Overview
- The four-part documentary debuted on Netflix on Dec. 2, assembling new and archival material to reexamine Combs’ career and the allegations against him.
- Combs’ lawyers sent a cease-and-desist before the premiere accusing the production of using “stolen” private footage, and his team says it is weighing further legal steps.
- Netflix and director Alexandria Stapleton dispute the claim, saying they have the necessary rights, that no one was paid to participate, and that executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson had no creative control.
- The series features previously unseen video from days before Combs’ September 2024 arrest and interviews with jurors, alleged victims, and former associates, and it revisits long-running debates over the Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls murders, which Combs has denied involvement in.
- The release comes as Combs serves a roughly 50‑month federal sentence for transportation-for-prostitution convictions after acquittals on more serious sex‑trafficking and racketeering charges.