Diddy/”>Diddy scored a transparent win in courtroom after a decide agreed he can serve Courtney Burgess by means of newspapers as a result of he says the person retains ducking his $100 million lawsuit.

The decide mentioned Diddy tried each regular technique for months with no success, so it was time to maneuver the method alongside.

This combat stems from Diddy’s lawsuit, which accuses Burgess, lawyer Ariel Mitchell, and Nexstar Media of airing a narrative he claims by no means occurred.

Burgess claimed that he had 11 flash drives from the late Kim Porter, which he mentioned contained movies of celebrities taking part in “Freakoffs” involving minors.

Burgess went on TV with the claim that Diddy calls false, saying the published ruined his status, damage his funds, and created a wave of injury he’s nonetheless coping with.

“In this pitiful spectacle, all pretense of objectivity has been abandoned, as a global audience feasts at the all-you-can-eat buffet of wild lies and conspiracy theories. Mitchell and Burgess are among the worst perpetrators in this offensive scenario,” Diddy’s attorneys fumed of their lawsuit.

His countersuit says Burgess pushed the story for consideration and didn’t care in regards to the fallout.

The case froze when Diddy couldn’t serve Burgess. His staff spent months looking him down. Process servers went to addresses in Florence, South Carolina, West Orange, New Jersey and Catonsville, Maryland.

They knocked on doorways and met new residents with no hyperlink to him. They mailed packets to a P.O. field tied to him. They despatched emails to 5 accounts flagged by investigators.

They referred to as a quantity {that a} neighbor mentioned was his. One course of server spoke to a person he believed was Burgess, who mentioned he wanted to “talk to his lawyer,” then vanished and was by no means picked up once more.

Every try hit a wall.

That document satisfied the decide that Burgess was both avoiding service or was too tough to find by means of regular means. The decide mentioned Diddy had accomplished greater than sufficient and wanted a technique to transfer the case ahead.

The decide accredited a large plan.

Diddy can serve Burgess by licensed mail at two recognized houses and a P.O. field. He can e mail the 5 accounts linked to him. He can ship a textual content message to the quantity investigators consider he makes use of.

And he can publish authorized notices within the Maryland Daily Record, The Star-Ledger and The Morning News. Those papers cowl the areas tied to Burgess’s doable places.

The decide mentioned these strategies give one of the best probability of reaching him and conserving the lawsuit alive. Diddy now has till January 16, 2026, to finish the service and advance the case to the following stage.

Diddy was convicted in July 2025 of two counts of transportation for the needs of prostitution and in October 2025, was sentenced to 50 months in federal jail.

He is serving his sentence at FCI Fort Dix, a federal low-security jail in New Jersey.

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