Diddy sues NBC for $100m over documentary
Written by laserteam on February 12, 2025
(BBC) – Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed a $100m (£80.5m) lawsuit against the makers of a recent documentary about him, as he continues to face allegations of sexual assault.
The rapper is currently in a New York jail awaiting a federal criminal trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, which he denies.
On Wednesday, Diddy’s lawyer said he was suing TV network NBC, its streaming service Peacock and production company Ample over their documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.
The legal action alleges the documentary featured untrue and defamatory statements about the rapper. The three companies have not yet commented.
The lawsuit says 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”.
It said the programme “maliciously and baselessly jumps to the conclusion that Mr Combs is a ‘monster'”, and included claims that makers “knew were false or published with reckless disregard as to whether they were false or not”.
Diddy is seeking $100m in damages for the “reputational and economic harm” caused by the documentary.
The lawsuit says the programme “falsely, recklessly, and maliciously accuses Mr Combs of murdering” figures around him including former partner Kim Porter and rapper Christopher Wallace, known as Biggie Smalls and The Notorious BIG.
