Sean Combs' mother, Janice Combs, has publicly refuted claims made in the Netflix docuseries 'Sean Combs: The Reckoning', which she says contains 'lies' and 'fake narratives' about her son. In a statement to Deadline, the 80-year-old matriarch specifically denied an allegation that her son slapped her during a conversation after the tragic City College events on December 28, 1991.
'The allegations stated by Mr. Kirk Burrows that my son slapped me while we were conversing after the tragic City College events on December 28, 1991, are inaccurate and patently false,' Janice Combs said. She described the docuseries as intentionally misleading and harmful to their family's reputation.
The docuseries, produced by Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson and directed by Alexandria Stapleton, was released on December 2, 2025. Janice Combs accused Netflix of going 'salacious to promote the series' and demanded a public retraction of the 'distortions, falsehoods and misleading statements'.
Netflix previously defended the series, stating it was 'not a hit piece or an act of retribution' and that Jackson did not have creative control. The streamer has not responded to Janice Combs' latest remarks.
Sean Combs is currently serving a four-year prison sentence at Fort Dix FCI in New Jersey after being found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. His expected release date is early June 2028.
