Le'Veon Bell accuses former Jets head coach Adam Gase of using cocaine in office: 'Wasn’t just one time'

Ex-NFL prima moving backmost Le’Veon Bell made rather the accusation against his erstwhile caput manager with the New York Jets, Adam Gase.

Gase, present the walk crippled coordinator nether Jim Harbaugh with the Los Angeles Chargers, didn’t fare good successful New York, owning a 9-23 grounds earlier being fired aft the 2020 season. Bell and Gase some joined the squad successful 2019, wherever they went 7-9, but flamed retired the adjacent year.

Bell made an quality connected the "Respectfully" podcast with Justin Laboy, wherever helium blasted Gase, calling him the "dumbest manager ever." But that wasn’t the worst that was said.

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Bell accused Gase of utilizing cocaine successful his office.

Laboy asked Bell to spell further aft helium said Gase "did a batch of s--- successful that bureau that coaches ain’t expected to beryllium doing." Then, Bell said that Gase was utilizing "white girl," a slang word for cocaine, and past did a snorting gesture.

"I’m like, bro, I ain’t conscionable locomotion successful the bureau and spot my manager [snorting cocaine]," Bell explained to Laboy. "We’re astir to spell to practice, bro. We got signifier successful 28 minutes. We got walkthrough, bro. This is what you’re doing successful here?"

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Bell doubled down, saying helium saw Gase bash it himself.

"It wasn’t conscionable 1 time. That’s what it did, though. Everybody knows that. That’s what helium did. But it was conscionable brainsick to maine to really spot him doing it. I heard each the stories and shit."

The Chargers did not instantly reply a petition for remark by Fox News Digital.

Le'Veon Bell of the New York Jets runs with the shot against the Arizona Cardinals astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, N.J., connected Oct. 11, 2020. The Cardinals defeated the Jets 30-10. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

Bell’s past words determination connote helium heard from others that Gase allegedly utilized the amerciable substance, though helium didn’t spell into further item connected that front.

Before Gase was hired by the Jets to beryllium their adjacent caput coach, helium held the aforesaid presumption with the Miami Dolphins from 2016-18, wherever helium went 23-25. His champion twelvemonth was 2016 erstwhile the Dolphins went 10-6.

Since being fired by the Jets, Gase wasn’t connected immoderate coaching unit successful the NFL, alternatively offering consulting insights from clip to time. His father-in-law, Joe Vitt, works arsenic a antiaircraft adjunct for the Denver Broncos, who helium visited during the 2023 and 2025 offseasons to supply insight. Gase besides spent clip with The 33rd Team arsenic a strategical advisor with Bill Belichick and Matt Patricia successful 2024.

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Gase’s clip successful the NFL began with the Detroit Lions successful 2003, moving arsenic a scouting adjunct earlier a promotion to violative adjunct successful 2005. He yet worked his mode up to quarterbacks manager successful 2007 earlier a speedy stint with the San Francisco 49ers the adjacent season.

Gase, then, spent a ample chunk of his coaching past with the Broncos from 2009-14, the past 3 seasons serving arsenic the team’s violative coordinator earlier the Dolphins gave him a changeable arsenic caput coach.

Meanwhile, Bell’s vocation didn’t cookware retired the mode helium hoped aft his declaration quality with the Pittsburgh Steelers ended with him missing the full 2018 campaign. He yet signed with the Jets, but aft conscionable 2 games into the 2020 season, helium was released.

Head manager Adam Gase and moving backmost Le'Veon Bell of the New York Jets speech earlier their crippled against the Baltimore Ravens astatine M&T Bank Stadium successful Baltimore, Md., connected Dec. 12, 2019. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

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In 2019, his archetypal play backmost successful the NFL, helium rushed for 789 yards with 3 touchdowns, portion catching 66 passes for 461 yards and 1 score. Bell saw clip with the Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but ne'er stuck with a squad earlier leaving shot successful 2021.

Bell was a three-time Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro with the Steelers, who took him 48th wide successful the 2013 NFL Draft retired of Michigan State. He rushed for 5,336 yards with 42 full touchdowns crossed his 5 seasons successful Pittsburgh.

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