Kim Porter‘s 4 youngsters are talking out, calling claims that their late mom wrote a memoir “merely unfaithful.”
Christian (King) Combs and twins, D’Lila and Jessie Combs — whom Porter shares with Sean “Diddy” Combs — in addition to Quincy Brown — whom she shares with Albert Joseph Brown (the R&B singer often called Al B. Certain!) — launched an announcement on social media Tuesday evening, greater than every week after Diddy’s arrest.
“We’ve seen so many hurtful and false rumors circulating about our dad and mom, Kim Porter and Sean Combs’ relationship, in addition to about our mother’s tragic passing, that we really feel the necessity to converse out,” they wrote.
The Day by day Mail reported {that a} e-book, titled KIM’S LOST WORDS: A Journey for Justice, From the Different Facet, was reportedly saved on a tough drive by Porter and despatched to Los Angeles document producer Chris Todd, who later launched it on Sept. 6, utilizing the pseudonym Jamal T. Millwood. Nonetheless, Porter’s youngsters are actually claiming she by no means wrote a memoir.
“Claims that our mother wrote a e-book are merely unfaithful,” they wrote of their assertion. “She didn’t, and anybody claiming to have a manuscript is misrepresenting themselves. Moreover, please perceive that any so-called ‘pal’ talking on behalf of our mother or her household isn’t a pal, nor have they got her finest pursuits at coronary heart.”
On Monday, Brown additionally took to his Instagram to name for an investigation into Porter’s 2018 demise, claiming that the model-turned-actress’s supposed data of Combs’ alleged intercourse trafficking led to her demise.
However her youngsters are saying that’s removed from the reality. “Our lives have been shattered after we misplaced our mom,” their assertion continued. “She was our world, and nothing has been the identical since she handed. Whereas it has been extremely troublesome to reconcile how she may very well be taken from us too quickly, the reason for her demise has lengthy been established. There was no foul play. Grief is a lifelong course of, and we ask that everybody respect our request for peace as we proceed to deal with her loss daily.”
“We’re deeply saddened that the world has made a spectacle of what has been essentially the most tragic occasion of our lives. Our mom needs to be remembered for the gorgeous, robust, type, and loving girl she was. Her reminiscence shouldn’t be tainted by horrific conspiracy theories,” the assertion concluded. “We ask that everybody please respect our mom, Kim Porter, and maintain her legacy in excessive regard in order that she might relaxation in peace. It’s what she deserves. We love you and miss you Mommy. Quincy, Christian, Jessie & D’Lila.”
Porter was discovered lifeless in her house in Toluca Lake, California, in 2018 after days of flu-like signs. After initially itemizing her explanation for demise as “deferred,” the coroner later modified it to lobar pneumonia.
Whereas Sean “Diddy” Combs grew to become a definitive determine in hip hop — as his profession unfold from music to style, spirits and extra, climbing to the highest echelons of those industries — stories over the previous yr have made clear that rumors of his conduct behind closed doorways continued for years. The primary crack within the dam got here in November, when accusations in a authorized grievance from his ex-girlfriend, “Me & U” singer Cassie, opened the door to what’s now mounted to 10 authorized complaints in opposition to the mogul. On Sept. 17, he was arrested in Manhattan on costs that included intercourse trafficking, pressured labor, coercion to interact in prostitution and narcotics distribution.
Combs entered a not responsible plea on these costs and, in a press release after his arrest, his legal professional Marc Agnifilo stated the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace is pursuing an “unjust prosecution,” including that Combs has cooperated within the investigation.
“Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving household man, and confirmed philanthropist who has spent the final 30 years constructing an empire, adoring his youngsters, and dealing to uplift the Black neighborhood,” Agnifilo, a former federal and state prosecutor, stated. “He’s an imperfect particular person, however he isn’t a felony.”
Here’s a take a look at the accusations which have emerged over the previous 10 months involving Combs.
Nov. 16, 2023: Cassandra Ventura, also referred to as the singer Cassie, filed a authorized grievance alleging years of sexual abuse, harassment and rape throughout the relationship she entered in with Combs and remained in for years. Cassie additionally alleged within the go well with that Combs made a risk to explode Child Cudi’s automobile; later, the rapper’s automobile exploded and Cudi confirmed the model of occasions detailed in her go well with. Her case was filed below New York’s Grownup Survivors Act and simply sooner or later after it was filed, the lawsuit was settled out of courtroom for an undisclosed sum.
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Nov. 23, 2023: Per week later, below the wire earlier than the cutoff date for submitting below the Grownup Survivors Act, Combs was hit with two extra lawsuits. Joi Dickerson-Neal accused him of misconduct within the Nineteen Nineties after the 2 went on a date when she was 19. The case alleges that Combs drugged and raped {the teenager} whereas videotaping the assault, whereas one other nameless lawsuit alleged Combs is accused together with singer Aaron Corridor of sexually assaulting a feminine after which beating her days later.
Dec. 6, 2023: Combs is accused of involvement in a gang rape in 2003 the place he allegedly drugged the accuser, who was 17 years previous on the time; two different males have been accused within the alleged assault, which the alleged sufferer says befell in a recording studio in 2003. The backlash in opposition to Combs after this accusation is palpable and he steps down as chairman of Revolt TV; a number of manufacturers additionally resolve to chop ties together with his enterprise. Combs takes to Instagram and denies all of the allegations within the lawsuits he now was drowning in: “I didn’t do any of the terrible issues being alleged,” he wrote. “I’ll battle for my identify, my household, and for the reality.”
Feb. 26, 2024: The well-known Lil’ Rod lawsuit drops, accusing Combs of sexual assault and forcing the upstart producer to interact with prostitutes, ingest medication and interact in numerous uncouth actions. The grievance particulars parts of Rodney “Lil’ Rod” Jones’ 14-month odyssey residing and dealing with Combs; within the grievance, the 38-year-old says he was sexually assaulted, allegedly pressured by Combs to interact in intercourse acts, made to solicit intercourse staff, drugged, humiliated and repeatedly groped — and in what his attorneys say is the actual motivation behind the go well with, Jones alleges he was stiffed by Diddy for his work on the mogul’s 2023 album. Combs’ authorized staff cries foul on the entire particulars of the go well with, calling them “pure fiction” and denying Jones accomplished the work he claims he produced for 2023’s Grammy-nominated The Love Album: Off the Grid.
March 25, 2024: The Combs case escalates, with huge consideration on his dealings after authorities raided his properties in New York, Los Angeles and Miami as a part of a broad investigation into intercourse trafficking allegations. That this all got here because the Lil Rod lawsuit was elevating eyebrows in regards to the mogul’s conduct did no favors for Combs and shortly, he was a day by day topic of gossip and conspiracy theories throughout the net. Combs’ then-attorney, Aaron Dyer, referred to as the raids a “gross overuse of navy stage pressure” and stated the “unprecedented ambush [was] paired with a complicated, coordinated media presence.”
April 4, 2024: A lawsuit implicated Christian Combs, the rap mogul’s son, in a sexual assault that allegedly concerned a employees member on a yacht that had been chartered by the beleaguered rapper. Within the go well with, Combs is accused of facilitating the atmosphere that allowed the assault to happen.
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April 26, 2024: At this level, Combs’ authorized staff goes on the offensive once they file motions to dismiss key parts of the lawsuits. Their argument? A few of the claims, like these referring to revenge porn and human trafficking, weren’t unlawful in 1991, which is once they allegedly occurred. This particularly pertains to Dickerson’s lawsuit, which concerned footage of the alleged rape being circulated. Within the submitting, additionally they slam the “quite a few false, offensive, and salacious accusations” made.
Might 10, 2024: Combs’ authorized staff once more pushes again on claims in opposition to their consumer, this time alleging the lawsuit from the Detroit girl alleging Combs raped her with two others in a studio in 2003 was filed too late and that the claims round Combs’ alleged conduct are “false and hideous.”
Might 17, 2024: Combs’ repute is dealt a large blow after CNN obtained a video of the mogul carrying a gown and strolling right into a resort hallway the place he then brutally assaulted his former romantic associate, Cassie, in 2016. The stunning video is blanketed throughout the media and leads Combs to challenge a public apology. “My conduct on that video is inexcusable. I take full duty for my actions in that video,” he stated in a video assertion posted on his Instagram web page.
June 9-10, 2024: Howard College revokes an honorary diploma it handed to Combs; the rapper returns a key to New York Metropolis on the request of Mayor Eric Adams.
June 10, 2024: Longtime rap recreation rival of Combs, Suge Knight, who ran Demise Row Information on the West Coast whereas Diddy was on the helm of Unhealthy Boy, dropped a principle from jail that the mogul is working with the FBI as an informant. That is why, Knight claimed, Combs had been capable of act as he did with impunity. “It shouldn’t be a grey space with regards to doing one thing proper, doing one thing constructive, or doing one thing for the neighborhood,” Knight stated on an episode of his Accumulate Name with Suge Knight podcast. “That being stated, naturally, Puffy has been an FBI informant ceaselessly, as they’d say. That’s why it’s totally different with regards to him.”
Aug. 26, 2024: Combs’ attorneys challenge a movement to dismiss Lil Rod’s explosive case, saying that his accusations have been exaggerated and a few even fabricated. They accused Jones of aiming solely to use his fame for media consideration and a doubtlessly massive settlement. Additionally they point out that his preliminary gripe with Combs needed to do with nonpayment and that it was solely when he teamed up together with his legal professional, Tyrone Blackburn, that he started to make the salacious claims in his grievance, which incorporates the assertion that Combs was utilizing kompromat as leverage to realize energy and management over others.
“Mr. Combs possesses compromising footage of each individual that has attended his ‘freak off’ events, and his home events,” the grievance stated, referring to alleged days-long intercourse events the mogul is alleged to have thrown. “Upon info and perception, on account of this treasure trove of proof he has in his possession, Mr. Combs believes that he’s above the regulation and is untouchable.”
Sept. 11, 2024: Singer Daybreak Richard filed what’s now the tenth lawsuit in opposition to Combs because the cascade of litigation started in November. In 2003, Richard fashioned the lady group Danity Kane, which Combs mentored as a part of his position in MTV’s Making the Band. She alleges that Combs, as they labored collectively, subjected her to years of psychological and bodily abuse, which included groping.
Sept. 15, 2024: Combs had returned to New York in anticipation of his arrest. He was noticed round Manhattan a number of occasions and stories point out the beleaguered near-billionaire gave the impression to be in good spirits. On the Sunday earlier than he was taken into custody, Combs was noticed mingling amongst followers in Central Park and is seen in a photograph obtained by Information Nation sitting on a bench together with his legal professional; that night time, he was photographed strolling round city together with his son, Christian Combs.
Sept. 16, 2024: Combs is arrested in Manhattan and an indictment, unsealed the next day, accuses the fallen mogul of crimes associated to an alleged decades-long sample of bodily and sexual violence in opposition to ladies. Federal prosecutors charged him with intercourse trafficking and racketeering for steering an unlimited felony enterprise by means of which he assaulted and trafficked ladies with the assistance of his numerous companies from not less than 2008. He pleaded not responsible and fought for a $60 million bond, however the choose determined he can be detained till his trial.
Investigation Discovery, the true-crime community behind this 12 months’s bombshell Quiet on Set, introduced on Wednesday they’re in manufacturing on a docuseries exploring the rise and fall of Sean “Diddy” Combs.
The multipart doc, set for a 2025 launch, will evaluate “the rise and affect of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and the allegations of violent conduct and criminality which have trailed the music mogul,” per a launch.
“As accounts of sexual assault, abusive behaviors, and different disturbing claims floor, the doc traces the story of this self-proclaimed Dangerous Boy, unraveling allegations of a sample of depravity,” the discharge continues.
Launched earlier this spring, Quiet on Set: The Darkish Aspect of Children TV, highlighted the voices of many former Nickelodeon stars describing poisonous atmosphere claims round exhibits created and run by producer Dan Schneider. The sequence far exceeded preliminary expectations and earned two Emmy nominations.
ID’s announcement comes simply at some point after Diddy was detained pending trial in New York; federal brokers arrested him on Monday on prices of intercourse trafficking and racketeering.
The three-county indictment, unsealed on Tuesday, accused Combs of varied crimes associated to an alleged decades-long sample of bodily and sexual violence in opposition to ladies in his orbit. Federal prosecutors charged him with intercourse trafficking and racketeering for guiding an unlimited prison enterprise by way of which he assaulted and trafficked ladies with the assistance of his varied companies from at the very least 2008.
The arrest was a significant replace to Diddy’s deepening authorized bother. Final week, his former bandmate Daybreak Richard filed a brand new sexual assault lawsuit which included claims of battery, false imprisonment, withholding hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in unpaid royalties and wages, in addition to stealing her copyrighted works.
Richard’s grievance was at the very least the eighth introduced in opposition to him since his former girlfriend Casandra Ventura filed a lawsuit detailing years of bodily and sexual abuse final 12 months. That motion shortly settled however led to different accusers, together with Liza Gardner, Joi Dickerson-Neal and Crystal McKinney, bringing comparable complaints.
Producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones additionally filed a sexual assault lawsuit in opposition to Combs in February, accusing the music mogul of harassing and trafficking him. Diddy filed a movement to dismiss Lil Rod’s swimsuit in August. He has denied the opposite allegations as effectively.
In March, federal legislation enforcement raided Diddy’s houses as a part of their human trafficking investigation. In Might, a 2016 video surfaced exhibiting Combs beating Ventura, operating out of a lodge room chasing her towards the elevator, grabbing her by the again of the neck, throwing her on the ground, kicking her, shoving her and dragging her by her sweatshirt. Later within the footage, he returned to kick her once more, after which threw an object from a close-by desk at her.
ID’s docuseries will characteristic the voices of many who’ve alleged acts of violence and brutality, in addition to archival footage and in-depth reporting from Rolling Stone. The venture is being produced for ID by Maxine Productions and IPC in affiliation with Rolling Stone Movies, and can launch on ID and Max.
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