Janice Combs and King Combs arrive for the continuation of the jury selection phase of the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial at the Southern District Manhattan Federal court on May 12, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images) Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment The mother of fallen rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is joining a chorus of individuals pointing a finger at Netflix, as she's publicly come out against the notion that she was violent or an abusive parent with her son or that he assaulted her after statements that she recalls "inaccuracies" made their way into the new Netflix docuseries, Sean Combs: The Reckoning. The 85-year-old mother of the imprisoned rap mogul was a notable figure at his lengthy trial on sex trafficking and RICO charges over the summer, which ended in a split verdict that saw him found guilty of violating the Mann Act but not guilty of the more serious federal charges. Janice Combs attended every day of the eight-week trial in lower Manhattan, commanding the media's attention as she entered and exited the federal court building in Manhattan wearing colorful outfits and a rotating set of wigs. Related Stories Movies 'Awards Chatter' Pod: Miley Cyrus on Her 'Avatar' Original Tune "Dream As One," Wanting to Do a Bond Song and 20 Years of 'Hannah Montana' Music XG's Cocona Comes Out as Transmasculine, Nonbinary Now, Janice Combs, who raised her son and daughter alone in poverty after her husband was murdered in Harlem, is coming to the media to clear up what is reported in the Netflix series by a childhood friend who recalls Combs being beaten by her. The elder Combs is also asking Netflix to retract this from the series and refutes a claim that she was hit in the face by her son during a tense and tragic moment when he was launching his career in hip-hop. "I am writing this statement to correct some of the lies presented in the Netflix show, Sean Combs: The Reckoning, released on December 2, 2025. These inaccuracies regarding my son Sean's upbringing and family life are intentionally done to mislead viewers and further harm our reputation. "In the documentary, I am portrayed as an abusive parent. This is untrue. As I have stated previously, I was a single mother, raising my son I held three and even four jobs in an attempt to provide a comfortable upbringing and quality education for my child. I raised Sean with love and hard work, not abuse. "The statement made by Mr. Tim Patterson about Sean's life regarding my relationship with my son is not truthful and salacious to promote the series. To the contrary, I loved and nurtured Sean. My memories of Sean growing up are one of a respectful and diligent child and teenager. Sean has always been an industrious, goal-oriented overachiever." At another point in the four-hour docuseries, former Bad Boy Records executive Kirk Burrowes alleges that Combs slapped his mother during a conversation after the 1991 City College stampede at a celebrity basketball game that Sean Combs organized. "I saw Janice question Sean. He's going into this music business thing. He just left school, and now this extreme tragedy has occurred. She's like, "Did he make the right decision?"' Burrowes told the producers of the series. Janice Combs flatly denies this occurred in her statement on the series and suggests that the co-founder of Bad Boy Records never had any claim to the label. "Moreover, the allegations stated by Mr. Kirk Burrowes that my son slapped me while we were conversing after the tragic City College events on December 28, 1991, are inaccurate and patently false," she asserts. "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 a past offensive." The grandmother of Sean Combs' seven kids closes her statement by adding that the beleaguered music and fashion icon has "been a dutiful son, always ensuring that I was cared for and vigilantly managing my medical care," amid his success while providing financial support to his mother. She then asks that the moments she takes issue with be removed from the series. "I am requesting that these distortions, falsehoods and misleading statements be publicly retracted," Janice Combs concluded in her statement. The matriarch's gripe is the latest to come fast and furiously after the docuseries premiered on Dec. 2. On Dec. 1, the eve of the release of the four-part docuseries chronicling the rap mogul's career over several decades, Netflix's chief legal officer received a letter demanding the project be taken down from the streaming platform. In the letter, a rep for Combs claimed that footage shot in the days before Combs' September 2024 arrest in New