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\n\tSean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs is firing back at Netflix<\/a> and 50 Cent over their upcoming documentary<\/a>, claiming the project\u2019s never-before-seen footage of the music mogul in the days leading up to his September 2024 arrest was \u201cstolen\u201d and \u201cnever authorized for release.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tIn a trailer released on the eve of the Tuesday, Dec. 2 premiere of Sean Combs<\/a>: The Reckoning<\/em>, Combs is seen in a Manhattan hotel room strategizing with his attorneys on a conference call. \u201cWe have to find somebody that\u2019ll work with us,\u201d an anxious Combs stressed, bouncing his knee. \u201cThat has dealt in the dirtiest of dirty business. We\u2019re losing!\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe footage was filmed on September 10, 2024\u00a0\u2014 just six days before plainclothes officials arrested Combs in that hotel\u2019s lobby on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation to engage in prostitution. (Combs was acquitted of the more serious charges in July, following an eight-week trial. He\u2019s currently serving a 50-month prison sentence after being found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.)\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tAt the time, Combs was considering making his own documentary, according to the <\/a>New York Times<\/a><\/em>, and even had discussions with Netflix about the project, but the parties ultimately couldn\u2019t agree on how much creative control Combs would have.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tSeeing that very footage now included in what Combs\u2019 spokesperson Juda Engelmayer has described as a \u201cshameful hit piece\u201d has resulted in Combs\u2019 team blasting Netflix for showing \u201clittle respect for Mr. Combs\u2019s legal rights and artistic integrity,\u201d Engelmayer tells Rolling<\/em> Stone<\/em> in a statement. He also said these \u201cprivate moments, including conversations with his lawyers that were plainly not intended for public viewing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cMr. Combs has been amassing footage for decades, since he was 19 years old, to tell his own story, in his own way,\u201d Engelmayer adds. \u201cIt is fundamentally unfair, not to mention illegal, for Netflix to misappropriate that work. Netflix is obviously desperate to sensationalize any and every minute of Mr. Combs\u2019 life, without regard to the truth, so that it can capitalize on a never-ending media frenzy.\u201d<\/p>\n