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Netflix Debuts 'Sean Combs: The Reckoning' as Combs Disputes Use of Private Footage

The four-part release uses never-before-seen 2024 video plus juror interviews, prompting a rights fight over how the material was obtained.

Overview

  • The Netflix series, executive-produced by Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson and directed by Alexandria Stapleton, premiered December 2 with four hourlong episodes.
  • It features previously unseen footage filmed September 10, 2024 showing Combs in a Manhattan hotel on a call with attorney Marc Agnifilo, saying "We’re losing" and urging help from someone versed in the "dirtiest" media tactics.
  • Combs’ spokesperson condemned the project as a "shameful hit piece," alleging Netflix used stolen, unauthorized material including attorney conversations, while Stapleton and Netflix say the footage was obtained legally and rights are in place.
  • The doc includes interviews with former Bad Boy associates, Making the Band alumni, alleged victims and jurors from United States v. Combs, and Netflix added a viewer warning about descriptions of domestic and sexual violence.
  • Combs is incarcerated after an October sentence of 50 months following convictions on two transportation counts, was acquitted of more serious charges in July, and is pursuing appeals.