Ronnie from 'Jersey Shore:' I Got Jumped In Secaucus

"Jersey Shore" star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro appeared in the premiere of "Jersey Shore: Family Vacation" this year with a black eye and scratches. His reasons for this, however, have caused a bit of stir that's created a number of memes on social media.

Ortiz-Magro said he was jumped outside a restaurant in Secaucus and had his chain stolen.

Radar Online reported that this alleged jumping happened in 2018 in the parking lot of Lorenzo's, the bar and Italian restaurant right off the Turnpike in Secaucus. An employee of the bar confirmed to Radar that Ortiz was there one night in 2018, but that he was not jumped or attacked in the parking lot, as he claims.

When Patch called Lorenzo's this week to ask them about it, a manager said they would not be speaking about this incident anymore and hung up the phone. Secaucus police say no report was ever filed about a mugging in Lorenzo's parking lot in 2018.

But there has been a lot of reaction on social media, much of which was incredulous that the "Jersey Shore" star would be the victim of a "jumping" outside a restaurant near the New Jersey Turnpike:

Others, however, have question whether the story is true. Radar Online reported that an employee of the restaurant, Lorenzo's Restaurant and Bar, said that although Ortiz-Magro was not jumped in the parking lot, as he claimed.