Yesterday we saw photos from the Italian set of MTV‘s Jersey Shore that showed Mike The Situation Sorrentino with some pretty big bruises on his face and it was reported that those bruises were the result of a beating from fellow castmate Ronnie Magro. Today we get to see new photos of Ronnie out and about on the streets of Florence, Italy wrapping his injured hand in bandages … and we get to read the official statement from MTV about the incident.

Ronnie appeared to be making fun of The Situation when he flashed his abs at photographers … and it should be noted that all of the JS castmates were spotted with Ronnie today … and The Sitch was nowhere to be seen. Yesterday Mike was spotted trying to sneak home and hide his injuries while MTV tried to explain what happened to his face:

“Monday evening, Mike received medical attention after an accidental injury in the house. He was treated and is now at home with the rest of the cast.”

An “accidental injury in the house”, eh? Yeah right. I’m telling you … MTV will do everything they can to capitalize on this reported fight. They seem to love it when Ronnie gets violent in any capacity and they seem to love showing his rage on TV. They also have no qualms about showing the castmembers of the show beating one another. I’m sure they are having a field day figuring out how they plan to exploit this reported physical altercation. I wonder how long it’ll take for The Situation to show his face again while he’s in Italy. Hmmmm.

[Photo credit: Splash News, INFdaily]