Diddy’s mum reacts to new Netflix docuseries about her son

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ mother, Janice Combs, is sharing her thoughts on the new Netflix docuseries about her son

In a statement to Deadline published on Saturday, Dec. 6, Janice said the four-part series, which was released on the streamer on Dec. 2, contains “lies” and “inaccuracies” about Sean’s life.

“I am writing this statement to correct some of the lies presented in the Netflix, Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” she wrote. “These inaccuracies regarding my son Sean’s upbringing and family life is intentionally done to mislead viewers and further harm our reputation.”

She went on to specifically cite an interview from the first episode of the series that explores a 1991 incident in which nine people died during a stampede at a charity basketball game promoted by Sean at the City College of New York. In the interview, Sean’s former friend and colleague, Kirk Burrowes, claimed that he saw the singer slap Janice that day — something which she denies.

“The allegations stated by Mr. Kirk Burrows [sic] 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 said in her statement to Deadline. “That was a very sad day for all of us … 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.”

“I am requesting that these distortions, falsehoods and misleading statements be publicly retracted,” she said later in her statement.

The docuseries comes in the wake of the disgraced music mogul’s federal convictions on two prostitution-related charges, for which he is currently serving a 50-month prison sentence handed down in October. Sean is also facing dozens of lawsuits accusing him of s3xual assault.