Set to go on trial for sex trafficking and more in May, the much accused and already incarcerated Sean “Diddy” Combs is today taking a $100 million swing back at NBCUniversal and Peacock over what the ‘All About the Benjamins’ rapper terms an “outrageous set of fresh lies and conspiracy theories.”
Specifically, the Bad Boy Records founder is upset about how he was depicted and described in the damning Diddy: Making of a Bad Boy documentary that launched on January 14 on the streamer.
“The Documentary includes numerous false and defamatory statements that Defendants NBCU and Ample knew were false or published with reckless disregard as to whether they were false or not,” proclaims the jury trial seeking complaint, filed Wednesday in New York state court. “Indeed, the entire premise of the Documentary assumes that Mr. Combs has committed numerous heinous crimes, including serial murder, rape of minors, and sex trafficking of minors, and attempts to crudely psychologize him. 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.”
With all that to digest, reps for NBC did not respond to request for comment when contacted by Deadline this morning. If the media giant does respond, this post will be updated.
Read Sean Diddy” Combs’ $100M Defamation Lawsuit Against NBC Over ‘Making Of A Bad Boy Docu Here
Combs’ side, on the other hand, had a lot to say outside of the 17-page document they put in the Empire State docket today.
“As described in today’s lawsuit, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Peacock TV, LLC, and Ample LLC made a conscious decision to line their own pockets at the expense of truth, decency, and basic standards of professional journalism,” attorney Erica Wolff told Deadline after the defamation suit was filed.
“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,” the lawyer added. “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. Mr. Combs brings this lawsuit to hold Defendants accountable for the extraordinary damage their reckless statements have caused.”
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