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The fall of a music mogul left many mysteries in its wake. Join us as we explore the lingering questions after watching Netflix's explosive docuseries about Sean Combs. From his prison life to celebrity connections, mysterious "freak-offs," and potential links to infamous hip-hop murders, there's much left unexplained despite his conviction. What parts of the Diddy saga remain untold?
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00:00It's just like they crashing out they fell.
00:02Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at questions we still have after watching the
00:07Netflix docu-series Sean Combs' The Reckoning.
00:09Send it to us.
00:11How is Combs adjusting to prison?
00:13On September 16th, 2024, Sean Diddy Combs was arrested, standing accused of racketeering
00:19and various sex crimes on the heels of numerous accusations.
00:22The indictment alleges Sean Combs led and participated in a racketeering conspiracy
00:27that used the business empire he controlled to carry out criminal activity.
00:32Combs maintained his innocence throughout the legal proceedings, which reached a pivotal
00:36point in July 2025.
00:39While Combs evaded some of the more serious charges against him, he was found guilty of
00:43illegally transporting multiple people for sex purposes.
00:46It is a mixed verdict, if you will.
00:49It's a mixed verdict, but it is a stunning victory for the defense.
00:53That October, Combs was sentenced to four years with time already served, along with
00:58five years of supervision upon release.
01:01Although The Reckoning explores why Combs was incarcerated, there's little insight into
01:05his life behind bars, originally being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center before
01:09getting transferred to FCI Fort Dix, where he's expected to remain until 2028.
01:15I'm still in this movie, and I just plan on, I just know the ending, and that it's going
01:21to end happily ever after.
01:22Is there more to 50 Cent's beef with Diddy?
01:25Rival rapper Curtis 50 Cent Jackson was making alarming claims about Sean Combs long before
01:30the floodgate of accusations hit.
01:33While Jackson is an executive producer on The Reckoning, his personal feud with Combs
01:37isn't the focus.
01:38It's that personal.
01:39It's more about the abuse allegations that led to Combs' 2024 arrest, as well as his past
01:44legal troubles.
01:46Jackson's beef with Combs traces as far back as the 2000s.
01:49It escalated when Jackson dropped the diss track, The Bomb, asserting that Diddy played
01:54a role in the murder of the notorious B.I.G.
01:57I guess this means I won't be invited to the white parties in the Hamptons.
02:01While the viewer can see how his perception of Combs might have influenced this docuseries,
02:06Jackson doesn't get into the nitty-gritty of their personal history, leaving us to wonder
02:10if he's holding anything back.
02:12He may feel a different way about pieces and bits of it, but he knows the truth.
02:15Did Combs blow up Kid Cudi's car?
02:18In The Reckoning, Capricorn Clark, who used to work for Combs, claims he once kidnapped
02:22her at gunpoint, bringing her along to murder somebody.
02:25That jury, in there that day, I knew they didn't believe anything.
02:30The docuseries doesn't delve into who the alleged target was, however.
02:34At Combs' trial, rapper Kid Cudi testified that Combs had threatened him due to his past
02:39relationship with Cassie Ventura.
02:40Not long after this alleged threat, Cudi's Porsche was given the Molotov cocktail treatment
02:46outside his house.
02:47The juror saw the actual cut, the hole in his Porsche, and then they saw the damage done
02:52from that Molotov cocktail where the red interior is ruined and darkened by the fire that started
02:58in his car.
02:59Clark didn't accuse Combs of firebombing the automobile.
03:02When she was supposedly kidnapped, though, Clark did claim that Combs broke into Cudi's house.
03:07Ventura also testified that Combs had threatened to blow up Cudi's car, but without any eyewitnesses,
03:13there are still several pieces missing from this puzzle.
03:16This is a stressful situation.
03:17I'm glad it's behind me.
03:18How much did other celebrities know?
03:21From 1998 to 2009, Combs became synonymous with white parties.
03:25Aside from their dress codes and extravagant sizes, these parties were known for attracting
03:29major stars.
03:30Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Jennifer Lopez, Ashton Kutcher, and Donald Trump are just a
03:37few big names linked to Diddy's parties, which have since become infamous for freak-offs.
03:42My initial feeling was to question, but the minute I was told what was expected, she handed
03:49me a stack of money.
03:50Testimonies painted a far more disturbing portrait of Diddy's parties, claiming that some involved
03:55sex trafficking and other crimes.
03:57It remains unclear which, if any, celebrities attended the parties where illegal activities
04:02supposedly took place.
04:04Was this the industry's worst-kept secret, or were Diddy's fellow A-listers truly in
04:08the dark about what was allegedly going down?
04:11Either way, Diddy is the elephant in the room that few celebrities want to talk about.
04:15Wow, okay, I've got a lot.
04:16I can't tell.
04:18So, um, I can't tell that one either.
04:23I'm, like, actually cycling through them.
04:25Who were the other alleged victims?
04:27The Reckoning includes interviews with several individuals who feel traumatized by Combs,
04:32including singer Aubrey O'Day and Bad Boy Records co-founder Kirk Burroughs.
04:36Not only was he abusive to me from an employer-employee standpoint, he was also abusive to me in other
04:47ways.
04:48The docuseries also delves into Combs' abusive relationship with Cassie Ventura.
04:52Of course, this is only the tip of the iceberg.
04:56Nearly 100 lawsuits have been filed against Combs.
04:59Standing up for justice for myself actually stands up for justice for everybody.
05:03In 2024, an attorney claims that over 3,000 people had approached him, claiming Combs
05:08had abused them.
05:09In addition to men and women, some of Combs' accusers are minors.
05:13It seems to be all of a sudden with Sean, and it isn't.
05:20This has been a slow build.
05:23Some of it happened before our eyes.
05:26With many of the accusers choosing to stay anonymous, there's much about this case that
05:30we'll likely never know.
05:32There's bound to be debate about which stories are true, which stories are not, and whether
05:36justice was ultimately served.
05:39Was Combs connected to Kim Porter's death?
05:41Model-turned-actress Kim Porter had an on-and-off relationship with Combs from 1994 to 2007,
05:47together having three children.
05:49Next time I saw Kim, I said, well, if you get with him, make sure you marry him and have
05:53plenty of kids, because he's going to be really rich.
05:56I said it in just...
05:58In 2018, Porter passed away, with her sudden death being linked to Lober pneumonia.
06:03She was an actress and model, but was perhaps best known for her relationship with Sean Diddy
06:08Combs.
06:09While Porter is mentioned a few times, the reckoning glances over her passing and some
06:13of the unsettling theories surrounding it.
06:15Between the trial and the release of the book Kim's Lost Words, rumors started circulating
06:20that Combs was somehow involved in Porter's death.
06:23A joint statement from their children insisted that, quote, there was no foul play, calling
06:27the accusations, quote, hurtful.
06:29It seems unlikely that Combs was at all responsible for her death.
06:33Given the recent accusations against him, though, there is reason to speculate whether Porter's
06:38experience with Combs was anything like Ventura's.
06:41But he wasn't changing.
06:42What's Cassie Ventura's perspective?
06:44Combs' downfall arguably began when his former partner, Cassie Ventura, pushed legal
06:49action in 2023.
06:51With surveillance footage seemingly corroborating Ventura's claims of abuse, more people spoke
06:55out against Combs.
06:56I'd like to have my cake and eat it, too.
06:58I'm sorry.
06:59But, I mean, I'm not sorry.
07:01While Ventura testified against Combs, she declined the offer to participate in the
07:05reckoning.
07:06Ventura has been mostly silent since Combs' sentencing.
07:10The most we heard was a statement from Ventura's lawyer saying, quote,
07:13While nothing can undo the trauma caused by Combs, the sentence imposed today recognizes the
07:18impact of the serious offenses he committed.
07:20The statement adds,
07:21Ventura's court appearance might be the most in-depth recollection of her relationship with
07:32Combs we'll ever get.
07:34Only time will tell if she'll divulge her side of the story in an interview or documentary
07:38format.
07:39It's Cass right there.
07:40She's in the vocal booth doing what she gotta do.
07:41The extent of the reported parties?
07:44Whether or not other celebrities were present, the nature of the so-called freak-offs continues
07:49to raise questions.
07:50This whole property has hidden cameras everywhere.
07:55It's been said that the freak-offs might have involved threats of violence, physical harm,
07:59kidnapping, sex trafficking, racketeering, non-consensual sexual acts, as well as unapproved
08:06recordings of such acts.
08:07Not to mention more than a thousand bottles of baby oil that the authorities confiscated.
08:12There was also a Ziploc bag full of Johnson's baby oil bottles.
08:15Combs was ultimately only found guilty of transporting individuals for sex work, however.
08:20While Combs was cleared of the racketeering and sex trafficking charges, there's still
08:24much to speculate regarding the testimony against him.
08:27The reckoning provides accounts of some freak-offs that allegedly took place, but with minimal
08:31video evidence, we may never get the full picture.
08:34Puff is the kind of person, um, you know, the story of the two wolves, which wolf wins,
08:40the wolf you feed.
08:42All of us, we're cognizant of the bad wolf, but we're feeding the good wolf.
08:46Was Diddy involved in the murders of Tupac and Biggie?
08:49Not long after surviving an attempt on his life in New York, Tupac Shakur's visit to Vegas
08:54turned deadly when he was hit in a drive-by shooting.
08:57Six months later, the notorious B.I.G. was gunned down in Los Angeles, with many believing
09:02his murder was retaliation for Shakur's death.
09:04It made me appreciate life, and it made me want to be, do things for the greater good.
09:11In 2026, Dwayne Keefy D. Davis will stand trial for his alleged involvement in Shakur's
09:16shooting, potentially bringing some closure to the case.
09:19While Combs was never charged in Shakur's murder, there has been widespread speculation
09:24that he played a hand.
09:25In The Reckoning, Kirk Burroughs theorizes that Combs, quote, had a lot to do with the death
09:30of Tupac, and, quote, ushered Biggie to his death.
09:33A theory is all it may ever be, however.
09:36Who do you think, quote, Biggie?
09:41Next question.
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09:56Was that footage obtained legally?
10:01The Reckoning features footage unreleased to the public until now, most notably video
10:05recordings of Combs in a hotel room days before his 2024 arrest.
10:10This includes a phone conversation with his legal team, in which Combs asks for someone
10:14who can handle, quote, the dirtiest of dirty business.
10:17We have to find somebody that'll work with us, whether they're from this country or from
10:21another country.
10:22There have been conflicting reports on how some of this footage was acquired.
10:25A statement from Combs' team claims, quote,
10:28Netflix relied on stolen footage that was never authorized for release.
10:34Conversely, director Alex Stapleton says, quote,
10:37We obtained the footage legally and have the necessary right.
10:40Either way, it's unclear who was behind the camera, how they got the footage to the Netflix
10:45crew, and the precise dirty business that Combs was referring to.
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