(Undated) -- Responses are being made to the claims from a man who says former White House press secretary Sean Spicer called him a racial slur and tried to fight him in high school. An individual identified as Alex Lombard was captured on video making those claims in Spicer's presence while he was signing copies of his new book at a store in Middletown on Friday. The Newport Daily News talked to multiple classmates and a professor at Portsmouth Abbey School, where Lombard and Spicer both went, who said the incident didn't happen or they didn't recall it happening, while one other student verified Lombard's claims. Spicer attorney Michael Bowe released a statement saying Lombard's accusations are false and criticized the press for publishing a defamatory statement.