Diddy Screams at Lawyer in Sean Combs: The Reckoning Doc Trailer

Netflix dropped the full trailer for its upcoming Sean “Diddy” Combs docuseries, Sean Combs: The Reckoning, on Monday, December 1.

The 56-second teaser opens with never-before-seen footage of Diddy, 56, on the phone with his lawyer in a New York City hotel room on September 10, 2024, just six days before his arrest on federal charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.

“We have to find somebody that’ll work with us that has dealt in the dirtiest of dirty business,” he says before screaming in frustration, “We’re losing!”

Netflix also shared on Monday that the docuseries includes interviews with Making the Band alums Aubrey O’Day, Brooklyn Babs, Qwanell “Que” Mosley; Brian Andrews, Willie Taylor and Robert Curry; Bad Boy Entertainment cofounder Kirk Burrowes; former Bad Boy artist Mark Curry; alleged victim Joi Dickerson-Neal; Tupac Shakur‘s cousin William Lesane; and United States v. Combs jurors, among others.

50 Cent, who executive produced the series, first announced in December 2023 that he was developing a documentary on Diddy after the Bad Boy Records founder was hit with multiple sexual abuse lawsuits. Netflix picked up the project in September 2024, just days after his arrest. (Diddy has denied any criminal wrongdoing.)

The details of the docuseries were largely kept under wraps during Diddy’s subsequent trial, which ended in July with the disgraced hip-hop mogul being found guilty of two transportation counts and acquitted of the other three charges.

However, Netflix released a teaser for Sean Combs: The Reckoning on November 25 and revealed it will consist of four hourlong episodes featuring “explosive, never-before-seen materials, including exclusive interviews with those formerly in Combs’ orbit.”

At the time, the streaming service did not share who participated in the doc, but former Bad Boy artist Mark Curry‘s voice appeared in the 18-second preview.

“You can’t continue to keep hurting people and nothing ever happens,” Curry, 54, said. “It’s just a matter of time.”

50 Cent — who has feuded with Diddy on and off for more than two decades — said in a statement that he was “grateful to everyone who came forward and trusted us with their stories.” The “In Da Club” rapper, 50, also thanked director Alexandria Stapleton for bringing “this important story to the screen.”

Stapleton added in a statement of her own, “When [Diddy’s ex-girlfriend] Cassie dropped her lawsuit, I just thought this could go a million different directions. I wondered how she had the confidence to go out there against a mogul like Sean Combs. As a filmmaker, I instantly knew it was a stress test of whether we’ve changed as a culture, as far as being able to process allegations like this in a fair way.”

She continued, “This isn’t just about the story of Sean Combs or the story of Cassie, or the story of any of the victims, or the allegations against him, or the trial. Ultimately, this story is a mirror [reflecting us] as the public, and what we are saying when we put our celebrities on such a high pedestal. I hope [this documentary] is a wake-up call for how we idolize people, and to understand that everybody is a human being.”

In October, Diddy was sentenced to 50 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. He is fighting to have his conviction overturned.

After the teaser debuted, Diddy slammed the docuseries in a statement shared with Us Weekly via his spokesperson.

“Netflix’s so-called ‘documentary’ is a shameful hit piece. Today’s GMA teaser confirms that Netflix relied on stolen footage that was never authorized for release,” the statement reads. “As Netflix and CEO Ted Sarandos know, Mr. Combs has been amassing footage since he was 19 to tell his own story, in his own way. It is fundamentally unfair, and illegal, for Netflix to misappropriate that work. Netflix is plainly desperate to sensationalize every minute of Mr. Combs’ life, without regard for truth, in order to capitalize on a never-ending media frenzy. If Netflix cared about truth or about Mr. Combs’s legal rights, it would not be ripping private footage out of context — including conversations with his lawyers that were never intended for public viewing. No rights in that material were ever transferred to Netflix or any third party.”

The statement continues, “It is equally staggering that Netflix handed creative control to Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson — a longtime adversary with a personal vendetta who has spent too much time slandering Mr. Combs. Beyond the legal issues, this is a personal breach of trust. Mr. Combs has long respected Ted Sarandos and admired the legacy of Clarence Avant. For Netflix to give his life story to someone who has publicly attacked him for decades feels like an unnecessary and deeply personal affront. At minimum, he expected fairness from people he respected.”

Stapleton, for her part, previously said she had acquired the footage legally.

“It came to us, we obtained the footage legally and have the necessary rights,” she claimed to Netflix’s Tudum last month. “We moved heaven and earth to keep the filmmaker’s identity confidential. One thing about Sean Combs is that he’s always filming himself, and it’s been an obsession throughout the decades.”

Sean Combs: The Reckoning begins streaming on Netflix on Tuesday, December 2.