The convict who became infamous for holding up disgraced celebrity chef Paula Deen during a bank robbery in 1987 was found dead inside his Brooklyn apartment Thursday.
Eugene Thomas King, Jr. was found unconscious in his Brooklyn apartment by police and declared deceased by EMS on Thursday night, according to a report.
He died of natural causes, according to the medical examiner. He was 75.
……..The convicted bank robber had held up Deen while sticking up a bank where the not-yet-famous chef had been working as a teller. Deen recalled that King “never took the gun out of my face” in a statement to police after the robbery.
King was later convicted and served time for the holdup. In a statement to police, he asked the police to tell Deen he was sorry, saying, “I never intended to hurt anyone.”
King’s profile was relatively low until Deen referenced the robbery incident during a 2013 lawsuit.
In a deposition for the suit – in which a manager of a restaurant owned by Deen alleged that the Food Network star and her brother engaged in sexual and racial harassment – Deen was asked if she had ever used any racial epithet, including the N-word.
“Yes, of course,” Deen told the examiner. When asked to clarify when, she said, “It was probably when a black man burst into the bank that I was working at and put a gun to my head.”
Deen’s admission to using the slur to describe the robber destroyed her career, while also bringing King to the public’s attention.
Deen’s career was ruined for telling the truth. That pig held a loaded gun held to her head, but she lost her TV show, endorsements, and closed her restaurants, including The Lady & Sons and The Chicken Box. She continues to operate Paula Deen’s Family Kitchen locations. She got persecuted, he gets sympathy.
Good riddance, nigga.
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