Man accused of vicious attack on V. Stiviano appears in court

The 40-year-old man accused of attacking V.Stiviano in a racist assault which left her face severely bruised intends to deny the charges, his lawyer has said.

Dominick Diorio made a brief court appearance on Wednesday and was released without bail.

He did not speak to waiting reporters but his attorney David Scott Smith said he expects the allegations to 'begin to fail' as soon as they are examined with more scrutiny.

He went on to accuse Stiviano of inventing the attack in order to gain publicity or to 'keep her name in the spotlight'.

'Simply put, a credible victim of a crime does not have her attorney call the press before she calls the police,' said Smith.

'Miss Stiviano seems intent on keeping her name in the spotlight. But I can assure you if this case goes to trial, my cross-examination will last longer than her 15 minutes of fame.'

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