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From the "Daily News" in NYC: " Taylor Murphy (left), eyeing return to FDNY, loses retrial bid after assault conviction involving transgender model The former firefighter, convicted of assaulting one-time ‘America’s Next Top Model’ hopeful Claudia Charriez (below), showed up at court with two-time contestant Isis King, the first transgender competitor to appear on the show. Read more  here .

You probably have heard parts of the media circus or worse,  some of the ridiculous trans slurs surrounding the New York firefighter Taylor Murphy. He is accused of violently attacking Claudia Charriez (left) - a former "America's Next Top Model" semi-finalist - during an August 2011 breakup last August. Of course I thought Murphy was just trying to over macho the fact he was spotted with a transgender woman. Then I ran across this recent picture of the firefighter and his current girlfriend Wanda Batista  who said  Charriez made up fake claims against the hot-headed fireman, whose defense included mommy issues and being closeted amongst his macho smoke-eaters. Oh, by the way Wanda is transgender too.  At least Murphy has good taste in women! Murphy and Batista