Sean Combs SUES NBC for $100 million over ‘reputational & financial damage’ in documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy

Sean Combs, the music mogul currently facing federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges, has filed a lawsuit against NBC Universal and its streaming service Peacock, alleging defamation in their documentary, “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.” The suit claims the documentary “shamelessly advances conspiracy theories” about him.

Sean Diddy Combs sues NBC Universal alleging defamation

The documentary, which began streaming last month, is one of several projects exploring Combs’s life and career amidst numerous allegations of sexual abuse and violence, leading to criminal charges and over 40 civil lawsuits. Combs, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges and denies all accusations of sexual assault, claims the allegations are fabrications or distortions of consensual encounters. He has recently begun legal action against those he believes are defaming him.

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This newest lawsuit centres on a segment of the Peacock documentary that presents a theory that Kim Porter, Combs’s longtime girlfriend and mother of three of his children, was murdered. While the documentary includes an image of Porter’s autopsy report, which states she died of lobar pneumonia in 2018 at age 47, and acknowledges that police did not suspect foul play, it also features an interview with singer Al B. Sure! (Albert Joseph Brown). According to the lawsuit, Al B. Sure!, who had a child with Porter, makes a defamatory statement, describing seeing her two, three weeks before her murder — am I supposed to say ‘allegedly’? NBC Universal representatives have not yet responded to requests for comment.

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The 90-minute documentary also includes interviews questioning the circumstances surrounding the deaths of other Combs associates, including the Notorious B.I.G., who was fatally shot in 1997. The lawsuit argues that the documentary promotes the false and malicious narrative that it is not a “coincidence” that Ms. Porter and others connected to Combs have died, implying that Combs murdered them.

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While Al B. Sure! is not named as a defendant, the lawsuit, filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, also names the production company responsible for the documentary. To prove defamation against a public figure like Combs, the legal team must demonstrate that the defendants either knew the statements were false or published them with reckless disregard for the truth.

The lawsuit further challenges the inclusion of claims by Courtney Burgess, who alleges he possesses videos showing Combs in sexual encounters with celebrities, including assaults on individuals who appear to be minors.

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Combs has already sued Burgess and his lawyer, Ariel Mitchell-Kidd, who appears multiple times in the Peacock documentary. Mitchell-Kidd expresses scepticism about Porter’s cause of death and describes Combs as the embodiment of Lucifer. In response to Combs’s lawsuit, Mitchell-Kidd called it a pathetic ploy to silence victims and people who stand up for victims. Alongside a criminal trial scheduled for May, Combs is facing numerous civil lawsuits alleging sexual abuse. He vehemently denies all allegations.

Fall of Diddy

Other documentaries focusing on the allegations against Combs include Investigation Discovery’s The Fall of Diddy, which prompted Combs’s lawyers to accuse the productions of rushing to cash in on the media circus” surrounding him. Netflix is also reportedly producing a series with the involvement of rapper 50 Cent, a known adversary of Combs.

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