Lady Gaga has apologised on Twitter after she referred to Zombie Boy's death as a suicide which his family are now claiming was accidental.
Rick Genest was found dead on Wednesday morning after falling from his apartment balcony in Montreal. Gaga has since taken back her original statement which stated that his death was suicide.
Out of respect for Rick's family, Rick & his legacy I apologize if I spoke too soon as there was no witnesses or evidence to support any conclusion for the cause of his death. I in no way meant to draw an unjust conclusion My deepest condolences to his entire family and friends. pic.twitter.com/CJ9AdOJ22j— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) August 4, 2018
Genest's family are insisting that his passing was accidental as there were too many 'inconsistencies' for his death to be ruled as a suicide. Rick told his girlfriend he was 'going for a cigarette' and when he didn't return she went to look for him and found him lying on the floor at the foot of the building. Medics could not revive him and he died at 5pm.
Karim Leduc, Genest's manager said in a statement;
“For us, the family and close entourage, we feel there’s too many inconsistencies around his death to rule it as a suicide, and for people to jump to conclusions that rapidly was disappointing,”
He continued to explain the balcony from which he fell on the third floor was "a very dangerous balcony".
“Just three weeks ago, I visited that balcony with him and was on it with him smoking a cigarette, as well. It’s a balcony that has very small rails/guards — an emergency/fire escape balcony – and he was leaning his back towards it like sitting on the ledge of the rail, and he fell from his backside onto the floor.”
Again we send our deepest condolences to Rick's family and close friends. We will of course keep you updated as more details are released.
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