Diddy Seeks $100 Million in Defamation Lawsuit Over 'The Making of a Bad Boy' Documentary

Diddy is seeking $100 million in damages in a newly announced defamation lawsuit against Peacock and others involved in the production of Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.

In a statement shared with Complex, Erica Wolff, Diddy’s attorney, alleged that those behind the production had “made a conscious decision to line their own pockets at the expensive of truth.” Furthermore, per Wolff, “outrageous lies” are alleged to have been included in the documentary.

“In the purported documentary, Defendants accuse Mr. Combs of horrible crimes, including serial murder and sexual assault of minors – knowing that there is no evidence to support them,” Wolff said. “In making and broadcasting these falsehoods, among others, Defendants seek only to capitalize on the public’s appetite for scandal without any regard for the truth and at the expense of Mr. Combs’s right to a fair trial. Mr. Combs brings this lawsuit to hold Defendants accountable for the extraordinary damage their reckless statements have caused.”

Named in the suit are NBCUniversal Media, Peacock TV, and Ample Entertainment. The latter, as previously reported, is a production company that was also recently named in a defamation lawsuit filed by Chris Brown over ID's Chris Brown: A History of Violence doc.

Complex has reached out to NBCUniversal and Ample for comment. This story may be updated.

In lawsuit docs viewed by Complex, Diddy’s legal team says they were informed by Ample in December of last year about the production of a then-impending documentary. Diddy’s lawyers say they responded by telling Ample that the allegations set to be focused on in the doc in question “were unequivocally false,” likening them to mere “conspiracy theories.” Not long after this, the lawsuit alleges, a trailer for the doc was released, prompting them to request that the trailer be taken down. Both Ample and NBCU are alleged to have not responded.

The suit zeroes in on specific claims of the doc makers having relied on what they criticize as “false statements that Mr. Combs is a serial murderer,” “false accusations about sex with minors,” and “false accusations about the existence of sexually explicit videos of Mr. Combs with minors and celebrities.”

As a result of such claims, the lawsuit further argues, Diddy has been “materially injured.” The suit calls for a jury trial and notably follows another defamation allegation Diddy and his team made against NewsNation and others just last month.

Diddy is currently behind bars in connection with his 2024 trafficking and racketeering arrest. A trial in that case is slated to start this May.