The mother of fallen rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is joining a chorus of individuals pointing a finger at Netflix, as she’s publicly come out against the notion that she was violent or an abusive parent with her son or that he assaulted her after statements that she recalls “inaccuracies” made their way into the new Netflix docuseries, Sean Combs: The Reckoning.

The 85-year-old mother of the imprisoned rap mogul was a notable figure at his lengthy trial on sex trafficking and RICO charges over the summer, which ended in a split verdict that saw him found guilty of violating the Mann Act but not guilty of the more serious federal charges. Janice Combs attended every day of the eight-week trial in lower Manhattan, commanding the media’s attention as she entered and exited the federal court building in Manhattan wearing colorful outfits and a rotating set of wigs.

Now, Janice Combs, who raised her son and daughter alone in poverty after her husband was murdered in Harlem, is coming to the media to clear up what is reported in the Netflix series by a childhood friend who recalls Combs being beaten by her. The elder Combs is also asking Netflix to retract this from the series and refutes a claim that she was hit in the face by her son during a tense and tragic moment when he was launching his career in hip-hop.

“I am writing this statement to correct some of the lies presented in the Netflix show, Sean Combs: The Reckoning, released on December 2, 2025. These inaccuracies regarding my son Sean’s upbringing and family life are intentionally done to mislead viewers and further harm our reputation.

“In the documentary, I am portrayed as an abusive parent. This is untrue.

As I have stated previously, I was a single mother, raising my son I held three and even four jobs in an attempt to provide a comfortable upbringing and quality education for my child. I raised Sean with love and hard work, not abuse.

“The statement made by Mr. Tim Patterson about Sean‘s life regarding my relationship with my son is not truthful and salacious to promote the series. To the contrary, I loved and nurtured Sean. My memories of Sean growing up are one of a respectful and diligent child and teenager. Sean has always been an industrious, goal-oriented overachiever.”

At another point in the four-hour docuseries, former Bad Boy Records executive Kirk Burrowes alleges that Combs slapped his mother during a conversation after the 1991 City College stampede at a celebrity basketball game that Sean Combs organized. “I saw Janice question Sean. He’s going into this music business thing. He just left school, and now this extreme tragedy has occurred. She’s like, “Did he make the right decision?”‘ Burrowes told the producers of the series.

Janice Combs flatly denies this occurred in her statement on the series and suggests that the co-founder of Bad Boy Records never had any claim to the label.

“Moreover, the allegations stated by Mr. Kirk Burrowes that my son slapped me while we were conversing after the tragic City College events on December 28, 1991, are inaccurate and patently false,” she asserts. “That was a very sad day for all of us. For him to use this tragedy and incorporate fake narratives to further his prior failed and current attempt to gain what was never his, Bad Boy Records is wrong, outrageous and a past offensive.”

The grandmother of Sean Combs’ seven kids closes her statement by adding that the beleaguered music and fashion icon has “been a dutiful son, always ensuring that I was cared for and vigilantly managing my medical care,” amid his success while providing financial support to his mother. She then asks that the moments she takes issue with be removed from the series.

“I am requesting that these distortions, falsehoods and misleading statements be publicly retracted,” Janice Combs concluded in her statement.

The matriarch’s gripe is the latest to come fast and furiously after the docuseries premiered on Dec. 2.

On Dec. 1, the eve of the release of the four-part docuseries chronicling the rap mogul’s career over several decades, Netflix’s chief legal officer received a letter demanding the project be taken down from the streaming platform. In the letter, a rep for Combs claimed that footage shot in the days before Combs’ September 2024 arrest in New York was “stolen,” and that creative control of the series was handed to his longtime rival rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. The rep claims Jackson was recruited for the alleged “hit piece” after a deal collapsed for Combs to bring a documentary about his life to the streamer.

“The program is based on fabrications borne from Mr. Jackson’s personal vendetta against Mr. Combs,” the letter from Combs’ attorney states. “For this reason alone, Netflix must withdraw the program.”

The streamer was quick to reply to the letter, stating that the attorney’s claims here are false. The project has no ties to any past conversations between Combs and Netflix, and the footage of Combs leading up to his indictment and arrest in 2024 was legally obtained; neither Netflix nor filmmaker Alex Stapleton has stated how the controversial footage was obtained for the series.

On Thursday, the accuracy of another explosive claim made in* Sean Combs: The Reckoning was called into question. That morning, radio host Loren Lorosa read a statement on The Breakfast Club that *she said was provided by Wayne Barrow, co-manager of the late rapper Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace’s estate; he shared management duties with the slain rapper’s mother, Voletta Wallace. In the statement, Barrow denies allegations that the Wallace estate paid for the funeral. He states that, to his knowledge, Combs and Bad Boy Records paid for the arrangements in full. Barrow also claimed to have reviewed royalty statements personally and found no evidence of funeral costs.

In the documentary, it’s stated that after Wallace’s murder, Combs had Burrowes fraudulently modify the signed contract after Biggie’s death, and the doc points out that the funds were transferred so that it would be written off as a debt of Wallace’s; this would likely be unknown to Barrow or Voletta Wallace as it is not a part of their records for the artists.