[ bleep ] did i get in this situation. you know, i was scared for my life.s reporter: and then gavin got out of the mercedes, said creech.r: and there was something in his hand. it was like a ten to 12-inch stainless steel thing that at the time i thought was a knife. we fell in the ground, and we went at it for about ten or fifteen seconds exchanging punches.12 at some point did you get that weapon?e se i kept punching him until heo let go of it.il okay. and what d you do with the weapon? i threw it over the back wall of my property. reporter: such a weapon was never recovered, by the way.y. but creech insisted there was one, a multi-purpose tool of some kind, and it was gavin who provoked the fight.chl i was defending my life. i didn t go there looking for a fight.fo i was just defending mine. i think he lied about everything that he said. reporter: on t cross-examination, the am prosecutor went straight for that so-called multipurpose tool.e so tell us why in