Diddy blasts 50 Cent over 'shameful hit piece' Netflix documentary from behind bars
Sean 'Diddy' Combs has slammed 50 Cent's upcoming Netflix documentary series about him from behind bars.
The disgraced music mogul, 56 was found guilty on two counts of 'transportation to engage in prostitution' but was acquitted of more serious charges racketeering and sex‑trafficking by a jury in New York in July.
He was sentenced to four years and two months in federal prison and was ordered to pay a $500,000 fine, as well as five years of supervised release.
But because he spent over a year in prison before and during the trial, that time will be taken back, meaning he would have around three years left.
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While behind bars at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey, Combs has released a damning statement about upcoming Netflix docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning.
The film was made by his arch rival and Emmy-winning actor and producer Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, showing never-before-seen clips of Combs just six days before he was arrested in September 2024.
It also includes interviews with jurors, who delivered Diddy's courtroom verdict, with them speaking out for the first time.
In an interview with ABC, 50 Cent revealed why he included a clip of Combs being recorded interacting with fans, after being filmed privately joking that he has to use 'hand sanitiser' after interacting with so many people.
"Got in the car and said, 'Ugh, I feel like I need to wash, like, I'm [dirty],' … it shows you his character," Jackson said.
"What's the odds that you would do that in front of a camera? Like, that's one of the moments where he forgot he was on tape.
"I feel like Cassie's a victim in all this," the 'Candy Shop' hitmaker added of Diddy's former girlfriend and the number one witness in the trial.
"Because ... she's, like, 18, 19 years old in the very beginning. After a while, over time, you condition for it."
Following a recent teaser of the trailer, Diddy's legal team called the upcoming docuseries 'a shameful hit piece' and 'that Netflix relied on stolen footage that was never authorised for release'.
"Netflix is plainly desperate to sensationalize every minute of Mr. Combs’s life, without regard for truth, in order to capitalize on a never-ending media frenzy," the statement read.
"If Netflix cared about truth or about Mr. Combs’s legal rights, it would not be ripping private footage out of context – including conversations with his lawyers that were never intended for public viewing."
What has Diddy said about Netflix's Sean Combs: The Reckoning
"Netflix’s so-called ‘documentary’ is a shameful hit piece. Today’s GMA teaser confirms that Netflix relied on stolen footage that was never authorized for release. As 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.
"Netflix is plainly desperate to sensationalize every minute of Mr. Combs’s life, without regard for truth, in order to capitalize on a never-ending media frenzy. If Netflix cared about truth or about Mr. Combs’s legal rights, it would not be ripping private footage out of context – 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.
"It is equally staggering that Netflix handed creative control to Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson – 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 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."
Sean Combs: The Reckoning is out on Netflix on Tuesday (2 December).
LADbible Group has contacted Netflix and 50 Cent's representatives for comment
Topics: 50 Cent, Crime, Diddy, Documentaries, Netflix, True Crime, US News
Anish Vij