Sean Combs’ mother slams “outrageous” Netflix Diddy documentary
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ mother, Janice Combs, is not happy with the Netflix documentary on the disgraced music mogul. She has insisted in a new statement that the claims that she was an “abusive parent” to her son are “untrue”.
The four-part series about the music mogul was made available on Netflix on December 2nd. It contained never-before-seen materials and exclusive interviews with those formerly in Combs’ orbit to chart his very public rise and fall from grace.
As well as investigating the trial earlier this year, the documentary inspected his early life, including his childhood, making allegations about his upbringing.
As such, as per Rolling Stone, his mother sought to clarify “inaccuracies regarding my son Sean’s upbringing and family life” within the documentary, titled Sean Combs: The Reckoning.
She believes the documentary was produced to “intentionally done to mislead viewers and further harm our reputation.”
Janice went on to add, “As I have stated previously, I was a single mother, raising my son, I held three and even four jobs in an attempt to provide a comfortable upbringing and quality education for my child. I raised Sean with love and hard work, not abuse.”
The Netflix documentary contained several claims about Sean’s childhood from the likes of his alleged childhood friend, Tim Patterson. She clarified: ” I loved and nurtured Sean. My memories of Sean growing up are one of a respectful and a diligent child and teenager. Sean has always been an industrious, goal-oriented, overachiever.”
The biggest claim against Janice in the docuseries was the allegations, which came from Kirk Burrowes, who co-founded Bad Boy Entertainment with Sean. Burrowes alleged that Sean once slapped his mother.
In direct response, Janice writes, “The allegations stated by Mr Kirk Burrows [sic] that my son slapped me while we were conversing after the tragic City College events on December 28th, 1991, are inaccurate and patently false,” she continued in her statement.
She added, “That was a very sad day for all of us. For him to use this tragedy and incorporate fake narratives to further his prior failed and current attempt to gain what was never his, Bad Boy Records is wrong, outrageous and past offensive.”
Netflix have already responded to Sean’s lawyers’ claims that the work is “shameful” via the statement: “The footage of Combs leading up to his indictment and arrest was legally obtained. This is not a hit piece or an act of retribution.”
In October, Combs was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in relation to two of his ex-partners, including the singer Cassie.
He is currently serving a four-year prison sentence, but was found not guilty of racketeering conspiracy, not guilty of sex trafficking Cassie Ventura and not guilty of sex trafficking Jane Doe.