Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ‘Never Paid the Videographer’ Who Gave Footage to Netflix, Former Publicist Claims

If Sean “Diddy” Combs wanted to be in charge of his own narrative, he should have been more careful about his business practices, his former publicist claims.

“I was around him back in the day, and I was shocked at how sloppy he was when it came to paperwork,” Rob Shuter — who worked for the disgraced music mogul, 56, at the height of his fame — revealed in his Naughty But Nice Substack on Thursday, December 4.

“He always had photographers and video crews trailing him — everywhere, all the time — but because he was cheap, he refused to do formal contracts,” Shuter claimed.

And now his lax policies have led to a big problem: Intimate footage from Combs’ life are featured in the new Netflix documentary, Sean Combs: The Reckoning.

Reps for the imprisoned star alleged the footage he had been amassing for years was “stolen” for use in the 50 Cent-produced series in a statement to Variety on Monday, December 1: “It is fundamentally unfair, and illegal, for Netflix to misappropriate that work.”

Netflix has denied the claims. “We obtained the footage legally and have the necessary rights,” director Alexandria Stapleton explained to Tudum on Tuesday, December 2.

Shuter’s sources confirmed that as well, and the gossip columnist claimed the situation aligns with what he recalls from his time working with the Bad Boy Records founder. “Diddy never paid the videographer,” Shuter alleged. “And he never had a signed contract.”

The “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper still “expected loyalty” from those around him, Shuter continued, but “when you go to jail and suddenly someone is offering the cameraman money for footage? That’s not betrayal — that’s a business opportunity.”

Combs is currently serving 50 months in prison after being found guilty of two counts of transportation for prostitution.