Raz B Coma FAKED By Publicist Toy Jones: Former B2K Member's Brother Ricky Romance Says 'I Jumped To Conclusions'

By Mereb Gebremariam | Aug 20, 2013 12:04 PM EDT

Former B2K member Raz B alleged coma is rumored to have been created as a fake stunt by his "publicist."

After an altercation in a China nightclub, Raz B was photographed bloodied and bruised after he was hit by a bottle in the face. The photograph was posted non TMZ website and where the former boy band member was said to be in a coma on life support by his publicist, Toy Jones.

Later, the singer was rumored to have waken form his coma and breathing on his own. Even CNN reported the same story and the singer's manager,  Elayne Rivers told the Network that the "coma" rumors were false.

According to the YBF, When CNN confronted Jones about the false statements made Jones told CNN that she was recently hired by Raz B's family and she expressed:  "as far as I know it is true."

Raz B's brother, Ricky Romance admitted that he fell for the rumors because he couldn't reach his brother and was told by trusted sources that his brother was harmed, "I was unfortunately unable to contact my brother at the time and then panicked," Romance said. "I then alerted as many people of this information hoping to gather facts... Since the source that gave me this information was what I thought to be legitimately reliable I didn't question I just believed. I apologize if I seem like I jumped to conclusions but a coma is a serious situation and it was concerning my brother whom is my best friend as well. I sincerely apologize for the confusion I caused if that is the case."

And the rumor mill continues to turn... 

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