Sean “Diddy” Combs’ staff is talking out forward of Netflix’s upcoming four-part documentary Sean Combs: The Reckoning, with representatives for the embattled music mogul calling the mission “illegal,” “misleading,” and a “shameful hit piece.”

The docuseries — produced partially by longtime rival 50 Cent — is about to premiere on December 2, 2025. It explores a long time of allegations surrounding Combs, together with claims of sexual misconduct, abuse, and different prison exercise.

Netflix lately launched its official trailer, which options interviews with accusers and uncommon footage from Combs’ previous, together with a heated name he made to his legal professionals days earlier than his 2024 arrest.

According to Combs’ representatives, the documentary makes use of personal recordings and private content material that had been by no means cleared for public launch. His staff claims the sequence consists of hotel-room video, inner authorized discussions, and a long time’ value of footage Combs allegedly deliberate to make use of for a future private mission.

They argue Netflix knowingly included “pre-indictment material from an unfinished personal documentary” with out consent, framing the discharge as not solely unethical however doubtlessly illegal.

Producers tapped rapper and tv govt 50 Cent—who has an extended, well-documented feud with Combs—to assist lead the mission. For Diddy’s staff, this was an added insult.

A consultant known as the choice “a deeply personal slap in the face,” suggesting that handing management of Combs’ story to somebody who has spent years publicly mocking him exhibits Netflix prioritized sensationalism over equity.

Beyond popularity administration, Combs’ staff says the documentary raises critical authorized questions in regards to the possession and use of private recordings. They keep that the footage was collected over a few years for a managed, approved autobiographical mission—not a third-party exposé.
They additionally criticized the modifying decisions, alleging that the trailer manipulates context to current Combs “in the most damaging and dishonest light possible.”

The controversy surrounding the docuseries has solely intensified curiosity in its launch. Supporters of Combs argue his staff’s objections ought to be taken severely, whereas critics imagine the pushback indicators how damaging the documentary could possibly be.

Netflix has not publicly commented on the accusations, and it’s unclear whether or not Combs’ staff intends to pursue authorized motion earlier than the premiere.