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An alleged Kim Porter memoir, comprised of reported diary entries, has landed on Amazon amid Sean “Diddy” Combs’ arrest. Kim’s Misplaced Phrases: A Journey for Justice from the Different Facet… was launched on the retail website on Sept. 6, round every week earlier than Combs was indicted on intercourse trafficking and racketeering prices.
Based on Day by day Mail, the 60-page guide was printed by Chris Todd, a Los Angeles producer who alleges that the guide comprises particulars Porter saved on a flash drive and gave to associates previous to her sudden dying virtually six years in the past. Todd launched the unauthorized memoir beneath the identify “Jamal T. Millwood,” per Day by day Mail. He’s listed as co-writer together with Porter.
The guide is at the moment No. 1 on Amazon’s bestsellers listing within the class of Western U.S. Biographies.
Todd offered no proof to show disturbing allegations within the guide, which incorporates a number of claims of bodily abuse.
“I used to be fortunate sufficient to fulfill somebody that presupposed to have Kim Porter’s flash drive,” he advised the media outlet. “I do know the superstar supply fairly properly. I understand how shut they have been to Kim and Diddy, and all of the individuals within the hip-hop group. This was supposedly for Kim Porter from the grave, to return ahead and inform her story.”
Todd added, “This can be a harmful scenario, and I didn’t need to declare possession of Kim’s phrases. However now I’m keen to return ahead due to the current arrest of Sean Combs. Now [that] the federal authorities has lastly acted, I really feel safer to return ahead.”
Federal authorities arrested Combs in New York Metropolis on Monday. The following day, authorities launched a 14-page indictment stating partially, “For many years, Sean Combs … abused, threatened and coerced girls and others round him to meet his sexual wishes, defend his repute and conceal his conduct.”
The 54-year-old rap mogul, who pleaded not responsible to all prices, was twice denied bail and at the moment stays at Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn. His launch date is listed as unknown.
As beforehand reported, Combs has been positioned on suicide watch as a procedural measure for high-profile inmates. In a press release to Billboard, Combs’ spokesperson famous, “Mr. Combs is powerful, wholesome and centered on his protection. He’s dedicated to preventing this case and has full confidence in each his authorized staff and the reality.”
Porter, a mom of 4 who shared three youngsters with Combs — son Christian and twin daughters Jessie and D’Lilah – and an elder son, Quincy, with R&B singer Al B. Positive, died from pneumonia in November 2018.
