‘We’re losing’: Netflix doc shows walls closing in on Diddy before arrest
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has been trolling his nemesis Sean “Diddy” Combs for years.
Now the “Candy Shop” singer has taken their feud a big step further, executive producing Netflix’s “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” currently streaming. Jackson insists “it’s not personal,” but informational.
The four part docuseries — shot by an independent videographer “with Combs’ knowledge,” Netflix says — begins in the six days leading up to his September 2024 arrest on racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution charges.
At the time, Combs was being sued by numerous people from his past and under federal investigation, with both his homes on Star Island and in Los Angeles already raided.
In never before seen footage you see Combs greeting fans in his hometown of Harlem. Later, in an eyebrow-raising moment he tells his crew he needs hand sanitizer and a bath.
“It shows you his character,” Jackson told Robin Roberts on “Good Morning America” Monday. “What [are] the odds that you would do that in front of the camera? That’s one of the moments where he forgot that he was on tape.”
Combs is also seen in another scene looking less lighthearted as he speaks to lead attorney Marc Agnifilo from his room at the Park Hyatt Hotel, where feds eventually took him into custody.
“We have to find someone who will work with us who has worked in the dirtiest of dirty business,” Combs says, sounding defeated. “We are losing.”
The 56-year-old’s legal team unsuccessfully attempted to stop the release of “The Reckoning” with a cease-and-desist letter, claiming Netflix is using unauthorized, stolen footage.
But the director Alexandria Stapleton (of ”Reggie,” and “Pride“ fame) explains that it came into their hands legally, and they have the necessary rights.
“We moved heaven and earth to keep the filmmaker’s identity confidential,” she says in promotional materials. “One thing about Sean Combs is that he’s always filming himself, and it’s been an obsession throughout the decades.”
Stapleton adds she reached out to the Bad Boy Records founder’s legal team and got no response.
The film features interviews with jurors in his sex crimes trial, as well as several alleged victims such as producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones and Danity Kane singer Aubrey O’Day, who was on Combs’ reality show “Making the Band.”
“Many of the people featured have longstanding personal grievances, financial motives, or credibility issues that have been documented for years,” Combs’ spokesperson Juda Engelmayer said in a statement to USA Today. “Several of these stories have already been addressed in court filings, and others were never raised in any legal forum because they’re simply not true. The project was built around a one-sided narrative led by a publicly admitted adversary, and it repeats allegations without context, evidence, or verification. Sean Combs will continue to address legitimate matters through the legal process, not through a biased Netflix production.”
In July, Combs was found guilty of two counts of transportation for purposes of prostitution. He was sentenced to 50 months and is expected to be released from Fort Dix minimum security federal prison in New Jersey in June 2028.
This story was originally published December 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM.
