Netflix has damaged its silence after Diddy‘s rep accused the streaming platform of stealing the footage utilized in a brand new docuseries.
The media large teamed up with the disgraced music mogul’s longtime adversary, 50 Cent, to launch “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” on Tuesday, December 2. The docuseries follows Diddy’s downfall and his psychological breakdown simply days earlier than his September 2024 arrest.
Diddy slammed the present as a “shameful hit piece,” accusing Netflix of stealing the footage used within the docuseries and berating them for collaborating with somebody who brazenly disliked him. Nevertheless, all events concerned have denied the theft and vindictive allegations.
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Netflix Claims It Did Not Steal From Diddy Or Launch A Vindictive Present
Following the heated assertion from Diddy’s spokesman, Juda Engelmayer, Netflix instantly issued a rebuttal. The media large shut down the theft allegations in a press release, stressing that “the claims being made about ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ are false.”
“The challenge has no ties to any previous conversations between Sean Combs and Netflix,” the assertion continued, referencing the claims of Netflix’s CEO Ted Sarandos realizing about Diddy’s plans to launch a documentary with the footage used within the new docuseries.
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As for the way the streaming platform obtained maintain of those clips, Netflix claimed “the footage of Combs main as much as his indictment and arrest was legally obtained.” The BBC reported that the group additionally shut down allegations of working with 50 Cent for vindictive functions, noting the present was “not successful piece or an act of retribution.”
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The New Docuseries Options Scathing Allegations Towards The Incarcerated Rapper
Diddy’s distaste for the docuseries would possibly stem from extra than simply the theft allegations. This system, promoted as a “staggering examination” of his life and profession, featured each scathing allegation leveled in opposition to him.
The checklist contains claims of his involvement within the 1996 homicide of Hip-Hop icon Tupac Shakur. The docuseries featured tapes of former gang member Duane “Keffe D” Davis’s interview with the police, the place he alleged that Diddy had supplied him $1 million to kill Shakur.
Kirk Burrowes, who co-founded Dangerous Boy Leisure with Diddy, echoed comparable sentiments within the docuseries. Burrowes confessed that he believed the incarcerated rapper “had loads to do with the dying of Tupac.” The present additionally lined the sexual assault and abuse allegations in opposition to Diddy.
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The Music Mogul’s Rep Argued That The Program Was Unauthorized
The Blast lately lined Diddy’s response to the Netflix docuseries, reporting that his spokesman had slammed the streaming platform and 50 Cent for utilizing “stolen footage that was by no means approved for launch.”
The consultant, Engelmayer, argued that Netflix and its CEO had been conscious that Diddy had been amassing footage since he was 19 to create a documentary about his life. He pressured that Diddy wished to inform his story in his personal phrases, however 50 Cent and Netflix robbed him of the chance.
“It’s essentially unfair, to not point out unlawful, for Netflix to misappropriate that work,” Engelmayer continued. The rep added that it was incorrect for the media large to work with 50 Cent, realizing totally properly he had “a private vendetta” in opposition to Diddy.
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The Program’s Director Addressed The Rep’s Allegations
Earlier than Netflix responded to Diddy’s rep, the docuseries’ director, Alexandria Stapleton, shut down the theft allegations in a press release. She denied utilizing unlawful means to acquire the footage utilized in this system, stressing that they’d the “needed rights.”
“We moved heaven and earth to maintain the filmmaker’s id confidential,” Stapleton defined. She identified that it was no secret that Diddy loved filming himself, describing it as “an obsession all through the many years;” nevertheless, her staff nonetheless tried to get him on board.
Stapleton claimed they’d repeatedly contacted Diddy’s authorized staff for an interview and feedback on the docuseries, however they by no means obtained a response. Concerning 50 Cent’s participation in this system as the chief producer, he famous that he did so as a result of he couldn’t keep silent about Diddy’s crimes.
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Diddy’s Legal professionals Issued A Stop-And-Desist Letter To The Streaming Large
In keeping with CNN, Netflix obtained a cease-and-desist letter from Diddy’s authorized staff on the eve of the docuseries’ debut. The authorized discover threatened the streaming platform with a lawsuit, with the attorneys citing the rapper’s willingness to battle media entities.
“Mr. Combs has not hesitated to take authorized motion in opposition to media entities and others who violate his rights, and he is not going to hesitate to take action in opposition to Netflix,” the cease-and-desist letter learn partially. Diddy as soon as filed a $100 million defamation go well with in opposition to NBCUniversal for the documentary, “Diddy: The Making of a Dangerous Boy.”
The embattled rapper’s spokesman, Engelmayer, additionally advised the outlet that Diddy’s staff would go into the docuseries blind as a result of 50 Cent and Netflix didn’t supply them a preview. He additionally doubled down on the footage being an unauthorized clip from Diddy’s efforts to launch his personal documentary.
Will Diddy file a lawsuit in opposition to Netflix and 50 Cent for the allegedly stolen footage?
