P. Diddy Sued by Ex-Partner
Former Bad Boy Entertainment president Kirk Burrowes has filed a
$25 million lawsuit against former business partner Sean “P. Diddy”
Combs, claiming that the rapper/mogul threatened him and bilked him
out of millions.
Burrowes is accusing Combs of entering his office with a
baseball bat and coercing him to sign over his stake in Bad Boy,
which he co-founded with Combs in 1992. Burrowes said that Combs
later apologized, but never rectified their financial differences.
The suit, filed in federal court in New York City Monday, charges
Combs with racketeering and breach of contract.
Combs called the allegations “pure fantasy” in a statement.
“Kirk Burrowes hasn’t been employed for seven years and now he
makes up a fictional story for financial gain,” Combs said. “He
should be ashamed of himself.”
Burrowes’ allegations aren’t the first time Combs has been
accused of office intimidation. In 1999 Interscope Records
executive Steve Stoute accused Combs and two associates of beating
him with a champagne bottle, chair and telephone for refusing to
cut Combs out of a Nas video. Combs admitted that he “lost his
cool,” but maintained that he didn’t assault Stoute with any of the
described articles and that Stoute’s claims of a broken arm and jaw
were false. He was charged with second-degree harassment and
sentenced to one day of anger management counseling.