50 Cent and documentary maker Alexandria Stapleton have sat down with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America to discuss Sean Combs: The Reckoning, a new four-part Netflix documentary examining the controversies surrounding Sean “Diddy” Combs over the past year. The series premieres at midnight on 2 December.
During the interview, the pair revealed that the documentary includes previously unseen footage captured in the days leading up to Combs’ arrest in New York last September. In clips obtained by Netflix, Combs is seen debating legal strategy with his lawyers, expressing frustration at how his team was handling the situation.
One segment features Combs telling his legal advisers:
“I’m going to get off the phone right now and let you professionals look at the situation and come back to me with a solution… Y’all are not working together the right way. We’re losing.”
When asked what stood out, 50 Cent said he was struck by the fact that Combs chose to film those moments at all:
Alexandria Stapleton. also said “It was surprising that he actually filmed it… He’s somebody who deeply understands brand presence and marketing, and you could see him thinking about how he was coming across to the public.”
However, the circumstances around how this footage reached 50 Cent are now raising questions. According to Combs’ team, a videographer who routinely documented him did not attend to delivering during those days, instead sending another individual to deliver the videos. Combs reportedly had a legal agreement with the original videographer, but it is unclear whether that agreement extended to the substitute delivery guy who got hold of the material.
Diddy’s attorneys, according to Loren Lorossa of the Breakfast Club, only learned after the documentary surfaced that the individual who filmed that period had allegedly never been paid. With ownership rights now uncertain, it appears that all material — edited and unedited — was sold or transferred, enabling 50 Cent and Netflix to legally use it.
As a result, audiences may soon witness footage that Combs himself may not have intended to become public had he maintained control of it.
There are some notable appearances including Eric Sermon of EPMD, Brooklyn Baps from ‘Making The Band’, Clayton Howard, Capricorn Clark, and some jurors from the trial.
Sean Combs: The Reckoning is the upcoming television documentary miniseries about the sexual misconduct allegations against rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs. Directed by Alex Stapleton, the documentary will be released on Netflix on December 2, 2025, in partnership with G-Unit Films and Television.
