Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Mother Janice Reacts to New Netflix Docuseries About Her Son

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ mom, Janice Combs, is sharing her ideas on the brand new Netflix docuseries about her son.

In a press release to Deadline printed on Saturday, Dec. 6, Janice mentioned the four-part sequence, which was launched on the streamer on Dec. 2, comprises “lies” and “inaccuracies” about Sean’s life.

“I’m penning this assertion to right a number of the lies offered within the Netflix, Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” she wrote. “These inaccuracies relating to my son Sean’s upbringing and household life is deliberately carried out to mislead viewers and additional hurt our repute.”

She went on to particularly cite an interview from the primary episode of the sequence that explores a 1991 incident during which 9 folks died throughout a stampede at a charity basketball sport promoted by Sean on the Metropolis School of New York. Within the interview, Sean’s former buddy and colleague, Kirk Burrowes, claimed that he noticed the singer slap Janice that day — one thing which she denies.

“The allegations said by Mr. Kirk Burrows [sic] that my son slapped me whereas we have been conversing after the tragic Metropolis School occasions on December 28, 1991, are inaccurate and patently false,” Janice mentioned in her assertion to Deadline. “That was a really unhappy day for all of us … For him to make use of this tragedy and incorporate pretend narratives to additional his prior failed and present try to achieve what was by no means his — Unhealthy Boy Data — is fallacious, outrageous and previous offensive.”

“I’m requesting that these distortions, falsehoods and deceptive statements be publicly retracted,” she mentioned later in her assertion. 

Throughout the second in query within the episode, Burrowes says, “I noticed Janice query Sean [about his future]. He is going into this music enterprise factor. He simply left faculty, and now this excessive tragedy has occurred. She’s like, ‘Did he make the fitting resolution?’ And I noticed him put his fingers on her. Name her a bitch and slapped her.”

Within the docuseries, a title card states that Sean, 56, didn’t reply to the filmmakers’ request for touch upon the accusation that he bodily harmed his mom.

The docuseries comes within the wake of the disgraced music mogul’s federal convictions on two prostitution-related costs, for which he’s at the moment serving a 50-month jail sentence handed down in October. Sean can also be going through dozens of lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault.

At some point earlier than the docuseries’ launch, Sean’s spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer, referred to as the mission a “shameful hit piece” in a press release obtained by ipromiseyoumedia, claiming that “Netflix relied on stolen footage that was by no means licensed for launch.”

“As Netflix and CEO Ted Sarandos know, Mr. Combs has been amassing footage since he was 19 to inform his personal story, in his personal approach. It’s essentially unfair, and unlawful, for Netflix to misappropriate that work,” the spokesperson mentioned.

“For Netflix to provide his life story to somebody who has publicly attacked him for many years appears like an pointless and deeply private affront,” Engelmayer added, referencing longtime rival Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s position as a producer of the docuseries.

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When requested particularly in regards to the allegations that Sean slapped his mom, Engelmayer mentioned: “We’re not going to touch upon particular person claims being repeated within the documentary. Most of the folks featured have longstanding private grievances, monetary motives, or credibility points which have been documented for years.”

Engelmayer continued: “A number of of those tales have already been addressed in courtroom filings, and others have been by no means raised in any authorized discussion board as a result of they’re merely not true. The mission was constructed round a one-sided narrative led by a publicly admitted adversary, and it repeats allegations with out context, proof, or verification.”

ipromiseyoumedia reached out to Netflix for touch upon Sunday, Dec. 7, however didn’t obtain an instantaneous response.