Sean “Diddy” Combs may be behind bars, but that doesn’t mean his legal issues are done. In fact, they’re far from over and proving to be a bit more trickier than he once may have thought.
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Or at least, that’s the sentiment that could be derived thanks to a new update regarding the lawsuit he filed against NBC. For context, as we told you in February 2025, the disgraced music mogul filed a defamation suit against NBCUniversal for their documentary, “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy” which premiered on Peacock a month prior.
Diddy and his legal team alleged that the company as well as Peacock TV and Ample Entertainment “falsely, recklessly and maliciously” accused him of serial murder and sex trafficking in the documentary. He was seeking $100 million in damages for “severe reputational and economic harm” as a result of the “defamatory” claims made in the film.
Jump to November 2025 and that suit appears to have hit a snag as NBC is pushing back against Diddy’s claim — and they’re using his own words to do so. In particular, to buck back against the allegation that their documentary caused “severe reputational and economic harm,” the media platform is instead pointing to the hip-hop producer’s own admission as the real reason for it.
Specifically, the company is referencing a statement Diddy allegedly made during his October 2025 sentencing for transportation for the purposes of prostitution, according to AllHipHop.
“Because of my decisions, I lost my freedom. I lost my career. I totally destroyed my reputation,” he said.
That, NBC argues, directly contradicts Diddy’s claims that their documentary was the thing that sent his career into a downward spiral and instead puts the blame back on the music giant.
However, Diddy’s camp is pushing back on that argument as shown in a statement given to VIBE.
“NBC’s argument takes a single remark out of its legal context and has no relevance to whether the documentary met basic standards of accuracy and responsibility,” Combs’ publicist Juda Engelmayer said. “The lawsuit challenges NBC’s publication of allegations that are factually unsupported, contradicted by official records, or sourced from undisclosed, unreliable individuals. Those issues will be decided on their merits in court.”
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