Kim Porter‘s children are speaking out about a memoir purportedly written by their mother, calling the claims she authored a book “simply untrue.” The children, Christian “King” Combs, D’Lila Combs, and Jessie Combs, Porter’s three kids with Sean “Diddy” Combs, and Quincy Brown, Porter’s child from her relationship with Albert Joseph Brown (a.k.a. Al B. Sure!), released a joint statement on Instagram last night addressing the speculation.
“We have seen so many hurtful and false rumors circulating about our parents, Kim Porter and Sean Combs’ relationship, as well as about our mom’s tragic passing, that we feel the need to speak out,” they wrote in the statement. “Claims that our mom wrote a book are simply untrue. She did not, and anyone claiming to have a manuscript is misrepresenting themselves. Additionally, please understand that any so-called ‘friend’ speaking on behalf of our mom or her family is no a friend, nor do they have her best interests at heart.”
“Our lives were shattered when we lost our mother,” the statement continued. “She was our world, and nothing has been the same since she passed. While it has been incredibly difficult to reconcile how she could be taken from us too soon, the cause of her death has long been established. There was no foul play. Grief is a lifelong process, and we ask that everyone respect our request for peace as we continue to cope with her loss every day. We are deeply saddened that the world has made a spectacle of what has been the most tragic event of our lives.”
They added, before signing off as “Quincy, Christian, Jessie and D’Lila,” “Our mother should be remembered for the beautiful, strong, kind, and loving woman she was. Her memory should not be tainted by horrific conspiracy theories. We ask that everyone please respect our mother, Kim Porter, and hold her legacy in high regard so that she may rest in peace. It’s what she deserves.”
The 59-page book titled KIM’S LOST WORDS: A journey for justice, from the other side… was self-published on Amazon earlier this month, tracing Porter’s alleged tumultuous relationship with Sean “Diddy” Combs before her sudden death from lobar pneumonia in 2018.
Its numerous typos, factual inaccuracies, and incredulous claims involving high-profile names made little traction upon its release, but after Combs’ arrest on sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges, sales have skyrocketed. The $22 book became Amazon’s Number One bestseller, outperforming new releases from Sally Rooney, Nicholas Sparks, Hillary Clinton, and Ina Garten.
The alleged memoir’s sexually explicit allegations have been widely circulating on social media, amid rampant speculation, misinformation and memes surrounding Combs and his looming criminal trial.
Since its release, Porter’s family members and friends have insisted the memoir is fake and is filled with “fabricated bullshit and offensive pages,” according to Porter’s ex-partner Al B. Sure!. The singer-songwriter — who shares son Quincy Brown with the late model — said there will be a “significant suit headed right for the heads of the responsible parties who dragged my name into this bullshit.”
A man by the name of Chris Todd — real name Todd Christopher Guzze, according to records — is behind the book. He describes himself as a producer, author and investigative journalist, and claims to have worked on and solved some of pop culture’s biggest murder investigations, including Nicole Brown Simpson, JonBenét Ramsey, and the Zodiac killer, among others.
Todd recently told Rolling Stone he believes the memoir is real, but when pressed on who the sources are or how he could guarantee they had legitimate writings from Porter, he declined to give specifics on how he fact-checked or verified the material. “If somebody put my feet to the fire and they said, ‘Life or death, is that book real?’ I have to say I don’t know. But it’s real enough to me,” Todd said. “Sometimes you have to just put it out there.”
After several lawsuits in recent months alleging sexual assault and other crimes, Combs was indicted Sept. 17 on charges of sex trafficking by force, racketeering conspiracy, fraud or coercion and transporting for prostitution. Combs’ attorney, Marc Agnifilo, called it an “unjust prosecution,” and said his client is “an innocent man with nothing to hide.”
