Updated 9/24/24 at 6:58 p.m. ET
As controversy continues to swirl around the alleged Kim Porter “memoir” currently selling on Amazon, Erica Wolf, an attorney for Sean Combs, has issued a statement calling the project a “fake” and condemning co-author Chris Todd’s disrespect of Porter.
“The Kim Porter ‘memoir’ is fake. It is also offensive – a shameless attempt to profit from tragedy,” Wolf said in a statement to The Root. “Chris Todd has no respect for Ms. Porter or her family, who deserve better. Unlike the fabrications in his sickening ‘memoir,’ it is an established fact that Ms. Porter died of natural causes. May she rest in peace.”
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The shocking arrest of Sean “Diddy” Combs has caused renewed interest in his relationships. In the aftermath of the allegations against the music mogul, Kim Porter, the late mother of four of his children, has found her name once again dragged into controversy.
Jamal T. Millwood’s “Kim’s Lost Words: A Journey for Justice from the Other Side…” has become a bestseller on Amazon’s charts. Released on Sept. 6 — 10 days before Combs’ arrest and indictment — the book allegedly comprises Porter’s journal entries during her relationship with the rapper/producer.
However, those closest to Porter are calling the project a straight sham: her close friend Eboni Elektra took to Instagram to clarify the rumors surrounding the project.
“THERE IS NO BOOK! There never was. Several people continue to speak about and spread blatant lies regarding this ‘mystery manuscript’ as if it were true,” Elektra wrote. “People…IT’S NOT. Kim would never do such a thing and that’s the honest to God truth. God knows the truth and so does she.”
Singer/producer Al B. Sure, with whom Porter shared son Quincy, also called the project “FAKE Unauthorized nonsense” in a lengthy Instagram post.
Sure — whose real name is Albert Joseph Brown III — is also threatening to sue Millwood and publisher Chris Todd over content in the book alleging he had sex with Diddy, according to Page Six.
Todd explained how he allegedly acquired these journals, raising yet another red flag with it’s sketchiness.
“I was lucky enough to meet someone that purported to have Kim Porter’s flash drive,” he told Daily Mail in an interview. “I know the celebrity source pretty well. I know how close they were to Kim and Diddy, and all the people in the hip-hop community. This was supposedly for Kim Porter from the grave, to come forward and tell her story.”
While we may never know if the contents of the book are authentic with absolute certainty, having those closest to Porter publicly cast doubt on it certainly raises eyebrows.