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Part 2: Controversy | ||||||||
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LA Times Controversy Johnson's article sought to debunk Dux's story of the Kumite and his
secret life as a military/CIA operative. Johnson found a North Hollywood
vendor stating that Dux's Kumite trophy wasn't earned for combat on some
tropical island, but was merely ordered and picked up just a few miles
from Dux's Southern California home. In his interview
with me, Dux tackled the controversy head on. "That article made
a big deal that the Kumite trophy was fake. But the receipt they claimed
was proof didn't even have my name spelled correctly! They spelled it
Ducks: D-U-C-K-S!" Soldier of Fortune Controversy Dux got into hot water again in August 1996 when Soldier of Fortune
magazine printed the article "Full Mental Jacket," and a November
1998 article titled "Stolen Valor: Profiles of a Phony-Hunter."
In the articles, Dux was lambasted for falsifying his military record,
with photos of Dux in a military uniform that brandishes both Army and
Marine medals.
These controversial articles were simple compared to the fight Dux would later have on his hands: a court battle with his former friend Jean Claude Van Damme. *Correction: I was later told by David Silverman, Dux Ryu instructor at the University of Southern California, that the party was not a cast party, just a college Halloween party. Next page > Dux vs. Van Damme > Page 1, 2, 3, 4
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