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Erik Swann

Diddy’s Mom Responds After Netflix’s New Docuseries Includes Claims About Her Being An ‘Abusive’ Parent

Sean Combs speaks to Charlamagne tha God for Revolt .

Sean Combs: The Reckoning – one of the latest 2025 Netflix releases – continues to spark responses from those depicted within the show. Days ago, Diddy himself called out the streamer for allegedly using “stolen footage” in the doc, which was produced by 50 Cent. The episodes feature interviewees making various claims against Combs and, additionally, his mother, Janice, is accused of being an “abusive” parent. Now, the matriarch is responding to the accusations, and she's not pleased with what’s been said.

The allegations in question were made by a few of Diddy’s childhood friends – Tim Patterson and Kirk Burrowes. Patterson alleged that Janice Combs was violent towards her son and said it “wasn’t a joking thing.” On top of that, Burrows also claimed he witnessed Sean slap Janice following a celebrity basketball game in 1991. Janice responded to those claims via a statement (via Deadline) released on Saturday, December 6. In it, she vehemently denied the accusations, decrying the notion that she’d been abusive towards his son:

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