Alert – Diddy launches $100m lawsuit against NBCUniversal over documentary… ahead of sex trafficking trial

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has launched a $100million defamation lawsuit against NBCUniversal and Ample Productions over explosive documentary, Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.

The complaint, filed in the Supreme Court of New York State Wednesday, claims the documentary – which aired on NBC and Peacock in January – assumes Combs ‘has committed numerous heinous crimes, including serial murder, rape of minors, and sex trafficking of minors, and attempts to crudely psychologize him.’

The disgraced rapper, 55, is currently behind bars awaiting trial at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center following his arrest last year on sex trafficking, racketeering and prostitution charges. He denies all the allegations and has  been denied bail multiple times.

The suit, obtained by Page Six further alleges: ‘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.’

Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy gave insight into the mogul’s decades long career and included never-before-seen footage of him.

His former Uptown Records label mate Al B. Sure!, who dated Kim Porter before her relationship with Combs, was filmed questioning Porter’s cause of death, cited as lobar pneumonia, and claimed she was ‘gone because she was going to be the next Cassie Ventura.’

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has launched a $100million defamation lawsuit against NBCUniversal and Ample Productions over explosive documentary, Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy – pictured 2018 

Ventura, who dated Combs from 2007-2018, claimed Diddy brutally beat and sexually abused her for over a decade throughout their tumultuous relationship in a 2023 lawsuit.

Months after Cassie’s lawsuit sent shockwaves through the industry and the star settled with Diddy, CNN released footage from a Los Angeles hotel in 2016 showing Diddy repeatedly assaulting Cassie in a hall.

Combs’ attorneys claim in the lawsuit the documentary accused him of ‘murdering the love of his life [Porter] and mother to his children’ despite an autopsy revealing she died from natural causes.

The Los Angeles County Coroner’s official cause of death determination was aired in the film, along with a line from the LAPD that there was  ‘no criminal involvement in Kim Porter’s death.’

NBC and Ample Productions were criticized in the suit for using Sure as a source, with mention made of producer Ari Mark’s comments to THR of Sure’s ‘weird, very kind of complicated relationship with Sean Combs.’

Combs’ attorneys also lambasted an ‘unhinged conspiracy theory’ that the rapper was involved in the deaths of The Notorious B.I.G, late record executive Andre Harrell, and rapper Dwight “Heavy D” Arrington Myers.

‘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 lawsuit states.

Combs team claim they ‘warned’ NBC and Ample around December 10 2024 that the film contained ‘unequivocally false’ allegations that had been ‘debunked and lack any credible evidence’ – but they still aired the trailer and series.

The complaint, filed in the Supreme Court of New York State Wednesday, claims the documentary – which aired on NBC and Peacock in January – assumes Combs ‘has committed numerous heinous crimes, including serial murder, rape of minors, and sex trafficking of minors, and attempts to crudely psychologize him’

The disgraced rapper, 55, is currently behind bars at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center following his arrest last year on sex trafficking, racketeering and prostitution charges. He denies all the allegations and has been denied bail multiple times – pictured 2023 

Combs’ attorneys claim in the lawsuit the documentary accused him of ‘murdering the love of his life [Kim Porter] and mother to his children’ despite an autopsy revealing she died from natural causes. pictured November 2014 in Atlanta with sons Quincy and Christian

Combs’ attorney, Erica Wolff, added in a statement to the publication: ‘Grossly exploiting the trust of their audience and racing to outdo their competition for the most salacious Diddy exposé, Defendants maliciously and recklessly broadcast outrageous lies in Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.

‘In the purported documentary, Defendants accuse Mr. Combs of horrible crimes, including serial murder and sexual assault of minors — knowing that there is no evidence to support them.

‘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.’

Combs’ lawyers also hit back at a resurfaced claim from Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones’ $30 million lawsuit, which alleges Combs assaulted underage women, claiming the women in question had debunked the claims, were not minors at the time of the alleged incident and ‘never witnessed anything untoward happen at the parties.’

The fresh lawsuit also takes aim at accuser Courtney Burgess, who Diddy filed a $50million suit against last month, who has claimed to possess videos implicating Diddy in sexual assaults on eight celebrities.

The lawsuit alleged the defendants – Burgess and his lawyer, Ariel Mitchell – deliberately fabricated and amplified false claims about the music mogul for financial gain, and that NewsNation broadcast the allegations without conducting proper due diligence.

The fresh lawsuit also takes aim at accuser Courtney Burgess, who Diddy filed a $50million suit against last month, who has claimed to possess videos implicating Diddy in sexual assaults on eight celebrities 

The lawsuit alleges that the defendants have each profited from their public allegations against Combs, with Burgess making money ‘from his fake Kim Porter memoir,’ and Mitchell ‘promot[ing] herself in the media’ as she makes the allegations against Combs. 

Neither Burgess nor NewsNation have responded to the January suit.

DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Combs, NBCUniversal, Ample Productions, Peacock and NewsNation for comment.

This week Diddy was sued by a man who said the rapper drugged and sexually assaulted him at a Los Angeles nightclub in 2022.

The man accusing Combs filed the lawsuit in New York County Supreme Court under the pseudonym John Doe, USA Today reported Monday after reviewing legal documents in the case.

Doe said in court filings the three-time Grammy-winner ‘drugged and forcefully raped’ him in the exchange, according to the outlet.

Lawyers for Combs – who has denied all of the claims against him – told Dailymail.com in a statement Monday, ‘As we’ve said before, Mr. Combs cannot respond to every new publicity stunt, even in response to claims that are facially ridiculous or demonstrably false. 

‘Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process. In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone – man or woman, adult or minor.’ 

Doe is seeking damages in the case, in which he’s represented by Houston-based lawyer Tony Buzbee, who is also representing more than 100 people accusing Combs of different violations, the outlet reported. Buzbee told Dailymail.com Tuesday, ‘We will continue to file these cases and lead this important litigation so that justice is served and these victims are heard.’

Combs (pictured in LA on June of 2022) has denied all of the allegations against him 

Doe said in legal documents that he was ‘a young musician’ busking on a street near a ‘popular nightclub’ in Los Angeles in November of 2022.

A person identifying themselves as a scout for the Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down singer extended an invitation to an ‘exclusive A-list birthday party’ Combs was hosting, Doe said in his court filing.

Doe claims that in his encounter with the rap mogul, Combs ‘made numerous promises about helping Doe secure a major recording contract.’

Doe said in court filings that the Bad Boy Records owner gave him a drugged drink which left him ‘incapacitated,’ then ‘forcefully’ sexually assaulted him.

Doe said in court filings Combs ‘orally raped him and sexually assaulted him anally,’ TMZ reported Monday after reviewing the legal docs in the case.

Doe said Combs asked him if he ‘ever sucked a d*** before?’ which he said he had not, to which Combs suggested, ‘You should try it,’ before exposing himself and commencing with the assault, according to legal docs TMZ reviewed. 

Doe said in the court filing that ‘because of Combs’ power and notoriety, and because he was shocked and embarrassed, Doe did not report what had happened.’

Doe said in court filings that he wants a trial by jury and is seeking ‘compensatory damages for all physical injuries, emotional distress, psychological harm, anxiety, humiliation, physical and emotional pain and suffering, family and social disruption, and other harm, in an amount to be determined at trial.’

Diddy pictured at an event in Miami in November of 2022, when his latest accuser says in court filings the alleged incident took place

Combs as seen in a court sketch from an October 10, 2024 hearing in Manhattan Federal Court 

Prior to his arrest, Diddy was in the headlines for much of 2024 year after video of him assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie surfaced on CNN in May 

Combs has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges after his September arrest. He has remained incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn awaiting a May 5 trial, after he was refused bail on multiple occasions.

Prosecutors in Combs’ federal case say the music mogul used blackmail and violence in his efforts to silence victims.

Among the claims made against the entertainer is that he persuaded women to participate against their will in group sexual exhibitions referred to as ‘Freak Offs.’ 

The Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down performer remains in federal custody nearly five months after his September 16 arrest in Manhattan in connection with sex trafficking and racketeering charges.

Combs, who is also charged with transportation to engage in prostitution, has made a trio of attempts in vain to be granted bail, amid concerns from the court he would attempt to flee or tamper with his case.

Prior to his arrest he was in the headlines for much of 2024 year after raids on multiple properties in March; and video of him assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie surfacing on CNN in May.

If you or someone you know has experienced sexual violence, RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Hotline can be reacted at 800.656.HOPE (4673) and Hotline.RAINN.org and en Español RAINN.org/es.