough to hit him like that in the left eye, it's probable that they would've lost control of the vehicle if it was in motion or she wouldn't have the distance to achieve a good punch given the distance to his face from her right hand as mentioned above.

I think that's probably the only way it could've been done with enough force to create that black eye.


Posted at 12:11PM on Apr 24th 2009 by Sono

17. I still don't think he was justified!! All he should've done is held her back from hitting him again, just restrained him and then called the cops to have her arrested. It's OBVIOUS that the guy can always do more damage than the girl and this guy looks pretty big!! The fact of the matter is that nobody should be hitting nobody, but if he had hit her first I really doubt she could've restrained him, so she probably would've had to hit him back to try and stop him or run away. But him hitting her back didn't help anything and now they're both in trouble!!

Posted at 12:13PM on Apr 24th 2009 by dddjjj333

18. C you said that like a true wife beater and if ur a girl you are they type that will let a man beat you and say no no it was my fault are u crazy??? Anyways nobody cares about yeah yeah i didnt even know which kid he was just remembered there was one kd that said yeah yeah th4e only cute kid was the spansh on but again I was like 12 when i saw that movie so it doesnt even matter tmz...go stalk some i care about like someone from the goonies that isnt cory.

Posted at 12:18PM on Apr 24th 2009 by Misspotential007

19. Let's see a picture of her. I bet his injuries look worse than hers.

Posted at 12:30PM on Apr 25th 2009 by givemeabreak

20. I agree with Jen, the hit is to the wrong eye. If your a guy, and you need to hit a girl after she hits you to defend yourself. Then your a pussy. I have had "ex girl friends" that have hit, punched, kicked and bit me, after they did that I just lauged at them, cause the damage they did or pain they inflicted was a joke . I never felt the need to "defend" myself by busting them in the head. What I did do was dump their ass and that is why they are 'ex's
I used to bartend in a few nigh clubs back in Florida, at it always seemed the guys hitting the chicks were little bitches themselves.

Posted at 12:16PM on Apr 24th 2009 by TV Guy

21. Hey #1, you noticed them, what does that say about you?

Posted at 12:21PM on Apr 24th 2009 by azh01e

22. THIS IS THE SAME EXACT SITUATION AS CHRIS BROWN AND RIHANNA.......ISNT IT IRONIC?.........DONT CHA THINK?

Posted at 12:23PM on Apr 24th 2009 by cool chic

23. If she struck first and he seems like she hit him hard enough to give him a black eye, I would say yeah, he's justified.

BTW, love your eyebrows Yeah-Yeah!

Posted at 12:26PM on Apr 24th 2009 by Karen

24. Those eyebrows are fierce!!!

Posted at 12:27PM on Apr 24th 2009 by Dallas

25. AND JUST LIKE CHRIS BROWN & RIHANNA THEY ARE STILL TOGETHER.......I THINK THATS GREAT THAT AT LEAST THESE WOMEN REALIZE THEY WERE WRONG TO HIT A MAN AND DESERVED WTF THEY GOT..........ALL WOMEN NEED TO REALIZE JUST BECAUSE MEN ARENT SUPPOSE TO HIT WOMEN, THAT DOES NOT GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO HIT MEN.........ANYONE WHO GETS BEAT ON SHOULD HIT BACK NO MATTER WHAT GENDER THEY ARE.........COME ON PEOPLE..............GET REAL

Posted at 12:29PM on Apr 24th 2009 by cool chic

26. LOOK AT HIS EYEBROWS. HE REALLY PLUCKS

Posted at 1:01PM on Apr 24th 2009 by suburbandrudgery

27. I agree with #17. If he was driving, then how did she manage to hit him in the left eye?

Posted at 12:34PM on Apr 24th 2009 by Kate

28. LOOK AT HIS EYEBROWS. HE PLUCKS MORE THEN I DO

Posted at 12:34PM on Apr 24th 2009 by suburbandrudgery

29. If one individual hits another individual, it gives cause to the latter to defend themselves.

Saying you should never hit a woman is a collectivist (i.e. communistic) statement. Women are human beings, like men. We are individuals and we have natural rights. If we chose to violate someone else's natural rights, we need to be prepared to have our own rights violated.

That being said, I'd never hit a girl but the dumb idiots who say "under no circumstances should you hit a woman". That's intellectual nonesense.

Hey chicks, don't wanna be hit? THEN DON'T HIT US. It's kind of simple. Unless you want to go back to your inferior house cleaning ways, then I'll defend men hitting such an inferior being. But if you want to be equal, be ready to be equal.

Posted at 12:35PM on Apr 24th 2009 by Thom Joan

30. I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT THAT IS IS NOT OKAY TO HIT ANYONE, DID'NT JESUS SAY TURN THE OTHER CHEEK....HE SHOULD HAVE PULLED OVER AND MADE A CITIZENS ARREST AND STOOD THERE UNTIL THE COPS CAME..THAT I WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE, BUT SOMETHING TELLS ME DRUGS AND ALCOHOL WERE INVOLVED WITH THIS ONE AND THE DUDE DID'NT THINK AND HIT A WOMAN......NEVER NEEDED TO BACKHAND HER. TO ME I TEACH MY CHILDREN IT IS NOT OKAY TO HIT ANYONE.... HE WAS STUP[ID........BOTH SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE!

Posted at 12:37PM on Apr 24th 2009 by MJ

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