A controversial memoir allegedly written by Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ex-girlfriend Kim Porter has been removed online.
A 60-page book purportedly based on a collection of the late model’s diaries, “Kim’s Lost Words: A Journey of Justice from the Other Side,” was removed from Amazon’s online store on Tuesday.
“We are aware of a dispute regarding this title and have notified the publisher,” an Amazon spokesperson confirmed to USA TODAY in an emailed statement Thursday. “This book is currently not for sale in our store.”
The title has also reportedly been removed from Barnes & Noble’s online store, according to NBC News.
The book, written by producer Todd Christopher Guze under the pseudonym Jamal T. Millwood and published on September 6, describes Combs’ parties, illegal activities and abuse of Porter, the Daily Mail reports. It is said to have contained details. The British press noted that Gudze provided no evidence of the book’s authenticity.
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USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for Barnes & Noble and Guzze for comment.
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Combs, who had an on-again, off-again relationship with Porter from 1994 to 2007, died in August 2018 at the age of 47 after being found unresponsive in her San Fernando Valley home. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office later confirmed that she died of pneumonia.
The publication of Kim’s Lost Words comes amid a spate of legal troubles for Porter’s ex, Combs, who was arrested in September and later charged with extortion, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. It happened.
On Tuesday, Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee announced that a series of sexual abuse lawsuits against embattled music moguls are pending. The attorney alleges charges against Combs include “violent sexual assault or rape,” “facilitation of sexual activity by means of a controlled substance,” “dissemination of recordings,” and “sexual abuse of a minor.” He is representing 120 whistleblowers.
Kim Porter’s children slam memoir rumors
Ms Porter and Combs’ children addressed the posthumous release of Ms Porter’s purported memoir and other conspiracies surrounding her death in a social media statement last week, calling the rumors “completely false.” He said it was “hurtful”.
“We are speaking out because we have seen too many harmful and false rumors being spread about our parents, Kim Porter and Sean Combs’ relationship, and the tragic death of their mother. We feel the need,โ twin Christian โKingโ Combs wrote. Delilah, Jesse Combs and Quincy Brown (who Combs adopted) in an Instagram post on September 24th.
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“The claim that our mother wrote the book is completely false,” they continued. “She has not done so, and anyone who claims to have the manuscript is misrepresenting themselves. Furthermore, so-called ‘friends’ who speak on behalf of our mother and her family… โ is not your friend and does not have your mother’s best interests at heart. heart. “
Brown’s father, singer Al B. Sure!, referenced the memoir in a Sept. 23 Instagram post and called for an investigation into Porter’s death.
Contributors: Taijuan Moorman and Jay Stahl, USA TODAY