Why was Kim Porter’s book about Diddy removed?

Why was Kim Porter’s book about Diddy removed?

October 3, 2024, 12:56 p.m

Why was Kim Porter's book about Diddy removed?

Why was Kim Porter’s book about Diddy removed?

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A book reportedly written by Kim Porter documenting her relationship with Diddy has been removed from online stores. But why was Porter’s book removed? Here’s everything we know.

Kim Porter’s memoir about her decade-long relationship with Diddy has been removed from online stores after her children criticized the book for “many hurtful and false rumors.”

The late actress and model’s diary entries were said to have been leaked by friends last month and appeared in a supposed memoir titled ” Kim’s lost words.

However, traces and excerpts from the book are no longer available online, and for this reason the memoir has been withdrawn.

Kim Porter and Sean

Kim Porter and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs in New York.

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Why was Kim Porter’s book about Diddy removed from the internet?

Online retailer Amazon has confirmed that Kim Porter’s memoir has been removed for purchase from its website after Porter and Combs’ children said the text was completely made up.

“We have been made aware of a dispute regarding this title and have notified the publisher,” an Amazon spokesperson said in a statement. “The book is currently not available in our shop.”

Porter and Combs’ four children previously released a statement saying the book was full of “false rumors” about their parents’ relationship and Porter’s death in 2018.

Justin Combs (front) and Christian Combs, sons of rapper and music producer Sean

Justin Combs (front) and Christian Combs, sons of rapper and music producer Sean “Diddy” Combs, leave federal court for their father’s bail hearing in New York on September 18, 2024.

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When was Kim Porter’s book published?

The release date for Kim’s Lost Words was September 2024 and contained 60 pages of Kim’s “lost” diary entries.

The person who published the article was Todd Christopher Guzze, who goes by the name Chris Todd and lists his profession as “investigative producer, author and journalist.”

Todd told the Associated Press in September that sources “very close to Kim and Sean Combs” provided him with a “flash drive, documents and tapes” from Porter, which he eventually put together to create the book . Todd used the pseudonym Jamal T Millwood when releasing the track.

Kim Porter and Diddy in 2004

Kim Porter and Diddy in 2004.

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