A new Netflix docu-series, Sean Combs: The Reckoning, has unearthed yet another horrific claim against music tycoon Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Kirk Burrowes, co-founder of Bad Boy Records, asserts in the four-part series that Combs allegedly insulted and smacked his own mother, Janice Combs, during a heated argument in the early 1990s.
“I watched him put his hands on her, call her a b–ch and smacked her,” Burrowes claims in the documentary.
There is no independent confirmation of this assertion in the series. Combs’s representatives have called the series a “shameful attack piece.”
Incident purportedly connected to 1991 stampede
Burrowes believes the altercation took place in the wake of the December 1991 catastrophe at City College of New York in Harlem, when a celebrity basketball game arranged by Combs culminated in a catastrophic stampede that killed nine people.
The documentary goes back to that night’s turmoil, when a deadly crush resulted from spectators rushing for the gymnasium entrance.
Burrowes remembers discussing the incident with Combs and his mother in a Manhattan hotel.
“He didn’t know what was going to happen,” Burrowes says in the series, adding that Janice questioned if her son had made the correct decision by leaving school for the music industry.
According to Burrowes, Combs responded defensively and aggressively: “He’s not looking back,” he says in the episode.
Sean Combs: The Reckoning, which is executive-produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and directed by Alexandria Stapleton, incorporates:
-testimonies from witnesses
-archival footage
-testimony from former friends and acquaintances
-content that Combs was aware of before his arrest in 2024
The documentary traces Combs’ ascent, decline, and the increasing legal and personal claims that have dogged him over decades.
Combs slams series as “hit piece”
The Netflix film has drawn harsh criticism from Sean Combs, who referred to it as a “shameful attack piece.” His agents have accused the filmmakers relied on “stolen” documents and deceptive storylines.
The Grammy-winning producer is presently serving a 50-month federal term on two prostitution-related crimes.
