Creve Coeur, MO  (KTRS)  Anheuser-Busch heir Billy Busch is responding to allegations that he assaulted a fellow student of his son at Chaminade College Preparatory School. .

The accusations come from an incident back in November during a basketball practice. In a released statement, Busch said:

“I want to set the record straight regarding recent news stories written about me that have been greatly exaggerated and blown out of proportion.

I did not punch, slap, strike or cause physical harm to a middle school student.

As a father who saw a student bully and sucker punch my son at a basketball practice, I intervened and removed the young man from the gym after he also slapped me in the face.

The school’s video of the event clearly shows that I did not strike, punch, hit, or cause physical harm to the young man and that my intention was not malicious, but rather was an attempt to protect my son.”

Scott Rosenblum, the attorney representing Busch, also released a statement:

“Mr. Busch was unfortunately confronted last November with a situation where his son was bullied — actually sucker-punched — by a much larger middle school student directly in front of him during a school basketball practice. School personnel failed to react, so he did what every parent would have done in that situation. The school’s video of the event clearly shows that Mr. Busch did not act with any maliciousness, and that his actions were directed at protecting the safety of his son and others involved.”