{"id":439648,"date":"2025-12-11T08:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/439648\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T08:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:10:12","slug":"sean-diddy-combs-videographer-breaks-silence-on-50-cent-doc-footage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/439648\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Videographer Breaks Silence on 50 Cent Doc Footage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe documentarian hired to film Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs over the past two years has shed light on how Netflix<\/a> obtained behind-the-scenes footage of Combs in the days leading up to his arrest.<\/p>\n

\n\tMichael Oberlies squashed online rumors of there being a \u201cfee dispute or contract issue,\u201d instead claiming 50 Cent<\/a> and the director of\u00a0Sean Combs<\/a>: The Reckoning\u00a0seemingly wound up with the footage because he hired a freelancer to briefly fill in for him.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFor over two years we have been working on a project profiling Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs,\u201d Oberlies says in a statement provided to\u00a0Rolling Stone. \u201cThe footage in question was not released by me or anyone authorized to handle Sean Combs\u2019 materials; it was by a third party who covered for me for three days while I was out of state. This incident had nothing to do with any fee dispute or contract issue. The actions of the parties involved reflect the lack of integrity every storyteller should uphold. Taking footage intended for our project to advance a narrative that was not our own is both unethical and unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHow Netflix obtained the jaw-dropping footage for the four-episode documentary has been a dominating theme surrounding the project. Director Alexandria Stapleton and Netflix have been adamant the footage was \u201clegally obtained,\u201d they said in previous statements.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tCameras show Combs at his Park Hyatt hotel room in New York City on September 10, 2024 \u2014\u00a0just six days before he was arrested. (The 56-year-old was acquitted of the more serious charges in July, but was sentenced to 50 months in prison after being found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution charges.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThough relatively brief, the footage gives an unprecedented look into Combs\u2019 inner sanctum. In the process of filming his own potential documentary, Combs instructs his criminal defense attorney Marc Agnifilo to forget about only appearing on CNN to pump out his narrative, but to find \u201csomebody that has dealt in the dirtiest of dirtiest, dirty business of media and propaganda\u201d to target potential jurors on Instagram and TikTok.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tHe gives pointers to the apparent fill-in videographer, telling them to get \u201ccutaway shots\u201d of police officers who happen to be on a nearby roof. Combs hugs and smiles with fans at a local Harlem bar, but once back in his SUV, Combs laughs about needing hand sanitizer and wanting to take a hot bath because he\u2019s \u201cbeen out in the streets amongst the people.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tCombs was also seen raging in real time when he learned of former Danity Kane and Diddy-Dirty Money artist Dawn Richard\u2019s sexual harassment lawsuit against him, declaring the \u201cgloves are off.\u201d He directed people in his camp, including his adult son Justin, to circulate old clips of Richard praising him in interviews. He also called in a favor from Diddy-Dirty Money member Kalenna Harper, begging her to release a statement disputing Richard\u2019s claims. During pre-trial hearings, Southern District of New York prosecutors pointed to Combs\u2019 repeated calls and texts to Harper as a form of witness tampering. (Harper eventually released a statement. Combs\u2019 attorneys denied the accusation.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tOberlies has worked with Combs since at least 2019. A resident personal photographer for the music mogul, the 36-year-old captured Combs\u2019 star-studded 50th birthday at his Los Angeles house; documented him as he recorded 2023\u2019s The Love Album: Off the Grid; and even accompanied Combs\u2019 adult sons to court in a show of support when Combs was arraigned on federal sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges on Sept. 17, 2024.\u00a0(Rolling Stone has reached out to the freelance videographer for comment.)<\/p>\n

\n\tCombs was seemingly caught off guard that Netflix had obtained the footage, with his team sending a cease and desist letter to Netflix before the documentary aired.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tCalling the project a \u201chit piece,\u201d and accusing the streamer of violating copyright laws<\/a> if they aired the footage, attorneys for Combs vowed he \u201chas not hesitated to take legal action against media entities and others who violate his rights, and he will not hesitate to do so against Netflix,\u201d according to a copy of the letter obtained by Rolling Stone. (Earlier this year, Combs sued NBCUniversal for $100 million over its documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy. The case is ongoing.)<\/p>\n

\n\tHowever, since the documentary aired, Combs has taken no legal action against Netflix. Director Stapleton has previously maintained she obtained the footage \u201clegally\u201d and had the \u201cthe necessary rights\u201d to include it. \u201cWe moved heaven and Earth to keep the filmmaker\u2019s identity confidential,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cOne thing about Sean Combs is that he\u2019s always filming himself, and it\u2019s been an obsession throughout the decades. We also reached out to Sean Combs\u2019 legal team for an interview and comment multiple times, but did not hear back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The documentarian hired to film Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs over the past two years has shed light on how…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":439649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4089,171,4659,28375,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-439648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-50-cent","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-netflix","11":"tag-sean-combs","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115699923417635447","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}