Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs' former bodyguard Gene Deal claims he heard that an incident involving the music mogul and his protege left the 'Yeah!' singer badly injured when Usher was a child.
- October 5, 2024
AceShowbiz - Usher might be one of Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' victims, if an ex-employee is to be trusted. While the R&B artist has remained silent on his relationship with the disgraced rapper amid his legal woes, Diddy's former bodyguard has spilled a disturbing story of an alleged incident that left Usher hospitalized.
Gene Deal, who used to work for Diddy, stopped by "The Art of Dialogue" on Friday, October 4 and claimed that he heard Usher was sexually assaulted by the Bad Boy Records founder when the former was still a child. The "U Got It Bad" hitmaker was one of Diddy's proteges in the 1990s. Gene said that music executives informed him that the incident resulted in injuries severe enough to send the then-rising star to the hospital.
"I heard it from some music executives," Gene said. "I'm not gonna speak on they name. They may speak on it theyself." The former bodyguard claimed that he didn't know who Usher was at the time, because the singer was still establishing himself as an R&B star. " 'Puff send this little kid to the hospital,' " he recalled what he allegedly was told. " 'Man, n***a was bleeding from the butt.' And that's what was said."
Gene said he felt compelled to share this story after more alleged victims, some of whom were minors, recently came forward with similar allegations against Diddy. "They got kids coming forward," he said. "They said that he did that... That s**t is crazy."
The former boyfriend, however, noted that he has no evidence as to whether the alleged Usher incident is true. "That's just something that I heard," he emphasized.
Gene was likely referring to the claims made by Houston attorney Tony Buzbee. The attorney, who represented 120 people claiming they were assaulted by Diddy, recently said, "This individual [a 9-year-old boy] was sexually abused, allegedly by Sean Combs and several other people at the studio with the promise to both his parents and himself of getting a record deal." He stated, "Other boys were there to audition as well. All of them were trying to land a record deal. All of them were minors."
