According to claims, Diddy performed a bird sacrifice before learning the outcome of the jury’s decision in his 1999 shooting case.
A new Hulu documentary titled The Honorable Shyne delves into the infamous nightclub shooting in New York City that resulted in charges for both Diddy and Shyne after three individuals were injured.
Although Diddy was acquitted of charges related to the gun and bribery, Shyne was convicted of reckless endangerment and assault, serving nine years in prison.
In the documentary, Gene Deal, Diddy’s former bodyguard, asserts that the music mogul met a man in Central Park and conducted a bird sacrifice on his way to court.
“When Puff got close to the guy, he just dropped down to his knees. Next thing I see, is this smoke just going back and forth around Puff. I guess it was sage or something like that,” Deal recalled.
He further described the man holding what seemed to be a Bible, praying, and laying hands on Diddy. The man allegedly instructed Diddy to take a white bird from a nearby cage.
“Puff took this white bird and threw it up in the air,” Deal continued. “The bird just fell to the ground, boom, like it was a brick. I was like, ‘Oh, shit!’ The bird died, man. The bird didn’t even move. [Diddy] just walked away from him real quick.”
Diddy has not responded to these claims made by Gene Deal in the documentary.
Shyne has been candid about his complex relationship with Diddy while promoting the Hulu film.
On The Stephen A. Smith Show last week, he shared: “For years I was saying what a creep I thought he was and how he destroyed my life and at one point, I thought he was the devil.
“But because of the power of Diddy, which is so loud as far as a pop culture icon, nobody listened. And so I moved on. And I pivoted my life to healing, to forgiveness and to taking accountability for what I can control.”
The former Bad Boy rapper-turned-politician went on: “And I can’t control what someone did to me decades ago. I can’t control them not wanting to pay reparations, not wanting to make things right.
“People say, ‘Oh Diddy gave [you] millions to go to jail.’ Nothing! Probably made two what I thought were offensive contributions over the last 20-something years which led to a breakdown in the relations. But I moved on.”
