Overview
- In a statement provided to Deadline, Janice Combs rejected claims in Sean Combs: The Reckoning that she was abusive and that her son slapped her after the 1991 City College tragedy, calling the accounts "inaccurate" and requesting a public retraction.
- Sean Combs’ spokesperson labeled the Netflix series a "shameful hit piece," while his lawyers sent a pre-release letter seeking its removal, alleging improperly obtained footage and bias tied to executive producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.
- Netflix has maintained the project was produced responsibly, said all materials were legally obtained, and noted that Jackson did not have creative control, according to multiple outlets.
- The four-part docuseries presents new and archival material, including pre-arrest footage, journals from former Bad Boy executive Kirk Burrowes, and a 2008 police interview with Duane "Keffe D" Davis, while revisiting longstanding allegations about sexual misconduct and the unsolved Tupac and Biggie murders.
- The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed a new sexual-battery investigation involving Sean Combs based on documentation from Florida authorities, which his civil attorney called false and defamatory; Combs is serving a 50‑month federal sentence and is appealing.