Fonzworth Bentley was Puff Daddy's umbrella-carrying personal assistant during the Diddler's shiny suit-wearing prime.

Now that Diddy has been exposed as a violent hip-hop homosexual, folks are wondering what Bentley witnessed and what he was subjected to.

But we haven't heard from Bentley yet.

Diddy's ex-bodyguard Gene Deal, who was there when the Fonzworth Bentley persona was born, explained why.

"I don't know if he swould ay anything, because he probably signed a non-disclsoure and he don't want to say anything about Puff anyone because Puff got sh*t on him.  And I ain't talking about now sexual sh*t.  The n*gga was stealing bro ... don't lay nothing down around him," Deal said. 

Deal then explained how Bentley got caught stealing a pair of $5000 boots from Jennifer Lopez. When they found the boots at Bentley's house, they found many other stolen items and Fonzworth was fired.

Anyway, Deal said that Bentley was never around during the night -- when the bad stuff went down -- probably because he was too busy stealing.