Still awaiting a ruling from a trio of Appeal Court judges over his criminal case, the incarcerated Sean “Diddy” Combs got some bad legal news today.
A New York judge just threw out the Bad Boy Records founder’s over-a-year-old $100 million defamation lawsuit against NBCUniversal.
In fact, Empire State Supreme Court judge Phaedra F. Perry-Bond didn’t just dismiss the February 25, 2025-filed action by the much-accused Combs, she backed up and drove over it several times. The judge said that there is no way Peacock‘s Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy documentary could have brought scorn on the Grammy winner because Combs’ reputation was already “tarnished by the numerous lawsuits, domestic violence video, press coverage, and a criminal indictment prior to the Documentary’s publication.”
Launched on the Comcast-owned streamer less than six months after Combs was arrested and indicted on racketeering, sex trafficking and prostitution charges
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