As his family continues to stand by him, some people who worked closely with Sean “Diddy” Combs are speaking out about their horrific experiences.
Peacock has just released the trailer for an upcoming documentary about the disgraced music mogul, in which his bodyguard, intern, makeup artist and producer all speak out against him. The documentary is titled, Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.
According to reports from VarietyThe 90-minute documentary special will premiere on the streaming platform on January 14. The documentary promises to give viewers “crucial insight into the forces that shaped (Combs) and may have made him a monster.”
“I honestly didn’t want to be around him unless there were cameras,” one of the people in Combs’ inner circle said in the trailer.
Interviews with one of Combs' childhood friends, his former bodyguard, and a winner of Diddy's beloved music competition series, Making the Band, are all featured in the special. Producer and singer-songwriter Al B. Sure!, who was at Uptown Records with Combs and dated Kim Porter before him, also talks about Diddy in the documentary.
Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy also includes new footage of Combs partying at home and in the studio. An anonymous interviewee reveals in the trailer that a room lit red meant Diddy wasn't working, but having sex.
“I've been with Sean for a while and have captured a lot of moments,” the anonymous person said. “Whenever a studio or a room is red, it's love and sex. Some of those who entered the room were certainly minors.
Over the course of numerous lawsuits filed by several different people, Combs has been accused of rape, child sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct for incidents allegedly occurring between 1991 and 2023. The Bad Boy founder's homes have were raided by the Department of Homeland Security last year. , which led to his arrest after his indictment by a grand jury.
Combs has been charged with sex trafficking and racketeering and is currently incarcerated in Brooklyn awaiting his criminal trial in May. He has pleaded not guilty to all 2024 federal criminal charges.
Netflix is also working on a documentary about the disgraced music mogul, producing a Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson documentary series on the allegations. ID will also investigate the rapper in a multi-part documentary that will premiere on Max.