Hi, I have a question about an asult case. I was recently asulted by my girlfriends son in my bedroom where he had no right to be, at first I was holding a bal bat to protect myself from him, I picked this bat up when I realized he was going to harm me, once I picked up the bat he went down stairs and grabbed a sharp object like a spear and started trying to get close enough to me to stab me in the face, he almost got to me at one point and I nudged him back by smacking the ball bat into his arm. When I nudged him with the bat he realized I wouldn't hit him and attacked me full force, he took the bat and hit me in the head with it 3 times and then stompped on my head 16 to 18 times, I went to the hospital and got stiched up, I was cut badly to the bone. I was just arrested on a warrant Saturday night for hitting him with a ball bat, so the city has picked up the charges aganist him and against me even though I did nothing wrong. When the police got there they watched him stomping on my head and had to pull him off me, so my question is, Do I go into court and say I never touched him or do I tell the truth and say I nudged him with the bat to keep from being stabbed in the face. It seems like I'd be safer saying I never touched him, his word against mine. Please help, I don't want to lie but I don't want to get in trouble for protecting my life either, how do I know they will believe me after I admit to what happened? I am lost, any help would be great.