Amazon has actually gotten rid of from its website a narrative that declares that hip-hop magnate Sean Combs physically abused his long time sweetheart Kim Porter, whose unforeseen death in 2018 at age 47 has actually been the source of conspiracies.
The book was self-published under the pseudonym “Jamal T. Millwood” by Todd Christopher Guzze, who passes the name Chris Todd and explains himself as an investigative manufacturer.
“We were warned of a conflict concerning this title and have actually alerted the publisher,” an Amazon representative stated in a declaration. “The book is not presently readily available for sale in our shop.”
The book was gotten rid of from the online shop Tuesday.
The representative stated they were unable to share sales information.
Todd has actually informed media outlets, consisting of Rolling Stone, that the book was provided to him on a flash drive by 2 music market sources. He informed the publication he might not ensure the book’s credibility, Rolling Stone reported that he stated he “thinks it to be real.”
When reached by phone Thursday, Todd did not supply a discuss Amazon’s elimination of the book.
A representative for Barnes & & Noble stated that the business had actually likewise gotten rid of the book from its site which it was never ever readily available in its shops.
Porter’s 4 kids– Quincy, Christian, Jessie and D’Lila– knocked the book, entitled “Kim’s Lost Words: A Journey for Justice, From the Other Side …,” which likewise explains Combs’ supposed sexual encounters in specific terms, last month after it ended up being a bestseller.
Combs fathered Christian and twin women, Jessie and D’Lila, with Porter. Quincy is the child of R&B vocalist Al B. Sure, born Albert Joseph Brown III, who has actually likewise slammed the book and released a cease-and-desist letter to its publisher, Andy Jassy, the CEO of Amazon, and the business’s creator, Jeff Bezos.
In the letter, Brown stated he has actually been maligned by incorrect and destructive declarations released in the book and required retraction “of the defamatory declarations” worrying him and Porter. The letter likewise required that sales of the book be stopped and threatened legal action within 10 days if the needs were not satisfied. Amongst the claims that Brown disagreed with is the claims that he had actually taken part in sex with Combs, the letter states.
Brown has actually called the book phony, unapproved rubbish.
Late last month, Porter’s 4 kids stated in a declaration: “Claims that our mama composed a book are merely incorrect. And anybody declaring to have a manuscript is misrepresenting themselves.”
Porter passed away in November 2018 due to what the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner stated was pneumonia. Her way of death was ruled natural.
Kim Porter and Sean “Diddy” Combs in Universal City, Calif., in 2003. Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic
Her kids likewise stated in their declaration that Porter’s cause of death had actually “long been developed.”
“We are deeply saddened that the world has actually made a phenomenon of what has actually been the most awful occasion of our lives,” her kids stated.