Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has doubled his lawsuit claim to a staggering against Courtney Burgess, attorney Ariel Mitchell, and NewsNation’s parent company, Nexstar.
This comes after statements aired on US television accused Combs of filming sex acts with underage people and celebrities, sparking a global media firestorm.
Sean Combs, embroiled in several legal controversies, amended his court filing this week in New York, according to
The complaint reads, “In this pitiful spectacle, they have abandoned all pretence of objectivity. This is while a global audience feasts at the all-you-can-eat buffet of wild lies and conspiracy theories.”
His lawyers say the interviews on NewsNation led to “severe reputational harm” and a “media frenzy” built on Burgess’s “outlandish claims.”
At the heart of the allegations: Burgess claims to have video footage showing Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sexually assaulting celebrities.
“Yes, yes, definitely,” Burgess insisted when pressed on NewsNation’s airwaves if those images were genuine.
The interviews included the claim that Combs’ late ex-wife, Kim Porter, gave Burgess tapes of the supposed events and a memoir shortly before her death.
These details fuelled further gossip about Combs’ notorious “freak-off” parties. Prosecutors depicted as wild, drug-fuelled orgies filmed for Combs’ gratification.
NewsNation and Nexstar are accused in the lawsuit of “lending credibility” to the accusations. They also “gave them a mainstream media platform to malign” Combs...
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