Amazon has pulled a memoir purported to have been written by ex-Sean “Diddy” Combs partner Kim Porter following complaints from her children that the book was fabricated.
The book, “Kim’s Lost Words: A Journey for Justice, From the Other Side,” was self-published by a producer named Todd Christopher Guzze under the pseudonym Jamal T. Millwood. He claims to have compiled it from a flash drive of documents and diary entries that told the story of Porter’s abusive relationship with Combs.
The $22 paperback took off and briefly became the top seller on Amazon last month after Combs’ September arrest on sex trafficking and racketeering charges and speculation by Porter’s ex-husband that she had been murdered.
Porter died suddenly from pneumonia in 2018 at age 47. She and Combs shared three children: Christian, 26, and twins Jessie and D’Lila Combs, 17. Combs also helped raise her son her son Quincy Brown, 33, whom she had with the producer Al B Sure.
The producer, whose real name is Albert Joseph Brown III, raised suspicions about the book’s origins last month following Combs’ arrest, going so far as to send the publisher a cease-and-desist letter.
Porter’s children followed suit, saying it was “simply untrue” she had written a book.
“Anyone claiming to have a manuscript is misrepresenting themselves,” they said in a statement. “Additionally, please understand that any so-called ‘friend’ speaking on behalf of our mom or her family is not a friend. Nor do they have her best interests at heart.”
Amazon confirmed it had stop selling the book on Tuesday.
“We were made aware of a dispute regarding this title and have notified the publisher,” an Amazon spokesperson said in a statement. “The book is not currently available for sale in our store.”