Sources originally told TMZ.com the Dope star had been targeted by a group of thugs while he was walking in downtown L.A. and had to be hospitalised for his injuries.

Bonds, who required 10 stitches for serious facial cuts, allegedly declined to report the incident to police, but now he has spoken out to set the record straight, insisting he is a diabetic who simply lost his footing when his blood sugar levels dipped.

"I didn't get jumped in no downtown L.A. by nobody (sic)...," he tells the publication. "I fell... I'm a diabetic, my sugar get low sometime (sic) and... I fall a little. It's life."

The 39 year old has been working on his movie comeback since 2011, when he completed an 11-year prison sentence for manslaughter relating to the death of his aunt's boyfriend.