Family reportedly seeks legal advice about 58-page book supposedly based on diaries of late model Kim Porter
Children of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs leave federal court after their father’s bail hearing in New York on 18 September 2024. Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP via Getty Images
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ children have hit out at rumors about their mother, Kim Porter, who is the subject of a book that is claimed to have been penned by the model before she died in 2018.
Christian, 26, and Jessie and D’Lila, 17-year-old twins, as well as Quincy Brown, Porter’s son with Al B Sure, whom Combs helped raise, posted a statement on Instagram saying: “We have seen so many hurtful and false rumors circulating about our parents, Kim Porter and Sean Combs’ relationship. As well as about our mom’s tragic passing.”
The comments refer to a purported memoir, Kim’s Lost Words: A Journey for Justice from the Other Side, that was published days before Combs was arrested on charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force and transportation for purposes of prostitution. His children have not commented on the charges, which Combs denies.
The book, supposedly taken from Porter’s diaries saved on a flash drive and given to friends before her death, is published under Porter’s name and that of a pseudonym, “Jamal T Millwood”. It is currently No 3 on Amazon’s Literature & Fiction sales charts.
Combs’s and Porter’s children are now said to be seeking legal advice about the 58-page purported memoir that details alleged disturbing and graphic sexual encounters between Combs and other celebrities.
Combs’s attorneys have said the book is “fake” and “offensive”, and “a shameless attempt to profit from tragedy”. A source close to the family told People magazine that the author, named as Chris Todd, “has no connection to Kim Porter or her family”.
Todd told Rolling Stone: “If somebody put my feet to the fire and they said, ‘Life or death, is that book real?’ I have to say I don’t know. But it’s real enough to me.”
Separately, Netflix has announced a docuseries about the rapper 50 Cent, who has long feuded with Combs, about charges of sex trafficking and racketeering as well as sexual assault and violent abuse allegations made by 50 Cent about Combs.
“While the allegations are disturbing, we urge all to remember that Sean Combs’ story is not the full story of hip-hop and its culture. We aim to ensure that individual actions do not overshadow the culture’s broader contributions,” 50 Cent and the series director, Alexandria Stapleton, told Variety.
