Sean “Diddy” Combs and his legal team are suing a TV network and two individuals for defamation.
According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly on Monday, August 11, Diddy, 55, is accusing Courtney Burgess, his attorney Ariel Mitchell and Nexstar Media Inc. of fabricating and broadcasting “outrageous lies concerning Mr. Combs.”
Diddy’s team claims via the documents that the aforementioned worked to “leverage those falsehoods to enrich themselves, gain social media fame, promote their brands, strip Mr. Combs of his reputation and jeopardize his right to a fair trial,” adding that Burgess and Mitchell fueled a “media frenzy” for over a year after “stirring up baseless speculation” about the rap mogul.
The lawsuit also slams NewsNation, owned by Nexstar Media Inc., for allegedly giving