Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs slams Reckoning doc as shameful hit piece

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Sean “Diddy” Combs is unhappy with fellow rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who executive produced a Netflix docuseries about the music mogul's fall from grace.

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Jackson teamed up with director Alexandria Stapleton for Sean Combs: Reckoningwhich features never-before-seen footage of Diddy obtained by Netflix days before his arrest in September 2024.

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According to Diddy, the footage was acquired illegally. currently serving 50 months behind bars after being convicted on prostitution charges.

What Diddy Says

“Netflix's so-called 'documentary' is a disgraceful hit,” a spokesperson for the Bad Boy Entertainment founder told ABC News, adding that the streamer “relied on stolen footage that was never cleared for release.”

The statement continued: “As Netflix and its CEO Ted Sarandos are well aware, Mr. Combs has been collecting footage for decades, since he was 19 years old, to tell his own story in his own way. It is fundamentally unfair, not to mention illegal, for Netflix to misappropriate this work.”

A rep for Diddy called it “shocking” that the streamer had “given creative control” to 50 Cent, who was described as “a longtime public adversary who has a personal vendetta against Mr. Combs and has made a career out of slandering and defaming him.”

They added: “For Netflix to hand over its story to someone who has publicly attacked it for decades strikes Mr. Combs as an unnecessary and deeply personal affront.”

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Stapleton argued that she and Jackson “obtained the footage legally and have the necessary rights.”

She added: “We moved heaven and earth to maintain the director's privacy. The thing about Sean Combs is that he always films himself, and that's been his obsession for decades.”

The director noted that they reached out to Combs' legal team several times for an interview and comment but never received a response.

Why 50 Cent Made This Document

“If I didn't say anything, you would interpret it as 'hip-hop is fine with his behavior,'” Jackson told ABC News' Robin Roberts in an interview that aired Monday. Good morning America.

“Nobody talks anymore,” the Candy Shop rapper continued. “So you would look at that and just say… 'mind your own business' or 'let me not talk about anything' or those things that would allow the entire culture to register as if they were in favor of that behavior.”

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In July, a jury found Combs guilty of two prostitution-related felonies.

He was acquitted racketeering conspiracy and two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion against his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura and another of his ex-girlfriends, who testified under the pseudonym “Jane.”

Jackson believes that if Combs watched the four-part series, which chronicled Diddy's life before and after his conviction, he would think it was “the best documentary” he's seen in a long time.

He added: “And he may feel differently about some parts of it. But he knows the truth. I think he'll see the truth in it.”

Sean Combs: Reckoning streaming now on Netflix.

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