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Netflix’s ‘The Reckoning’ Intensifies Scrutiny of Sean Combs

Combs labels the 50 Cent–produced series defamatory.

Overview

  • Accuser Joi Dickerson-Neal alleges in the Netflix series that Combs drugged and raped her in the early 1990s, a claim she sued over in November 2023 amid more than 80 civil actions filed against him.
  • Kirk Burrowes, a Bad Boy Records co‑founder, alleges sexual abuse and says Combs coerced him to surrender shares with a baseball bat, claims Combs sought contract changes that would harm The Notorious B.I.G.’s family, and asserts funeral costs were charged to Biggie’s estate.
  • Recordings of 2008 statements by Duane “Keffe D” Davis presented in the series recount that Combs said he would pay to “get rid” of Tupac Shakur, with Davis saying Orlando Anderson fired the fatal shots; Davis is expected to face trial in 2026.
  • A New York jury on October 3 convicted Combs of transporting prostitutes across state lines and he received a roughly four‑year sentence, while he was acquitted on broader sex‑trafficking and organized‑crime counts.
  • Combs and his team denounce the documentary as a shameful defamation and accuse Netflix of using stolen footage, while Netflix says it obtained the material legally and the four‑part series quickly climbed streaming charts.