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Sean "Diddy" Combs has slammed what he professes as an "illegal" Netflix documentary in new comments about Sean Combs: The Reckoning. The new Netflix docuseries, which is executive produced by 50 Cent, focuses on documenting his arrest and prosecution following sexual misconduct allegations. This includes the use of footage that Combs filmed of himself prior to his arrest in 2024.
Now, Variety reports that Combs' representative released a statement on his behalf, slamming Sean Combs: The Reckoning for its approach and use of "stolen footage" the day before its release. The statement refers to the docuseries as "a shameful hit piece," calling it "illegal" for Netflix to use Combs' personal footage.
This includes naming Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, while also claiming 50 Cent has "a personal vendetta" against Combs, calling his involvement in the docuseries "staggering." It ends with a plea for "fairness" from Sarandos and Netflix in their release of the series. Read the full statement from Combs' representative below:
Netflix’s so-called ‘documentary’ is a shameful hit piece. Today’s GMA teaser confirms that Netflix relied on stolen footage that was never authorized for release. As Netflix and CEO Ted Sarandos know, Mr. Combs has been amassing footage since he was 19 to tell his own story, in his own way. It is fundamentally unfair, and illegal, for Netflix to misappropriate that work.
Netflix is plainly desperate to sensationalize every minute of Mr. Combs’s life, without regard for truth, in order to capitalize on a never-ending media frenzy. If Netflix cared about truth or about Mr. Combs’s legal rights, it would not be ripping private footage out of context – including conversations with his lawyers that were never intended for public viewing. No rights in that material were ever transferred to Netflix or any third party.
It is equally staggering that Netflix handed creative control to Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson – a longtime adversary with a personal vendetta who has spent too much time slandering Mr. Combs.
Beyond the legal issues, this is a personal breach of trust. Mr. Combs has long respected Ted Sarandos and admired the legacy of Clarence Avant. For Netflix to give his life story to someone who has publicly attacked him for decades feels like an unnecessary and deeply personal affront. At minimum, he expected fairness from people he respected.
The footage in question includes a home video by Combs that was part of a trailer for the docuseries. Six days before his arrest, the video is one of many he's shot throughout his career. Following the footage, he was arrested, later found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, but innocent of sex trafficking and racketeering.
Following the release of the statement, Variety confirmed they reached out to Netflix for comment, who aimed them at a quote from the Diddy docuseries' director, Alexandria Stapleton. She confirmed the footage of Combs had been obtained legally, having also contacted his legal team multiple times for an interview or comments to add to the series:
It came to us, we obtained the footage legally and have the necessary rights,” she said. “We moved heaven and earth to keep the filmmaker’s identity confidential. One thing about Sean Combs is that he’s always filming himself, and it’s been an obsession throughout the decades. We also reached out to Sean Combs’ legal team for an interview and comment multiple times, but did not hear back.
Sean "Diddy" Combs posing in New York City while wearing a blue suit.Jose Perez/INSTARimages.com
Sean Combs: The Reckoning is one of multiple documentaries that have been made about Diddy since his arrest in 2024. Earlier this year, two other major documentaries were produced, including Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy on Peacock and HBO Max's docuseries The Fall of Diddy. Netflix is just the latest streamer to release something about the rapper.
However, Sean Combs: The Reckoning marks a personal vendetta for Diddy, who has been feuding with 50 Cent since 2006. This began with 50 Cent insinuating Combs was involved in Biggie Smalls' death, later mocking him on social media in 2016 after surveillance footage revealed Combs assaulting his former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura.
Despite the statement from Combs' team, Netflix still released Sean Combs: The Reckoning today, December 2, 2025. All four episodes are now streaming, including the footage the team believed was used illegally. Despite the statement and personal grudge he holds with 50 Cent, Diddy's videos of himself and the documentation therein are now on full display for the public.
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