That part doesn't make sense. It's an incredibly minor part of the story--and it revolves around his friend, not himself--so why would he make that up to sell a book?Nope. Nobody hit anybody and nobody said anything. Kyle just made the whole thing up. Made it up to sell a book.
And for someone who keeps saying he wasn't there, you sure seem to be certain that something didn't happen, when there were witnesses who said it did (as well as those who said it didn't). Hmm...methinks the lady doth protest too much. Maybe you're JV himself?