- New documentary by P Diddy Sean Combs: The Bottom Line is now on Netflix, produced by Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson
- Combs’ lawyers accuse Netflix of ‘using stolen footage’
- The streamer received a cease and desist notice, according to CNN
If you want to stream the new documentary Diddy Sean Combs: The Bottom Line on Netflix, it’s best to do it as soon as possible. According to CNN, the rapper and record producer’s lawyers sent Netflix a cease and desist letter, accusing the streamer of “using stolen footage.”
The statement provided by a spokesperson to CNN says the new documentary uses “stolen footage that was never authorized for release” and is a “shameful hit.”
This concerns footage seen in the documentary’s trailer (which you can watch below), filmed six days before Combs’ arrest on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution in September 2024.
However, you will already find Sean Combs: The Bottom Line at the top of your Netflix profiles this morning (December 2). The miniseries explores sexual misconduct allegations against the rapper.
However, that doesn’t mean the documentary, produced by his longtime rival Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, is necessarily out of the woods.
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Look on it
If the first legal reaction to Sean Combs: The Bottom Line Either way, the issues between Netflix and the rapper aren’t going to go away. In fact, it’s entirely possible that the documentary will disappear in the future.
Just look at what happened with Baby reindeerthe global hit series by Richard Gadd, to see how Netflix can legally lose its content. Real-life inspiration Fiona Harvey sued the streamer for $170 million in a defamation case in 2024 for saying the series was “based on a true story.” Netflix failed to get the case thrown out during hearings.
In this case, the allegations are still understood. As PR spokesperson Juda Engelmayer told CNN of the footage: “Sean had been making his own documentary since he was 19. This footage was commissioned as part of it.
“We’ll see it tonight. Neither Netflix nor Mr. Jackson have been kind enough to offer us a screening,” Engelmayer said on Dec. 1, meaning new comments could be made now that the miniseries has been dropped.
Director Alexandra Stapleton responded: “It came to us, we obtained the footage legally and have the necessary rights. We have moved heaven and earth to keep the identity of the filmmaker confidential. One thing about Sean Combs is that he always films himself, and that has been an obsession over the decades.
“We have also reached out to Sean Combs’ legal team for an interview and comment on multiple occasions, but have not received a response.”
Combs’ cease-and-desist letter, released Dec. 1, says: “As you are no doubt aware, Mr. Combs has not hesitated to take legal action against media entities and others who violate his rights, and he will not hesitate to do so against Netflix.”
The rapper is currently serving a four-month, two-year prison sentence in New Jersey and is scheduled to be released in May 2028. Netflix itself has made no official comment on these allegations.
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