{"id":321920,"date":"2025-12-02T03:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/321920\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T03:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:38:10","slug":"sean-diddy-combs-decries-netflix-series-by-50-cent-as-shameful-hit-piece-sean-diddy-combs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/321920\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs decries Netflix series by 50 Cent as \u2018shameful hit piece\u2019 | Sean \u2018Diddy\u2018 Combs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs<\/a> has taken issue with a splashy new Netflix docuseries on his life and many legal troubles, that is executive produced by his longtime rival 50 Cent.<\/p>\n

The former Bad Boy Records executive and hip-hop star, currently serving a four-year sentence for prostitution-related charges, blasted Sean Combs: The Reckoning as a \u201cshameful hit piece\u201d, and accused Netflix<\/a> of incorporating stolen footage.<\/p>\n

The four-part series, to debut on Netflix on 2 December, purports to offer a \u201cstaggering examination of the media mogul, music legend and convicted offender\u201d, including never-before-seen footage of Combs and his inner circle. A new teaser released on Monday includes a clip of Combs from 10 September 2024, as the walls of his federal sex crimes case were closing in.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re losing,\u201d he says in a hotel room, cell phone in hand, before he calls for \u201csomebody that\u2019ll work with us that has dealt in the dirtiest of dirty business\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Through a spokesperson, the disgraced music mogul now claims that footage, including \u201cprivate moments, pre-indictment material from an unfinished project and conversations involving legal strategy\u201d, was obtained unlawfully.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s GMA teaser confirms that Netflix relied on stolen footage that was never authorized for release,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cAs Netflix and CEO Ted Sarandos know, Mr Combs has been amassing footage since he was 19 to tell his own story, in his own way. It is fundamentally unfair, and illegal, for Netflix to misappropriate that work.<\/p>\n

\u201cNone of this was obtained from Sean Combs or his team, and its inclusion raises very serious questions about how this material was accessed and why Netflix chose to use it,\u201d the statement added, claiming that Combs\u2019s legal team had been in touch with Netflix.<\/p>\n

Combs\u2019s response, in which he blamed the series on 50 Cent\u2019s \u201cpersonal vendetta\u201d against him, comes hours after 50 Cent<\/a> touted the series on Good Morning America along with Alexandria Stapleton, the director. They did not discuss how they obtained the footage, though Stapleton assured the Hollywood Reporter that \u201cthe footage was obtained completely legally\u201d.<\/p>\n

Asked if his involvement in the series stemmed from a longstanding, if formerly low-stakes, personal rivalry \u2013 50 Cent released a diss track mocking Combs back in 2006 \u2013 the rapper demurred.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not personal,\u201d he said, offering a more noble intention: \u201cIf I didn\u2019t say anything,\u201d he said, the world might have thought \u201chip-hop is fine with his behaviors. There\u2019s no one else being vocal.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement announcing the series, Stapleton said the project offers \u201ca mirror [reflecting us] as the public, and what we are saying when we put our celebrities on such a high pedestal. I hope [this documentary] is a wake up call for how we idolize people, and to understand that everybody is a human being.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a frenzied federal trial over the summer that featured emotional testimony from Combs\u2019s ex Cassie, detailing years of abuse, Combs was convicted on two lesser charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, for flying his girlfriends and male sex workers around the country to engage in drug-fueled sexual encounters. He was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have led to a life sentence.<\/p>\n

Combs was sentenced to four years and two months in prison in October. He is serving the sentence in New Jersey, and is set for release in May 2028, though he can earn sentence reductions through his participation in substance abuse treatment and other prison programs. Still, his legal troubles continue: just last month, the Los Angeles county sheriff\u2019s department announced<\/a> that it\u2019s investigating a new sexual battery allegation against him, involving an incident of exposure and sexual harassment from 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs has taken issue with a splashy new Netflix docuseries on his life and many legal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-321920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}