Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was hospitalized late last week and treated for facial fractures, broken ribs and a collapsed lung, a Raleigh, North Carolina television station reported on its Web site on Thursday.
The injuries, the station reported, citing unidentified sources, were consistent with an assault.
Madoff, 71, was treated at Duke University Hospital late last week, and was discharged earlier this week, the station reported.
A Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman declined to comment on the report.
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