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Prince puncher’s defense

The ex-club owner who broke a European prince’s jaw with one punch told Manhattan prosecutors yesterday that he was the real victim of the barroom brawl that also injured three of the royal’s pals.

“We were here to tell the truth, to make sure the DA’s office knows that Adam Hock is the real victim of the altercation,” said Sal Strazzullo, Hock’s lawyer, who wants the four aristocrats arrested.

The beefy Hock, 47, was busted on four counts of assault for allegedly decking Monaco Prince Pierre Casiraghi, 24; Paris Hilton ex Stavros Niarchos, 26; Diego Marroquin, 33; and Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, 27, during a bloody brawl early Feb. 18 at the Double Seven club in the Meatpacking District.

Sources close to Hock’s camp who were at the club that night and who’ve seen surveillance video told The Post that Niarchos rushed Hock as the fight broke out.

“He charges straight at him, from 12 to 20 feet away, with his hands raised . . . just like a bull in a China shop. And Adam defends himself,” a source said.