In 2004 the Manhattan radio station WQHT sponsored "smackfests" in which women slapped each other to win prizes. But New York Attorney General Elliott Spitzer and the New York Athletic Commission said the contests were unlicensed combat sports and began an investigation. The radio station has settled the case by paying a $240,000 fine, running anti-domestic violence programming, and agreeing to hold no more smackfests.
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