Sean 'Diddy' Combs has sent a cease-and-desist missive implicit an explosive documentary astir his protégé, Shyne.
A root adjacent to the disgraced euphony mogul told Page Six that the missive was not issued to halt the film, 'The Honorable Shyne,' from being released.
Rather, it was done to 'ensure' that the documentary was factually correct regarding an infamous 1999 Manhattan nightclub shooting involving Shyne and Diddy.
Shyne, present known arsenic Moses Barrow, is presently a person successful his autochthonal Belize, wherever helium serves as Leader of the Opposition successful the country's House of Representatives
He was sentenced to 10 years down bars for the shooting, successful which 3 radical were injured.
Witnesses claimed that Diddy was among those who fired his limb successful the club, but helium was yet cleared connected weapons and bribery charges.
In the movie - which premiered connected Hulu connected November 18 - the erstwhile Bad Boy rapper said that helium was the 'fall guy' for Diddy and that his ways are present 'coming to light.'
'Because erstwhile I said it [at the time], everyone was partying and having a large clip with Diddy portion I was near to rot successful prison,' helium said successful the documentary.
After being cleared connected charges related to the nightclub shooting decades ago, Diddy, 54, was indicted for enactment trafficking, racketeering and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution in New York City successful September.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs sent a cease-and-desist missive implicit a caller documentary, 'The Honorable Shyne,' successful which the Diddy protégé revealed details of the 1999 shooting that landed him successful prison
A root adjacent to the disgraced euphony mogul said that the missive was not issued to halt the film from being released, but alternatively to 'ensure' it was factually correct
The three-time Grammy victor has maintained his innocence arsenic helium pleaded not blameworthy to each charges.
Although Diddy was acquitted successful the nightclub shooting, Shyne was recovered blameworthy of 5 charges including assault, reckless endangerment and transgression possession of a pistol.
He was sentenced to 10 years successful prison, and served astir 9 years of his condemnation earlier his merchandise successful October 2009.
Following his release, Shyne was deported to his autochthonal Belize.
He antecedently told the New York Post: 'I grew up [being told] to not get my friends successful trouble. And that's what it truly boiled down to, integrity astir character.'
During an interrogation promoting the caller documentary, Shyne said that astatine the clip helium thought helium was protecting Combs, who helium present believes 'got witnesses to attest against me, to accidental that fundamentally I was this uncontrollable idiosyncratic that was acting successful a depraved manner, which was the furthest from the truth.'
Shyne added that astatine the clip helium did not privation to 'break the codification of honor, which is that you don't get radical successful trouble.'
Although Diddy was acquitted, Shyne was recovered blameworthy of 5 charges including assault, reckless endangerment and transgression possession of a pistol
Diddy's ineligible squad powerfully disagreed with Shyne's comments, telling Page Six: 'Mr. Combs categorically denies Mr. Barrow’s allegations, including immoderate proposition that helium orchestrated Mr. Barrow to "take the fall" oregon "sacrificed" him by directing witnesses to attest against him. These claims are unequivocally false.
'Mr. Combs was acquitted of each charges related to the [1999 incident] and has consistently maintained his innocence.
'Mr. Combs appreciates the way Mr. Barrow has pursued and wishes him continued success. It is unfortunate that Mr. Barrow has chosen to revisit these allegations,' his reps added.
The caller documentary besides shed airy connected a bizarre lawsuit that occurred the greeting Diddy was acquitted successful the high-profile weapon trial.
His erstwhile bodyguard, Gene Deal, revealed that the rapper sacrificed a vertebrate successful Central Park that day.
According to Deal, connected the mode to tribunal to larn his destiny successful 2001, Diddy ordered his operator to propulsion implicit successful the parkland to transportation retired a ritual for bully luck.
Diddy's erstwhile bodyguard revealed that the disgraced rapper sacrificed a vertebrate successful Central Park the greeting helium was acquitted in the high-profile weapon proceedings (Pictured: Diddy arriving astatine tribunal successful New York successful 2001)
Shyne was elected to the Belize House of Representatives successful 2020 earlier becoming the Opposition Leader successful 2021
Deal said a antheral was waiting for the rapper successful the park, and erstwhile Diddy approached him, helium dropped to his knees arsenic the antheral swirled fume astir him - what Deal believed to beryllium sage.
As the antheral touched Diddy with a bible, helium past produced a achromatic vertebrate from a cage, and Diddy threw it successful the aerial earlier it dropped to the crushed dead, Deal said.
After the ritual was over, Deal said Diddy walked distant and got backmost successful his car. Hours later, helium was acquitted and spared 15 years successful prison.
After arriving successful Belize, Shyne traveled to Israel the pursuing year, wherever helium decided to signifier Orthodox Judaism.
He past moved backmost to Belize successful 2013, and successful 2020 was elected to the Belize House of Representatives.
By 2021, helium became the Opposition Leader, and could go Prime Minister successful adjacent year's elections.