Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed a $100m (£80.5m) lawsuit in opposition to the makers of a up to date documentary about him, as he continues to stand allegations of sexual attack.
The rapper is these days in a New York prison expecting a federal felony trial on intercourse trafficking and racketeering fees, which he denies.
On Wednesday, Diddy’s legal professional stated he used to be suing TV community NBC, its streaming carrier Peacock and manufacturing corporate Plentiful over their documentary Diddy: The Making of a Dangerous Boy.
The criminal motion alleges the documentary featured unfaithful and defamatory statements concerning the rapper. The 3 corporations have now not but commented.
The lawsuit says the “complete premise of the documentary assumes that Mr Combs has dedicated a lot of heinous crimes, together with serial homicide, rape of minors, and intercourse trafficking of minors”.
It stated the programme “maliciously and baselessly jumps to the realization that Mr Combs is a ‘monster'”, and incorporated claims that makers “knew have been false or printed with reckless fail to remember as to whether or not they have been false or now not”.
Diddy is looking for $100m in damages for the “reputational and financial hurt” brought about by means of the documentary.
The lawsuit says the programme “falsely, recklessly, and maliciously accuses Mr Combs of murdering” figures round him together with former spouse Kim Porter and rapper Christopher Wallace, referred to as Biggie Smalls and The Infamous BIG.
Mr Combs’ legal professional Erica Wolff stated NBC, Peacock and Plentiful “made a aware resolution to line their very own wallet on the expense of fact, decency, and fundamental requirements {of professional} journalism”.
They “maliciously and recklessly broadcast outrageous lies”, she stated in a observation.
BBC Information has requested NBC and Plentiful for remark.
The lawsuit comes after a string of allegations had been made in opposition to the rap famous person by means of each women and men over the last 16 months.
It is idea there are these days greater than 30 separate civil complaints in opposition to him.
The famous person has been accused of kidnapping, drugging and coercing girls into sexual actions, from time to time via the usage of firearms and threats of violence. Diddy may be accused assaulting and raping other people.
Previous this month, a legal professional who represents dozens of accusers stated he anticipated Diddy to stand greater than 10 new civil complaints along with the ones prior to now filed.
Remaining week, the BBC printed an investigation after talking to greater than 20 individuals who labored with Diddy at his Dangerous Boy Data, who described troubling incidents they are saying they witnessed all over the label’s Nineteen Nineties upward thrust.
Mr Combs has persistently denied the allegations within the complaints, and has prior to now labelled them “sickening”. He has pleaded now not in charge to the felony fees.
In a prior observation to the BBC, Mr Combs’ legal professional stated: “In court docket, the reality will succeed: that Mr Combs by no means sexually assaulted or trafficked someone – guy or girl, grownup or minor.”
