Diddy Files Defamation Suit Over Making Of A Bad Boy Documentary

Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed a $100 million defa­mation lawsuit against NBCUniversal, Peacock TV and Ample Entertainment for defamatory statements published in the documen­tary “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.”

The lawsuit, filed Wednes­day in New York, asserts that these media companies “false­ly, recklessly, and malicious­ly” accused Combs of serial murder and sex trafficking, among other claims made by Al B. Sure, Rodney Jones (who has filed his own lawsuit against Combs) and attorney Ariel Mitchell, among other sources.

The documentary “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy” premiered on Peacock on Jan. 14 and looks into multi­ple claims against the mogul, most prominently, Combs’ alleged involvement in the death of his former girlfriend, Kimberly Porter, in addition to Biggie, Andre Harrell, Heavy D, and the attempted murder of Al B. Sure.

Erica Wolff, Combs’ attor­ney, issued a statement on the new lawsuit claiming these media companies “made a conscious decision to line their own pockets at the ex­pense of truth, decency, and basic standards of profession­al journalism.”

Wolff continues, “Grossly exploiting the trust of their audience and racing to out­do their competition for the most salacious Diddy ex­posé, Defendants malicious­ly and recklessly broadcast outrageous lies in ‘Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.’ In the purported documen­tary, Defendants accuse Mr. Combs of horrible crimes, including serial murder and sexual assault of minors – knowing that there is no evidence to support them. In making and broadcast­ing these falsehoods, among others, Defendants seek only to capitalize on the public’s appetite for scandal without any regard for the truth and at the expense of Mr. Combs’s right to a fair trial. Mr. Combs brings this lawsuit to hold De­fendants accountable for the extraordinary damage their reckless statements have caused.”

The lawsuit highlights and attempts to discredit individual sources and also cites a Hollywood Reporter interview with co-founder of Defendant Ample and an executive producer of the Documentary, Ari Mark. The lawsuit notes that Mark “acknowledged that the Doc­umentary was a rush job be­cause of competing documen­taries on the same subject,” saying “There’s no time and this was an extremely fast turnaround.”

Combs is seeking $100 million in damages for the “severe reputational and eco­nomic harm” caused by what he claims are false and defam­atory statements