Sean “Diddy” Combs and Kim Porter’s children on Tuesday released a statement denying claims that their mother wrote a memoir before she died in 2018.
Porter, 47, and Combs 54, share three children – Christian (King) Combs and twins, D’Lila and Jessie Combs. Porter also shares a son, Quincy Brown, with R&B singer Al B. Sure!. The statement released by their children comes after federal agents arrested Combs at a Manhattan hotel on Monday, September 16.
The embattled music executive, who is currently being held without bail, has been charged with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has entered a not-guilty plea.
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Combs and Porter’s children responded to the claim above after it was reported that Porter had saved a memoir on a hard drive before she passed away, the Daily Mail reported. The memoir, titled KIM’S LOST WORDS: A Journey for Justice, From the Other Side, was released by record producer Chris Todd on September 6. But her children in their statement on Instagram said she never wrote that memoir.
“We have seen so many hurtful and false rumors circulating about our parents, Kim Porter and Sean Combs’ relationship, as well as about our mom’s tragic passing, that we feel the need to speak out,” they stated.
“Claims that our mom wrote a book are simply untrue,” they said. “She did not, and anyone claiming to have a manuscript is misrepresenting themselves. Additionally, please understand that any so-called ‘friend’ speaking on behalf of our mom or her family is not a friend, nor do they have her best interests at heart.”
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Quincy’s father Al B. Sure! had also claimed in an Instagram post on Monday that Porter died because she knew about Combs’ alleged sex trafficking, per The Hollywood Reporter. The singer, whose real name is Albert Joseph Brown, also asked authorities to launch an investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death. But Porter’s children in their statement emphasized that there was no criminality involved in their mother’s death.
“Our lives were shattered when we lost our mother,” Porter’s children said. “She was our world, and nothing has been the same since she passed. While it has been incredibly difficult to reconcile how she could be taken from us too soon, the cause of her death has long been established. There was no foul play. Grief is a lifelong process, and we ask that everyone respect our request for peace as we continue to cope with her loss every day.”
“We are deeply saddened that the world has made a spectacle of what has been the most tragic event of our lives. Our mother should be remembered for the beautiful, strong, kind, and loving woman she was. Her memory should not be tainted by horrific conspiracy theories,” they continued. “We ask that everyone please respect our mother, Kim Porter, and hold her legacy in high regard so that she may rest in peace. It’s what she deserves. We love you and miss you Mommy. Quincy, Christian, Jessie & D’Lila.”
As previously reported by Face2Face Africa, Porter passed away on November 15, 2018, in her Los Angeles home. The coroner previously filed the model and actress’ cause of death as “deferred” before updating it to lobar pneumonia.
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