US EditionLawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs Want New Docuseries to Be Pulled Off Streaming Service
Combs' lawyers claim Netflix used unauthorized footage in the docuseries, calling it defamatory and seeking to stop its distribution amid ongoing legal disputes.
- On Wednesday, December 3, 2025, Combs' lawyers demanded Netflix pull the docuseries 'Sean Combs: The Reckoning' released Tuesday, threatening legal action over allegedly unauthorized footage.
- The series includes never-before-seen footage of Sean 'Diddy' Combs debating legal strategy before his arrest in New York last year and greeting fans in Harlem, New York.
- The producers defended the series, saying Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson and Alex Stapleton obtained the footage legally, amid a legal fight between Jackson and Sean 'Diddy' Combs that heightens tension.
- Combs is serving more than four years in prison, and Stapleton and Jackson met with Robin Roberts before December 3, 2025, highlighting the dispute's immediate legal implications.
- Public remarks by Sean 'Diddy' Combs underscore his connection with fans in Harlem, as he said, `I've been out in the streets amongst the people,` and later described it as `It's like 150 hugs.
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Netflix airs Diddy doc despite imprisoned mogul's legal threat
An explosive docuseries about Sean "Diddy" Combs -- produced by his longtime rival 50 Cent -- has been released on Netflix, despite the disgraced music mogul's attempts to block its airing.
Netflix Defends ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ Documentary Series, After Rapper’s Lawyers Send a ‘Cease and Desist’ Letter Over Alleged ‘Stolen Footage’
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs From hit songs to hit-piece documentary? Produced by rival rapper Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, the documentary series ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ Premiered yesterday (2) on Netflix, and it’s already causing controversy. The streaming giant had to defend its new documentary about disgraced mogul rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, insisting it is ‘not a hit piece or an act of retribution’. NME reported: “It comes after the rapper’s lawyers…
Hours before the highly anticipated premiere of the new documentary about the life of famous artist Sean "Diddy" Combs, a sudden legal crisis erupted between the American star and Netflix, after his lawyers sent an official letter demanding that the broadcast of the work entitled "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" be stopped...
Documentary Sean Combs: The Account Adjustment caused an intense reaction from the rapper team Sean “Diddy” Combs. The recently convicted music accused Netflix of diffaming and using undiscovered images. 50 cent, which has long been a disability of Diddy, developed production. This intensified the public conflict between the two artists. A spokesman for Diddy sent a note to the magazine Variety and declared that the series used images without au…
Diddy's Legal Team Scrambling To Stop Streaming Of Diddy Docuseries
Sean “Diddy” Combs lawyers are frantically trying to stop Netflix from streaming the 50 Cent produced docuseries “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” for having unauthorized footage and being a hit piece. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson had promised a shocking look at Diddy and he did not disappoint as most of the world are talking about this four part docuseries and its revelations of Sean Combs inner workings. See full story here
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