Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Dan Skuta is adamant he never laid a finger on a woman outside of an Orlando bar last weekend ... but says SHE struck HIM ... and he can prove it.
As we previously reported, Skuta was arrested for battery on June 19th after a woman told police Skuta shoved her head against a glass window after she refused to give him her phone number.
But Skuta's lawyer says the woman is lying through her teeth -- and the NFL player has multiple witnesses who can back him up.
We spoke with Skuta's lawyer Mark NeJame who tells us straight up -- "Dan is innocent.