Sean “Diddy” Combs Sues for Defamation Over Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy Documentary

Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed a defamation lawsuit NBCUniversal Media LLC, Peacock TV LLC, and Ample Leisure over allegations aired of their current Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy documentary. In courtroom paperwork, seen by Pitchfork, Diddy and his authorized crew accuse the businesses of “shamelessly capitalizing on the general public’s insatiable urge for food for content material about Mr. Combs within the lead as much as his felony trial.” Combs is searching for $100 million in damages.

The 90-minute documentary aired on Peacock final month, and featured interviews with with a bodyguard, make-up artist, and intern of Diddy’s, in addition to Dawn Richard’s legal professional Lisa Bloom and the R&B artist Al B. Positive! The movie delved into the the quite a few allegations towards Diddy, who’s going through multiple lawsuits that accuse him of sexual assault, gang-rape, molestation, grooming, and extra. Diddy is at present incarcerated and can stand trial on federal costs of racketeering, intercourse trafficking, and transportation to interact in prostitution in Might.

In a press release accompanying the defamation lawsuit, Diddy’s legal professional Erica A. Wolff wrote:

As described in right this moment’s lawsuit, NBCUniversal Media LLC, Peacock TV LLC, and Ample LLC made a aware choice to line their very own pockets on the expense of fact, decency, and primary requirements {of professional} journalism. Grossly exploiting the belief of their viewers and racing to outdo their competitors for probably the most salacious Diddy exposé, defendants maliciously and recklessly broadcast outrageous lies in Diddy: The Making of a Unhealthy Boy. Within the purported documentary, defendants accuse Mr. Combs of horrible crimes, together with serial homicide and sexual assault of minors—figuring out that there is no such thing as a proof to assist them. In making and broadcasting these falsehoods, amongst others, defendants search solely to capitalize on the general public’s urge for food for scandal with none regard for the reality and on the expense of Mr. Combs’s proper to a good trial. Mr. Combs brings this lawsuit to carry defendants accountable for the extraordinary injury their reckless statements have induced.

Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Diddy: The Making of a Unhealthy Boy for remark.

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