NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is suing NBC Common over a documentary that he says falsely accuses him of being a serial assassin who had intercourse with underage ladies as he awaits trial on federal intercourse trafficking expenses.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York state court docket says the documentary, “ Diddy: Making of a Bad Boy,” included statements that NBC Common both knew had been false or revealed with reckless disregard for the reality as a way to defame the founding father of Unhealthy Boy Information.
“Indeed, 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,” the grievance reads. “It maliciously and baselessly jumps to the conclusion that Mr. Combs is a ‘monster’ and ‘an embodiment of Lucifer’ with ‘a lot of similarities’ to Jeffrey Epstein.”
Spokespersons for NBC Common and the leisure firm that produced the documentary, which can be named within the swimsuit, didn’t instantly reply to emails searching for remark. The documentary premiered final month on Peacock TV, the community’s streaming service.
“From his childhood to becoming a mogul, this raw look at Sean Combs’ journey through exclusive footage and candid interviews explores his rise, controversies and the man behind the music,” an outline of the documentary on Peacock’s web site reads.
Combs, who’s searching for a minimum of $100 million in damages, has been in Brooklyn federal jail since his September arrest on racketeering conspiracy and intercourse trafficking expenses.
Federal prosecutors say he used his wealth and affect to coerce feminine victims and male intercourse staff into drug-fueled, dayslong sexual performances generally known as “Freak Offs.”
They are saying Combs used blackmail and violence to intimidate and threaten his victims in a sample of abuse that goes again to the early 2000s.
Combs has pleaded not responsible to the costs. His trial is slated to start out in Could.
Erica Wolff, an legal professional for Combs, mentioned NBC and the opposite entities named within the swimsuit “maliciously and recklessly broadcast outrageous lies” as a way to “line their own pockets” by driving viewership to the documentary.
“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,” she mentioned in a press release. “Mr. Combs brings this lawsuit to hold Defendants accountable for the extraordinary damage their reckless statements have caused.”
Combs’ lawsuit says the documentary “falsely, recklessly, and maliciously” accuses him of murdering Kimberly Porter, Christopher Wallace and Dwight Arrington Myers, amongst different notable names.
Porter, a mannequin who had been Combs’ longtime girlfriend and the mom of a few of his youngsters, died in 2008 on the age of 47 from issues from pneumonia.
Wallace, the rapper generally known as The Infamous B.I.G., was killed in 1997 in a still-unsolved drive-by capturing in Los Angeles at age 24.
Myers, the rapper generally known as “Heavy D,” died from a pulmonary embolism in 2011 on the age of 44.
“It shamelessly advances conspiracy theories that lack any foundation in reality, repeatedly insinuating that Mr. Combs is a serial killer because it cannot be a ‘coincidence’ that multiple people in Mr. Combs’s orbit have died,” the grievance reads.
Elsewhere, the grievance says the documentary delved into claims Combs had intercourse with underage ladies, citing as proof a civil grievance that is been “thoroughly discredited.” Combs’ legal professionals say the ladies referenced in that grievance have since confirmed they had been adults on the time.
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