Overview
- In the interview, Gates reaffirmed that he was sexually assaulted as a teenager and said the perpetrator has died, repeating, “He outta here.”
- He described a severe depressive period around 2020 in which he says he shot himself in the head and still has a bullet in his head.
- Gates linked earlier aggression, violent behavior, and extensive martial-arts and boxing training to the trauma he experienced growing up.
- He said sharing his story helped him create open communication with his children, which he framed as breaking generational curses.
- Coverage cites Gates’ first-person account from Club Shay Shay, with no independent verification of his abuser’s identity or death or of the medical details he described.