Sean “Diddy” Combs’s intercourse trafficking case has pushed curiosity in — and hypothesis about — his relationship with ex-girlfriend Kim Porter, who died in 2018 on the age of 47.
The incarcerated rap mogul and their kids issued statements on Sept. 24 slamming what they are saying is a pretend memoir purportedly written by the late mannequin that was printed this month.
In addition they cited “horrific conspiracy theories” round Porter’s demise, insisting there was no foul play. Since Diddy’s Sept. 16 arrest and subsequent felony fees of racketeering, intercourse trafficking and transportation to interact in prostitution, there have been calls to open an investigation into Porter’s demise, most notably from singer-songwriter Al B. Certain!, who’s the daddy of Porter’s eldest little one, Quincy Brown.
What simply occurred?
Diddy and Porter’s 4 kids launched statements shredding the 59-page memoir, Kim’s Misplaced Phrases: A journey for justice, from the opposite aspect… The ebook — self-published by Chris Todd utilizing the pen title Jamal T. Millwood — is on Amazon’s Prime 20 ebook checklist this week regardless of Todd saying he can’t assure the memoir’s authenticity.
“The Kim Porter ‘memoir’ is pretend,” Diddy’s legal professional Erica Wolf stated in a press release. “It’s also offensive — a shameless try to revenue from tragedy.”
The assertion continued, “In contrast to the fabrications in his sickening ‘memoir,’ it’s a longtime undeniable fact that Ms. Porter died of pure causes. Might she relaxation in peace.”
Porter’s kids — Brown, Christian Combs, Jessie Combs and D’Lila Combs — addressed the “hurtful and false rumors” in their very own assertion, posted to their Instagram accounts.
They stated it’s “merely unfaithful” that Porter wrote a ebook.
As for the “horrific conspiracy theories” that Diddy might have been concerned in her demise, floated within the ebook in addition to on-line, they stated they’re “deeply saddened that the world has made a spectacle of what has been probably the most tragic occasion in our lives.”
“Our lives had been shattered after we misplaced our mom. She was our world. And nothing has been the identical since she handed,” they wrote. That stated, “The reason for her demise has lengthy been established” as lobar pneumonia. “There was no foul play.”
They ended by asking the general public to “please respect our mom… It’s what she deserves.”
Probably the most outstanding voice within the name for a demise investigation is Al B. Certain!, whose actual title is Albert Joseph Brown III. He’s Porter’s ex and Quincy’s organic father. (Diddy raised Quincy, and Quincy considers the “I’ll Be Lacking You” singer his father.)
In a sequence of Instagram posts, Al B. Certain! known as for authorities, together with the FBI, CIA, New York Police Division and Los Angeles Police Division, to look into Porter’s demise. He claims there’s a conspiracy and that her demise, from pure causes, was truly a “tragic homicide.”
Cassie Ventura, who’s talked about in Al B. Certain!’s posts and dated Diddy on and off for 11 years earlier than they cut up in 2018, sued the Unhealthy Boy Leisure head in 2023 for rape, abuse and intercourse trafficking. It sparked sexual abuse lawsuits in opposition to him — together with a brand new one filed Sept. 24 by accuser Thalia Graves — in addition to the federal fees.
Yahoo Leisure contacted the LAPD to see if any formal requests have been made to research Porter’s demise. “At the moment there isn’t any remark,” a spokesperson says.
Who’s Kim Porter?
As a mannequin, Porter walked runways and appeared on journal covers together with Essence and Jet. The Georgia native additionally had minor performing roles on TV exhibits together with Regulation & Order and Single Girls. She additionally appeared in a number of music movies.
Her son Quincy was 3 when she began courting Diddy in 1994. They had been in a relationship till 2007, producing son Christian and twins Jessie and D’Lila. Diddy additionally has a son, Justin, with Misa Hylton; a daughter, Likelihood, with Sarah Chapman; and a daughter, Love, with Dana Tran.
Porter informed Essence in 2007 that their romantic relationship fell aside after he fathered Likelihood exterior of their relationship in 2006. Nevertheless, she additionally stated they remained associates and co-parents. They spent some holidays collectively and even appeared at trade occasions collectively post-split.
How did Porter die?
On Nov. 15, 2018, Porter was discovered unresponsive at her Toluca Lake, Calif., house and pronounced lifeless on the scene. On the time, it was reported that she had been struggling flu-like signs for a number of weeks, and contacted her physician as a result of she wasn’t getting higher. An post-mortem report later revealed that she had died of lobar pneumonia.
After her demise, Diddy posted a social media tribute, writing, “I do not know what I will do with out you child… We had been greater than finest associates, we had been greater than soulmates. WE WERE SOME OTHER S—!! And I miss you a lot.”
Diddy raised their kids. The youngest, the twins, graduated highschool earlier this yr.
What’s the cope with the memoir?
Kim’s Misplaced Phrases was self-published by Chris Todd (actual title Todd Guzze), utilizing the pen title “Jamal T. Millwood for Kimberly A. Porter,” Sept. 6 on Amazon.
Todd informed Rolling Stone he was given a flash drive containing the ebook from two music trade sources. Whereas he “believes it to be true,” he stated he can’t assure it.
“If anyone put my ft to the hearth and so they stated, ‘Life or demise, is that ebook actual?’ I’ve to say I don’t know,” he stated.
The memoir, which is reportedly riddled with typos and inaccuracies, particulars orgies at Diddy’s house and claims he bodily abused Porter. The ultimate entry has Porter allegedly writing about feeling sick and messaging a buddy, “He bought me,” hinting it was Diddy, earlier than she known as 911 and was discovered unresponsive.
“Kim Porter’s household is exploring all their [legal] choices,” a supply near the household informed Individuals.
Al B. Certain!, who stated he remained associates with Porter, dismissed the ebook’s contents as “pretend” on social media. Porter’s associates Kimora Lee Simmons and Lawanda Lane informed Rolling Stone they don’t know the creator. Lane added that “each web page in that ebook is fake” and the “extraordinarily non-public” Porter wasn’t engaged on a memoir earlier than her demise.
Why are folks calling for an investigation into Porter’s demise?
Within the wake of his arrest, Diddy’s actions and phrases have been below a microscope — not simply by prosecutors in his case, but in addition within the court docket of public opinion.
Over the past week, numerous previous interviews with Diddy have resurfaced on X and TikTok, with previous feedback he’s made about ladies and events being reevaluated in mild of the accusations. It’s alleged that Diddy held “freak-offs” by which he coerced ladies to take part in days-long intercourse performances with paid intercourse employees. He’d ply the ladies with medication, in keeping with the indictment, and secretly videotape them, conserving it to doubtlessly use in opposition to them.
Is Porter named in any of Diddy’s lawsuits?
April Lampros sued Diddy in Might, accusing him of sexually assaulting her a number of instances within the Nineteen Nineties when she was a trend scholar and he was her mentor. She claimed one incident, in 1996, concerned being ordered to Diddy’s residence, having the Ecstasy pressured down her throat and being coerced to have intercourse with Porter whereas Diddy masturbated.
Lampros additionally claimed that Diddy and Porter later had her fired from her job.
What’s the newest with Diddy’s case?
Yahoo Leisure spoke to a number of authorized consultants about what’s subsequent in Diddy’s case, which might take about two years from indictment to sentencing to play out. He’s at the moment incarcerated within the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn, N.Y.
There have been a number of civil lawsuits filed in opposition to Diddy over the past yr, together with the one from Graves on Tuesday. She alleges that Combs and one other defendant sexually assaulted her in 2001 — and that it was recorded on tape.
