Sean “Diddy” Combs is suing NBCUniversal for its Peacock documentary, Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.
According to Page Six, Combs is seeking $100 million from the entertainment conglomerate for “severe reputational and economic harm.” The doc, which premiered Jan. 14 on the streamer, is billed as providing a “raw, exclusive look at Sean Combs long before he was known as Puff or Diddy.”
Combs is currently behind bars awaiting trial on racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution charges. He’s also facing more than 100 lawsuits alleging abuse. He has denied the charges.
In Combs’ complaint, obtained by Page Six, he alleges that the film “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.” Combs’ team also denies the film’s claims that he “has committed numerous heinous crimes, including serial murder, rape of minors, and sex trafficking of minors, and attempts to crudely psychologize him.”
The legal team also writes that NBCUniversal was told in December that the claims in the film were “debunked and lack any credible evidence,” but the company moved forward anyway. The suit names NBC and production company Ample Entertainment.
A press release for the film says it features “never-before-seen footage and stories from those who know [Combs] best” to “shed light on his childhood, rise to fame, and recent criminal allegations.” One of the biggest points of interest in the film is the first on-camera interview about Combs from his late former girlfriend Kim Porter’s ex-husband Al B. Sure, who was married to Porter before she became involved with Combs.
Porter and Combs shared three children together before her death from pneumonia in 2018. Combs also reportedly adopted Sure’s son with Porter. Sure disputes that an adoption ever took place in the doc, and also insinuates that Combs was behind Porter’s death.
“Kimberly is gone because she was going to be Cassie Ventura,” he says, referring to Combs’ ex-girlfriend, whose November 2023 lawsuit accused him in graphic detail of years of abuse.
Authorities determined there was no foul play associated with Porter’s 2018 death, and the doc features a disclaimer with that information—along several other disclaimers as accusers speak in the film.
In the complaint’s breakdown of Making of a Bad Boy’s many claims, including Sure’s, Combs’ team wrote that “by maliciously advancing the unhinged narrative that Mr. Combs is a serial killer—with absolutely no evidence or logic to stand on and in the face of clear evidence to the contrary—Defendants spread fake news of the most damaging kind.”
The complaint also says that not only did the doc cause Combs “substantial reputational and financial harm,” it also “damaged his right to a fair trial on the government’s charges against him.” Combs pleaded not guilty to the federal charges and has denied the allegations against him. His lawyer said in a statement that the rapper “looks forward to clearing his name in court.”
