LOS ANGELES (TND) — After months of speculation, hip-hop star Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson said he sold a multi-part docuseries about sexual assault allegations lodged against Sean "Diddy" Combs to a major streaming app.
NETFLIX wins the bidding war but if more victims keep coming out I’m gonna need more episodes," 50 Cent wrote on X Tuesday.TMZ was the first to report the news, noting the docuseries was produced through 50 Cent's G-Unit Film and Television Studios. The media outlet reported sources said the docuseries "will hit the streamer sooner than later."
The news comes as Crystal McKinney, a former model, filed a lawsuit claiming Diddy sexually assaulted her in 2003, according to TMZ. In the lawsuit, McKinney said Diddy forced her to perform oral sex on him in a bathroom at his studio.
"She claims she was subsequently blackballed from the modeling industry, got severely depressed and attempted suicide in 2004," TMZ noted.
Celebrities, including 50 Cent, have been speaking out against Diddy and the allegations, with tensions rising after security footage appears to show him attacking his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a hotel hallway in 2006.
In an apology video, Diddy said he was "truly sorry" and his actions were "inexcusable."
I take full responsibility for my actions in that video. I was disgusted then when I did it. I'm disgusted now," the music mogul said in the video posted Sunday to Instagram and Facebook.He added that he is "committed to being a better man each and every day. I'm not asking for forgiveness."
But 50 Cent and pop star Aubrey O'Day -- who both previously worked alongside Diddy in the music industry -- aren't buying it. They criticized Diddy in their own social media posts.
This is not going to work," 50 Cent wrote on X Sunday afternoon, just hours after Diddy posted the apology on social media. "Who is advising him right now? SMH bad move."O'Day also shared her feelings about Diddy's apology. She said he didn't seem to seek forgiveness from Ventura, but rather from the public.
In O'Day's post, she included a screenshot of Diddy's previous assertion that he was innocent.
Diddy did not apologize to Cassie. He apologized to the world for seeing what he did," O'Day wrote on X. "He says he's 'disgusted w himself now, and he was disgusted w himself then' ... but apparently he wasn’t disgusted enough w himself to not PIN this statement out calling her a liar & denying all of it.. leave god and mercy out of this, they aren’t present here, and you know it."Celebrities weren't the only ones commenting about the hotel footage.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office in an Instagram post said while it is aware of the footage that shows the attack and finds "the images extremely disturbing and difficult to watch," there is nothing it can do about it.
"If the conduct depicted occurred in 2016, unfortunately we would be unable to charge as the conduct would have occurred beyond the timeline where a crime of assault can be prosecuted," the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office noted in the post. "As of today, law enforcement has not presented a case related to the attack depicted in the video against Mr. Combs, but we encourage anyone who has been a victim or witness to a crime to report it to law enforcement or reach out to our office for support from our Bureau of Victims Services."According to 50 Cent, "they know they can’t charge him with what we saw, but they know we can’t un see [sic] what we saw."
Security footage obtained exclusively by CNN appears to show Diddy attacking Ventura. The media outlet shared the video Friday, noting that the incident occurred in 2016 at the now-closed InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles.
***WARNING: The following footage contains graphic content. Viewer discretion is advised.***
The video, dated March 5, 2016, closely resembles the description of an incident described in a November lawsuit filed by Ventura, accusing him of years of sexual abuse and other violence.
In the video, Ventura is seen rushing down a hallway. Diddy, who was wearing only a towel around his waist, chases after her.
He rushes up to her as she walks to get on an elevator before he punches her, from what can be seen in the video. He then throws her to the ground and kicks her.
Diddy picks up the bags Ventura had been carrying and kicks her again. He then drags her briefly.
In another video angle, Ventura is seen picking up a hotel photo. That's when Diddy appears to push her.
He later sits in a chair in the hallway and appears to throw an object at Ventura.
The gut-wrenching video has only further confirmed the disturbing and predatory behavior of Mr. Combs," Ventura's attorney, Douglas H. Wigdor, told CNN.The lawsuit said Diddy forced Ventura to have sex with male prostitutes while he filmed them. The suit was settled the day after it was filed.
Federal authorities recently raided at least two of his homes as he faces a slew of accusations. In December, a woman sued him, claiming he and two other men raped her 20 years ago in a New York City recording studio when she was 17.
In the lawsuit, the woman said she was in 11th grade at a high school in a Detroit suburb in 2003, when she met Harve Pierre, then the president of Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment record label, at a lounge.
Diddy, who is the founder of Bad Boy Records and a three-time Grammy winner, previously denied the accusations.
For the last couple of weeks, I have sat silently and watched people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy," Combs wrote on Instagram in December. "Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday. Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth."___________
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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