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Doubt Is Cast on Report Of Attack on Downey

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Published: April 28, 1989

LEAD: A spokesman for San Francisco International Airport said today that a
report by Morton Downey Jr. of being attacked at the airport on Monday night was
inaccurate.

A spokesman for San Francisco International Airport said today that a report
by Morton Downey Jr. of being attacked at the airport on Monday night was
inaccurate.

''The facts certainly did not happen the way Mr. Downey said they happened,''
said the spokesman, Ron Wilson. ''We cannot substantiate any of his claims.''

Mr. Downey, the star of a confrontational talk show on television, said he
was attacked by skinheads in a restroom at the airport Monday night. He said
they tried to shave his head and scribbled swastikas on his face, sweatshirt and
pants.

A spokesman for ''The Morton Downey Jr. Show,'' John Murphy, was asked about
the possibility of a publicity stunt. He said: ''I don't know. I don't know
anything. There is no official comment right now.''

Sgt. Paul Giguiere of the San Mateo County sheriff's office said Mr. Downey
did not want a police report filed and had refused to be examined. Filing a
false police report is a misdemeanor in California.

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