Did Maksim Chmerkovsky Slap Hope Solo?

Hope Solo has claimed in a new book that Maksim Chmerkovsky slapped her during dance rehearsal while starring on Dancing with the Stars last year.

An excerpt from Solo: A Memoir of Hope:

“He manhandled me in rehearsals from the start, pushing me, whacking my stomach, bending my arms roughly. I thought that was just how it went — how dancers worked with each other but it kept getting worse. One day, Maks was trying to put me in a certain position and hit my stomach so hard with his open palm that I had a red handprint there for the rest of the day.”

Solo claims she never went public with Maksim’s treatment because she didn’t want to seem like a princess. She also claims she didn’t want to ruin his career.

Maksim has yet to make a statement about the allegations, but he has taken to his Twitter account to address them….or at least that’s what we’re assuming when he wrote this:

“Always hated hypocrites and liars, but when someone is both and an opportunist, I just feel bad for them. Can’t win at someone’s expense.”

Who do you believe? Maksim or Hope? Hope does have some crazy eyes (heh), and if Maksim was so rough with the women of Dancing with the Stars, why haven’t we heard about this before? For some reason my gut is telling me that it’s Maksim who is telling the truth here, but if you disagree with me I want to hear why. Fill me in because this story interests me…