Former child star DANNY BONADUCE was slashed across the chest and arm with a knife during a recent failed attempt to mug him.
 
The one-time Partridge Family star claims the incident happened while he was
working out in a Los Angeles park.
 
The 49-year-old tells the National Enquirer, "These wild-eyed dudes walked up
to me and my girlfriend and one of them whipped out a carpet knife and demanded money."
 
Bonaduce, a martial arts expert, adds, "I'm tough, but I'm not invincible. I
couldn't run because I was exhausted, so I decided to stand my ground. I said
to the guy, 'There are two kinds of guys who carry knives - the kind who aren't
afraid to stab someone and the kind who don't have it in them. I don't think
you have it in you.'"
 
Bonaduce approached the man, and was attacked, before the thugs fled.
 
The star - who wasn't seriously hurt - adds, "The guys took off running, and
I let them go because I was too tired to go after them. Besides, I wasn't about
to leave my girlfriend standing there by herself."