Sean “Diddy” Combs’ mother, Janice Combs, is speaking out after the release of 50 Cent’s explosive Netflix documentary.
“I am writing this statement to correct some of the lies presented in the Netflix, Sean Combs: The Reckoning, released on December 2, 2025,” Janice, 85, said in a statement to Deadline on Saturday, December 6. “These inaccuracies regarding my son Sean’s upbringing and family life is intentionally done to mislead viewers and further harm our reputation.”
“The allegations stated by Mr. Kirk Burrows that my son slapped me while we were conversing after the tragic City College events on December 28, 1991, are inaccurate and patently false,” Janice claimed. “That was a very sad day for all of us.”
Part of the documentary dives into a deadly basketball game at City College, where Diddy was promoting at the time, which resulted in nine fatalities and another 30 injuries.
“For him to use this tragedy and incorporate fake narratives to further his prior failed and current attempt to gain what was never his, Bad Boy Records, is wrong, outrageous, and past offensive,” Janice added.
Us Weekly has reached out to Netflix and 50 Cent’s team for comment.
On December 28, 1991, nine people were crushed when folks tried to rush the gates to get into a charity basketball game promoted by Diddy at City College in New York City. Several rappers were in the building, and reports from back then say some fans kept pushing forward to get autographs from their favorite artists, even after it was clear that people had been hurt and killed.
Netflix started streaming the four-part docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning on Tuesday, December 2. Produced by 50 Cent, the docuseries follows Diddy’s rise in the music industry and features interviews with childhood friends, former associates, and past employees who shed light on their perspectives and experiences with him.
“I’ve been committed to real storytelling for years through G-Unit Film and Television,” 50 Cent previously shared in a statement to Tudum. “I’m grateful to everyone who came forward and trusted us with their stories and proud to have Alexandria Stapleton as the director on the project to bring this important story to the screen.”
On December 1, Diddy and his legal team sent a cease and desist letter to Netflix right before the documentary dropped, labeling the docuseries a “hit piece.”
“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,” the statement also read. “It is fundamentally unfair, and illegal, for Netflix to misappropriate that work.”
