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What do you do when the story you’re hearing doesn’t add up? When the details don’t quite align with the time, place, or people involved? Gene Deal, the former Bad Boy employee, is now speaking out on the allegations surrounding Jay-Z and P Diddy. And from where Deal stands, there’s a lot that doesn’t sit right with him.
Diddy in Get Him to the Greek | Credits: Universal PicturesA fresh wave of shock has swept through the public as a recent lawsuit alleges that music moguls Jay-Z and Diddy were involved in a disturbing incident with an unnamed woman, accusing the two men of r*ping her at a party when she was just 13 years old. The lawsuit has ignited a firestorm of media attention and public debate, as the world tries to come to terms with such a serious claim involving two of the most prominent figures in hip-hop history.
Gene Deal speaks out on allegations against Jay-Z & Diddy, highlights inconsistencies
The lawsuit outlines accusations of assault against both Jay-Z and P Diddy, with an unnamed woman saying she was taken advantage of during the course of the evening while she was underage (via NBC).
In a candid interview with The Art of Dialogue, Gene Deal broke his silence and shed some light on what he believes could be a misrepresentation of events:
When I first heard the allegations, I said to myself, ‘That’s 2000—that’s when I was there.’ So I got to read what was said, what happened, and how it all went down. And then, I start seeing some inconsistencies.
Inconsistencies? Oh, yeah, and he’s not backing down from pointing them out. For one, the accuser claims she was picked up by a limousine—something that Deal believes doesn’t make sense. He emphasizes that during the time he worked for Bad Boy, they never rolled with limos.
“We used SUVs in the 2000s,” he says firmly. So when the accuser speaks about a limo ride, Deal gets a little suspicious.
Gene Deal | Credit: The Art Of Dialogue / YouTubeNot to mention, the story about the limo driver allegedly taking her to a gas station and waiting there for hours before the party? That’s another piece of the puzzle that doesn’t quite fit for Deal, who knows New York like the back of his hand. He questions how someone could possibly wander the streets to find a gas station, especially when, as he points out, “unless you go below 34th Street”.
This doesn’t sound like a casual stroll, and Deal makes sure to remind us that even long-time New Yorkers can struggle to track down gas stations.
And there’s no way she walked from the VMAs to a gas station, nah bro, they got to pick up a better story. So to answer your question, do I personally believe she went to a gas station and got with a Bad Boy driver in a limousine? Nah, not a Bad Boy driver, not at all.
Does this story have holes?
Gene Deal Discredits allegations, says he’s not trying to defend Diddy or Jay-Z
Jay-Z | Credit: Hart to Heart / PeacockGene Dead’s experience doesn’t align with the version being told. In the same interview, he further asks:
How you gonna tell somebody to get in the party that they had to go through security for? That just wouldn’t have happened. I don’t want to beat up the victim or the person who says they’re a victim, but I know for myself there’s a lot of inconsistencies in what she was talking about, especially regarding her being with somebody from Bad Boy and getting into a Bad Boy party with a limo driver that we didn’t even know.
Deal makes it clear that while he’s not attacking the alleged victim or trying to defend Jay-Z or Diddy, he simply doesn’t believe the details of her account because they don’t match his firsthand experience. He stresses that, as someone who worked for Bad Boy at that time, he is committed to telling the truth, regardless of what others think or feel.
In doing so, he insists that his loyalty lies in sharing the facts as he knows them, not in protecting anyone:
My personal belief is that I can’t say what happened to her, but regarding the allegations that she made and the picture that she painted, I don’t believe what she was saying. And being 13 years old, you know, that’s happening, walking around the streets of New York.
This situation isn’t about choosing sides—it’s about asking the right questions. And for Deal, the most pressing one is: why is the story so inconsistent? For someone like him, who was there in the trenches with Bad Boy, those inconsistencies stick out like a sore thumb.
At the end of the day, it seems like the best thing we can do is to examine the facts!
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