Sean “Diddy” Combs is piping hot about 50 Cent’s Netflix docuseries.
On Monday, Dec. 1, Netflix unveiled new footage from Sean Combs: The Reckoning. The minute-long teaser shows Combs in a New York City hotel room talking to his legal team on the phone, just days before he was arrested.
The music mogul orders his attorneys to find someone “dirty,” because “we are losing.”
In a longer version of the scene that 50 Cent introduced Monday on Good Morning America, Combs cuts his attorneys off when they respond and warns them, “Y’all are not working together the right way.”
Related: Diddy Vents His Lawyers Are Not ‘Dirty’ Enough in Footage From Netflix Docuseries
Combs’ spokesperson Juda Engelmayer confirmed the footage came from the convicted mogul’s private collection and alleged the video was “stolen.”
“Netflix’s so-called ‘documentary’ is a shameful hit piece,” Engelmayer said. “Netflix relied on stolen footage that was never authorized for release.”
The spokesperson added that the trailer includes “private moments” between the Bad Boy Records founder and his attorneys that “were never intended for public viewing.”
Engelmayer blasted Netflix, mentioned “legal issues” with the docuseries, and said the streaming giant has “no rights” to the video.
Sounds like the Combs camp is gearing up for a lawsuit just as Netflix gears up for a massive influx of viewers.
Sean Combs: The Reckoning begins streaming Tuesday, Dec. 2.
You can read the full statement from Juda Engelmayer below:
“Netflix’s so-called ‘documentary’ is a shameful hit piece. Today’s GMA teaser confirms that Netflix relied on stolen footage that was never authorized for release. As Netflix and CEO Ted Sarandos know, Mr. Combs has been amassing footage since he was 19 to tell his own story, in his own way. It is fundamentally unfair, and illegal, for Netflix to misappropriate that work.
Netflix is plainly desperate to sensationalize every minute of Mr. Combs’s life, without regard for truth, in order to capitalize on a never-ending media frenzy. If Netflix cared about truth or about Mr. Combs’ legal rights, it would not be ripping private footage out of context — including conversations with his lawyers that were never intended for public viewing. No rights in that material were ever transferred to Netflix or any third party.
It is equally staggering that Netflix handed creative control to Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson — a longtime adversary with a personal vendetta who has spent too much time slandering Mr. Combs. Beyond the legal issues, this is a personal breach of trust. Mr. Combs has long respected Ted Sarandos and admired the legacy of [Sarandos’ late father-in-law] Clarence Avant. For Netflix to give his life story to someone who has publicly attacked him for decades feels like an unnecessary and deeply personal affront. At minimum, he expected fairness from people he respected.”
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