Matthew's gonna go with...

The Johnny Maudlin defense...

"They claim I was too stoned to remember," Matthew said, adding his school is taking a "holier-than-thou" attitude.

So was he?

"I was, but they don't have it on camera so they can't prove it," he said.

Now, I was actually gonna make a crack about how proud his parents must be... but apparently, well... read on...

Matthew's mother, Delma Bruni, said Matthew wasn't doing anything wrong and he was on his own time anyway.

"Regardless of whether he was high, the school is stepping over the line here."

Well... I guess that explains a few things.

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