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Summary:
On the eve of Netflix releasing “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” a docuseries produced by 50 Cent, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team has issued a cease-and-desist letter to Netflix. Combs’ representatives claim the documentary uses “stolen footage” filmed for Combs’ own documentary project, with footage shown in the trailer filmed six days before his arrest. They argue that Netflix and 50 Cent (a known adversary) are unfairly using this footage. Netflix maintains the footage was obtained legally and director Stapleton indicates that the team reached out to Combs’ team for comment and an interview. Combs’ team has threatened further legal action, citing his history of suing media outlets. Combs is currently serving a four-year sentence and is appealing his conviction while also facing numerous civil lawsuits alleging sexual assault.
News Article:
Diddy Demands Netflix Halt Release of 50 Cent-Produced Docuseries, Cites ‘Stolen Footage’
Los Angeles, CA – Sean “Diddy” Combs is battling to prevent the release of “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” a new Netflix docuseries produced by his longtime rival, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. Just ahead of its planned debut, Combs’ legal team has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the streaming giant, alleging the documentary uses unauthorized and “stolen footage.”
A spokesperson for Combs told CNN the documentary is a “shameful hit piece” that misappropriates footage from Combs’ decades-long personal documentary project. The trailer includes footage from six days before Combs’ September 2024 arrest.
“Sean was making his own documentary since he was 19 years old. This footage was commissioned as part of it,” stated Juda Engelmayer, Combs’ spokesperson. Combs’ team claims that neither Combs nor his legal representatives have been given the opportunity to view the docuseries in advance.
Netflix, however, stands by the legality of its production. Alexandra Stapleton, the director of “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” said in a statement, “It came to us, We obtained the footage legally and have the necessary rights…We also reached out to Sean Combs’ legal team for an interview and comment multiple times, but did not hear back.”
Combs’ legal team has threatened further legal action against Netflix, referencing his previous $100 million defamation lawsuit against NBCUniversal. They specifically called out Netflix’s decision to work with 50 Cent, labeling him “a longtime adversary with a personal vendetta.”
50 Cent has been actively taunting Combs on social media.
The controversy surrounds Combs as he currently serves a four-year sentence in a low-security federal prison in New Jersey, following a conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He is appealing his conviction. He is also facing roughly 70 civil lawsuits where accusers, some of whom were minors at the time of the alleged incidents, claim they were drugged and sexually assaulted by Combs. He has denied all civil claims.
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