Tyson Beckford revealed he as soon as bought right into a bodily altercation with Diddy’s entourage outdoors a Manhattan tattoo parlor that escalated right into a full-blown road brawl with a shotgun being drawn.

During a latest interview on The Breakfast Club, the mannequin and actor acknowledged that the incident occurred earlier than 9/11, after stylist Groovy Lew approached him with a girl and requested Beckford to pose for a photograph. Beckford declined, saying he was in the course of a dialog.

That’s when issues took a flip.

“So then, he swung on me,” Beckford stated. “And I got to beating the brakes off that man.”

According to Beckford, the struggle broke out on Fifth Avenue close to Bad Boy’s previous headquarters. He stated he suffered a head damage after slamming Groovy Lew right into a wall.

“I got six stitches in the top of my head, because I ran him into the wall, and then my head also hit the wall,” Beckford stated. “So, blood’s coming down my face.”

As the scuffle unfolded, Beckford stated a police officer on a bike stopped briefly however didn’t intervene.

“He knew damn well what was going on,” Beckford stated. “But he looked like he was about to go turn in the bike and go home.”

After the officer left, Beckford stated Groovy Lew fled across the nook and returned with Diddy and a number of other others from Bad Boy Records. Beckford claimed he was left alone to face the group after his pal disappeared.

“My homeboy, he dipped on me,” Beckford stated. “So they start coming at me, Puff started talking junk or whatever, and I’m backing up.”

Feeling threatened, Beckford stated he went to his close by Land Cruiser and retrieved a shotgun from the trunk.

“I said, look, I only got five [shells] in here. Puff, you gonna get it first, and big man, you gonna get it first. The rest of y’all, I’m just gonna shower you with it,” Beckford recalled.

The confrontation ended with out additional violence, however Beckford stated Diddy later known as his supervisor to complain.

“She said, ‘Yo, he’s Jamaican. Leave him alone,’” Beckford stated.

Related