Sean “Diddy” Combs, the renowned rapper and music mogul, has launched a $50 million defamation lawsuit against music manager Courtney Burgess, Burgess’s attorney Ariel Mitchell, and Nexstar Media Inc., the parent company of NewsNation. Combs alleges that Burgess fabricated claims of possessing videos depicting Combs engaging in sexual assault of celebrities and minors, and that these claims were amplified by Mitchell and NewsNation, causing significant damage to his reputation and potential financial losses. The lawsuit asserts that these videos do not exist and that Burgess, Mitchell, and NewsNation acted with reckless disregard for the truth, fueling public speculation and prejudicing the jury pool in Combs’s ongoing criminal trial.
The lawsuit stems from Burgess’
