'This man is sick': 'The Fall of Diddy' is latest documentary to reexamine Sean Combs's downfall.
The hip-hop mogul's ex-girlfriend Kat Pasion claims he forced himself on her in 2021.
The reexamination of Sean “Diddy” Combs continues with another new documentary, The Fall of Diddy.
The producers behind Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, in partnership with Rolling Stone, dig into the allegations through more than 30 new interviews with Combs’s accusers, ex-staff members, friends and others in his orbit. The four-part docuseries premieres over two nights, on Jan. 27 and Jan. 28, on Investigation Discovery and Max.
Combs’s ex-girlfriend Kat Pasion speaks out for the first time, alleging that the hip-hop mogul forced himself on her in 2021 when Combs was under the influence of tusi, a recreational drug.
“He’s in the bathroom for hours and I’m sleeping, and he comes out … and wakes me up,” recalled the model, who started dating the Bad Boys Records founder in 2018 after his split with longtime girlfriend Cassie Ventura, but ended their romantic relationship in 2020, maintaining a friendship. “He’s telling me I can’t go to sleep, he’s expecting X, Y and Z from me, and he forces himself [on me].”
Pasion said she didn’t want to go into detail about the alleged incident, but “it wasn’t consensual,” she said. “The person who came out of that bathroom and woke me up was someone that I didn’t even recognize. ... His whole tone, everything changed.”
Pasion — who shared her diaries from that time with producers, describing Combs as a “monster” who “violated” her — said she left and vowed never to see Combs again. She claimed he called her two weeks later threatening her and her livelihood, including telling her he could have her deported to her native Canada.
“This man is sick,” Pasion said. “He uses his resources and uses what he can do for you and thinks that that can Band-Aid and solve the horrible things he does to people because he thinks he’s God. … He’s so far gone.”
A rep for Combs, who’s in jail awaiting his May trial on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges, said in a statement:
“These documentaries are rushing to cash in on the media circus surrounding Mr. Combs. The producers failed to provide sufficient time or details for his representatives to address unsubstantiated claims, many from unidentified participants whose allegations lack context. By withholding this information, they made it impossible for Mr. Combs to present facts to counter these fabricated accusations. This production is clearly intended to present a one-sided and prejudicial narrative. As we’ve said before, Mr. Combs cannot respond to every publicity stunt or facially ridiculous claim. He has full confidence in the facts and the judicial process, where the truth will prevail: the accusations against him are pure fiction.”
Pasion also told a story about watching the Surviving R. Kelly documentary — detailing sexual abuse allegations against the disgraced "I Believe I Can Fly" singer — with Combs on vacation together in 2019 when he made what she now feels is a concerning comment.
“He says, ‘There’s a little bit of R. Kelly in all of us,’ and then walks out,” Pasion claimed. “I remember being like, ‘What? There is not a little bit of R. Kelly in all of us.’ But I wasn’t absorbing really the severity of that statement until later.”
Also speaking out in The Fall of Diddy is producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, who’s suing Combs, detailing his allegations that Combs sexually assaulted and drugged him multiple times during the making of Combs’s 2023 The Love Album.
Thalia Graves, who alleged in a lawsuit against Combs that he violently raped her in 2001, also shared her story.
While allegations against Combs have been mounting since Ventura sued him in 2023 for rape and sex trafficking (they settled with Combs admitting no wrongdoing), and he’s been hit with numerous other civil lawsuits as well as the federal criminal charges, the documentary looks at the longer pattern of alleged abuse.
There’s a woman, who doesn’t reveal her identity, who claimed she saw Combs beat a romantic partner with a belt when they were students at Howard University. DeWitt Gilmore alleged that Combs and associates shot at him on a Harlem street in 1996 because he had on a Death Row East T-shirt. Former Vibe editor in chief Danyel Smith claimed Combs threatened her life in 1997 over a magazine cover.
Natania Griffin, a victim in the 1999 nightclub shooting for which Combs was acquitted, insisted she watched him pull the trigger. Combs’s former bodyguard Roger Bonds alleged that he witnessed Combs punch and kick Ventura in 2009.
Other participants include Combs’s driver the night of the club shooting, Wardel Fenderson, who testified at Combs’s 2001 trial that the rapper had a gun in the car that night and offered him $50,000 to lie to police and say it was his. Combs’s chef Jourdan Cha'Taun also claimed Combs threatened her if she told anyone that he allegedly assaulted Ventura.
The Fall of Diddy is one of several documentaries exploring the allegations against him. Here are the others that are out now or coming soon.
Now playing
Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy
Release date: Jan. 14
Where to watch: Peacock
What’s it about? Combs’s early years, growing up in Mount Vernon, N.Y., are examined in the 90-minute doc, with childhood friends giving insight into who he was before becoming a hip-hop player. Those who knew him later — including employees, a bodyguard and a makeup artist — reveal what they saw and heard. Al B. Sure, who was in a relationship with Porter, who died in 2018, before Combs was, speaks out as well. Producer Ari Mark said they tried to give the documentary a “more victim-forward approach.”
Biggest revelations: Ashley Parham, who is suing Combs, claimed he raped her with a TV remote. Combs’s lawyer denied he “was ever even in the same room as” her.
Sure referred to Porter’s death as a “murder,” adding, “Am I supposed to say ‘allegedly'?” Porter died from lobar pneumonia, and the Los Angeles Police Department “stated they had no suspicion of foul play.” Da Band’s Sara Rivers claimed Combs inappropriately touched her and verbally abused her. An anonymous former Combs employee claimed he sent him out to find girls to bring home for him and alleged that he saw Combs have sex with minors. Combs’s childhood friend Tim Patterson talked about Combs’s mom, Janice, throwing wild parties when they were kids and said that could have been “desensitizing” to Combs, who was around drugs, alcohol and sex, as well as addicts, pimps and pushers.
Who else is in it? Lawyers Lisa Bloom and Ariel Mitchell, who represent accusers.
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy; TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy 2: The Indictment; TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy 3: Inside the Freak-offs
Release dates: April 30, 2024, Sept. 27, 2024, and Nov. 12, 2024
Where to watch: Tubi
What are they about? The team behind the celebrity website did three different deep dives into the Combs headlines, first when the FBI raided the star’s homes, again when Combs was indicted and a third time to examine the alleged “freak offs.”
Biggest revelations: Combs’s attorney Marc Agnifilo spoke out on behalf of the incarcerated star. He claimed Combs’s former girlfriend Cassie Ventura, whose explosive allegations against Combs started the federal investigation into Combs, was a willing participant in the “freak offs.” He claimed the 1,000 bottles of lubricant seized at Combs’s home by feds were just a “bulk” purchase at Costco. He also claimed the charges against Combs was a “takedown of a successful Black man.” A woman who attended a “freak off” also spoke out.
Who else is in it? Performer Ray J, who knows Combs; Tony Buzbee, who is representing the woman suing Combs and Jay-Z for rape (which they both deny); Danity Kane’s Aubrey O'Day; and Suge Knight, among others.
Coming soon
Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson’s untitled docuseries
Release date: Announced in December 2023, after Ventura’s lawsuit against Combs; no official date has been made public.
Where to watch: Netflix will stream the project, which is currently in production.
What’s it about? Jackson, who initially referred to the project as “Diddy Do It,” is executive producing the docuseries through his G-Unit Film & Television production company, and Alexandria Stapleton is directing. After Combs’s arrest in September, they said in a statement they promise to “give a voice to the voiceless and to present authentic and nuanced perspectives,” and proceeds will go to alleged victims. It will also look at how Combs’s problems are not a reflection of hip-hop culture as a whole.
Biggest revelations: Jackson has been an outspoken critic of Combs, telling the Hollywood Reporter in July, “I’ve been very vocal about not going to Puffy parties and doing shit like that.” He said the 2016 surveillance video of Combs hitting Ventura, surfaced by CNN in May, ruined Combs’s credibility. “First, he denied that it even happened, and then the tape comes out — so that means everything [he] says is a lie. When someone watches that, if they have a daughter and they can imagine her being under those circumstances, that shit is crazy. Like, they let him get away with it.”
Who else is in it? We’ll see when the first trailer drops.
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