Transcript for Authorities Release Video of Oklahoma Football Player's Interrogation

Other news and following that interrogation, the police interrogation involving that Oklahoma university football player caught on camera and we'll get the latest on that now from ABC's Ryan Smith with us. Hey. Hey, David, good to see you. Joe Mixon has been embroiled in controversy since the world saw a tape of him punching a coed in 2014. This showing his account saying the situation got heated when a racial slur was hurled his way. This morning newly released police interview showing Joe Mixon's side of the story after this shocking punch of an Oklahoma coed in 2014. The Sooners star seen here being interviewed by police three days after cold-cocking Amelia Molitor breaking her jar and fracturing several bones in her face telng authorities Molitor started the incident while she was smoking a cigarette outside a restaurant. She intentionally came in my face and blew it in my face. Reporter: Mixon says Molitor and one of his teammates started exchanging words. She got scared or what, she went up inside. She was talking about how we were trying to jump her. Reporter: Mixon following them inside the restaurant. Then butts into the conversation. Nobody was trying to jump her. We had no problem with her. She was just being disrespectful you know coming smoking in my face and getting crazy. Reporter: That's when he said things got heated and one of the woman's friends called him a racial slur and he responded. He was like . Reporter: He says Molitor shoves him. She came in my face, pushed me and then my glasses came off and then like I had like jumped at her like to watch out and I was like watch out and then she came in my face and I put my head down and she swung on me. Reporter: Then hits him. I was so shocked because she hit me so hard it felt like a dude hit me. Reporter: That's when he says he retaliated with that now infamous punch. You thought it was best to go and get out of there? Yeah. Now the woman suing him in civil court. Her lawyer is not commenting on his statements saying the incident has caused her, quote, a great deal of emotional distress which continues to this day, guy. More to come on this. All right, thanks, Ryan.

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