{"id":162963,"date":"2025-12-01T21:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/162963\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T21:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:06:07","slug":"sean-diddy-combs-slams-50-cents-netflix-documentary-as-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/162963\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Slams 50 Cent’s Netflix Documentary as ‘Illegal’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs\u2019 team is speaking out about the new Netflix<\/a> documentary from producer and his longtime rival, rapper 50 Cent, slamming the series that features footage the beleaguered mogul <\/a>had shot of his life in the days before his September 2024 arrest as \u201ca shameful hit piece\u201d that is an \u201cunfair,\u201d \u201cillegal\u201d and an \u201cunnecessary and deeply personal affront.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe blistering statement from Combs\u2019 publicist comes hours after Good Morning America aired a segment that features an interview with 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, and Alex Stapleton, the director of Sean Combs: The Reckoning. Also included in the GMA segment is footage from the docuseries of Combs that was shot in the days leading up to his arrest. Combs is currently serving a 50-month sentence on charges stemming from his sensational federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial that took place this summer, which ended in a split verdict in which he was found guilty of charges related to the Mann Act but spared on the sex trafficking and RICO charges, which could have sent him to prison for life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cNetflix\u2019s so-called \u2018documentary\u2019 is a shameful hit piece. Today\u2019s GMA teaser confirms that Netflix relied on stolen footage that was never authorized for release,\u201d the statement from PR rep Juda Engelmayer and sent to The Hollywood Reporter on Monday afternoon 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

\n\t\u201cNetflix is plainly desperate to sensationalize every minute of Mr. Combs\u2019s life, without regard for truth, in order to capitalize on a never-ending media frenzy. If Netflix cared about truth or about Mr. Combs\u2019 legal rights, it would not be ripping private footage out of context \u2014 including conversations with his lawyers that were never intended for public viewing. No rights in that material were ever transferred to Netflix or any third party,\u201d the statement continues.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt is equally staggering that Netflix handed creative control to Curtis \u201850 Cent\u2019 Jackson \u2014 a longtime adversary with a personal vendetta who has spent too much time slandering Mr. Combs. Beyond the legal issues, this is a personal breach of trust. Mr. Combs has long respected Ted Sarandos and admired the legacy of [Sarandos\u2019 late father-in-law] Clarence Avant. For Netflix to give his life story to someone who has publicly attacked him for decades feels like an unnecessary and deeply personal affront. At minimum, he expected fairness from people he respected,\u201d the statement concludes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on Monday ahead of the docuseries Tuesday release, both Jackson and Stapleton were tight-lipped about how the pre-arrest footage was acquired for their series, with the rapper asking THR, \u201cWhy would you ask us to reveal our sources?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe footage was obtained completely legally,\u201d Stapleton told THR.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tHowever, on Monday the New York Times shared <\/a>another statement from Engelmayer asserting that the footage was \u201cnever authorized for release.\u201d It includes \u201cprivate moments, pre-indictment material from an unfinished project and conversations involving legal strategy,\u201d according to the rep.<\/p>\n

\n\tA second trailer for the Netflix series was released on Monday morning. It shows Combs in a hotel room six days prior to his arrest at a Manhattan hotel in September 2024. \u201cWe have to find somebody that\u2019ll work with us that has dealt in the dirtiest of dirty business,\u201d the mogul says in a phone call included in the trailer.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the GMA segment, the rap mogul, who is now serving his sentence in New Jersey while working on an appeal of his case, is also seen in footage from the series in what appears to be a conversation with his attorneys.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cListen to me,\u201d Combs is seen saying by phone inside a hotel room. \u201cI am going to let you professionals look at the situation and come back to me with a solution. \u2026 Y\u2019all are not working together the right way. We\u2019re losing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFootage from GMA also shows Diddy with a fan, then later asking for hand sanitizer and saying he\u2019s been \u201cin the streets amongst the people. I\u2019ve got to take a bath.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tTHR has reached out to Netflix regarding Engelmayer\u2019s statements but did not immediately hear back from the streaming giant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSean Combs: The Reckonning releases on Tuesday on Netflix.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs\u2019 team is speaking out about the new Netflix documentary from producer and his longtime rival,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46,400,35134],"class_list":{"0":"post-162963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-netflix","12":"tag-sean-diddy-combs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}