Sean âDiddyâ Combs sues NBC over new documentary as he awaits trial on sex trafficking charges
Sean â??Diddyâ?? Combs is suing NBC Universal over a documentary that he says falsely accuses him of being a serial murderer who had sex with underage girls as he awaits trial on federal sex trafficking charges
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Sean âDiddyâ Combs is suing NBC Universal over a documentary that he says falsely accuses him of being a serial murderer who had sex with underage girls as he awaits trial on federal sex trafficking charges.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York state court says the documentary, â Diddy: Making of a Bad Boy,â included statements that NBC Universal either knew were false or published with reckless disregard for the truth in order to defame the founder of Bad Boy Records.
âIndeed, the entire premise of the Documentary assumes that Mr. Combs has committed numerous heinous crimes, including serial murder, rape of minors, and sex trafficking of minors, and attempts to crudely psychologize him,â the complaint reads. âIt maliciously and baselessly jumps to the conclusion that Mr. Combs is a âmonsterâ and âan embodiment of Luciferâ with âa lot of similaritiesâ to Jeffrey Epstein.â
Spokespersons for NBC Universal and the entertainment company that produced the documentary, which is also named in the suit, didnât immediately respond to emails seeking comment. The documentary premiered last month on Peacock TV, the networkâs streaming service.
âFrom his childhood to becoming a mogul, this raw look at Sean Combsâ journey through exclusive footage and candid interviews explores his rise, controversies and the man behind the music,â a description of the documentary on Peacockâs website reads.
Combs, who is seeking no less than $100 million in damages, has been in Brooklyn federal prison since his September arrest on racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges.
Federal prosecutors say he used his wealth and influence to coerce female victims and male sex workers into drug-fueled, dayslong sexual performances known as âFreak Offs.â
They say Combs used blackmail and violence to intimidate and threaten his victims in a pattern of abuse that goes back to the early 2000s.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to the charges. His trial is slated to start in May.
Erica Wolff, an attorney for Combs, said NBC and the other entities named in the suit âmaliciously and recklessly broadcast outrageous liesâ in order to âline their own pocketsâ by driving viewership to the documentary.
âIn making and broadcasting these falsehoods, among others, Defendants seek only to capitalize on the publicâs appetite for scandal without any regard for the truth and at the expense of Mr. Combsâs right to a fair trial,â she said in a statement. âMr. Combs brings this lawsuit to hold Defendants accountable for the extraordinary damage their reckless statements have caused.â
Combsâ lawsuit says the documentary âfalsely, recklessly, and maliciouslyâ accuses him of murdering Kimberly Porter, Christopher Wallace and Dwight Arrington Myers, among other notable names.
Porter, a model who had been Combsâ longtime girlfriend and the mother of some of his children, died in 2008 at the age of 47 from complications from pneumonia.
Wallace, the rapper known as The Notorious B.I.G., was killed in 1997 in a still-unsolved drive-by shooting in Los Angeles at age 24.
Myers, the rapper known as âHeavy D,â died from a pulmonary embolism in 2011 at the age of 44.
âIt shamelessly advances conspiracy theories that lack any foundation in reality, repeatedly insinuating that Mr. Combs is a serial killer because it cannot be a âcoincidenceâ that multiple people in Mr. Combsâs orbit have died,â the complaint reads.
Elsewhere, the complaint says the documentary delved into claims Combs had sex with underage girls, citing as evidence a civil complaint that's been âthoroughly discredited.â Combsâ lawyers say the women referenced in that complaint have since confirmed they were adults at the time.
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