Overview

• Combs filed an amended complaint on August 11 in the Southern District of New York to add Courtney Burgess’s lawyer Ariel Mitchell and NewsNation parent Nexstar as defendants and double his defamation claim to at least $100 million with a jury trial request.
• The suit contends Burgess falsely claimed to possess videos depicting Combs sexually assaulting celebrities and minors and alleges Mitchell knowingly repeated those false statements on national television.
• Combs’s attorneys accuse NewsNation of recklessly amplifying baseless allegations for profit, arguing the network lent credibility to a “media frenzy” that tarnished his reputation.
• Combs remains detained at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center after his July conviction on two counts of transportation for prostitution, with bail denied in early August and sentencing set for October.
• The amended filing challenges the existence of any police report supporting a March 2018 rape allegation, cites a Florida Bar complaint against Mitchell, and highlights the alleged severe reputational and financial harm to Combs.