Courtney Burgess, a court of inquiry witness in the trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, responded to the rapper’s sons, Christian Combs and Quincy Brown, after they filed a cease and desist against him.
Combs’ children previously banded together to serve Burgess with a cease-and-desist order after he began selling an unauthorized book allegedly written by Christian and Quincy’s late mother, Kim Porter.
They claimed that Burgess is trying to capitalize on her late mother’s fame by selling a book to be titled Kim Porter Tell It All.
In response, Burgess, a court of inquiry witness in the disgraced media mogul’s trial, made a direct statement in his legal submission with his lawyer Ariel Mitchell.
Burgess responded and said Porter was neither an actress nor an entertainer, and that her fame was tied solely to being the media mogul’s ‘long-time lover,’ according to TMZ.
Courtney Burgess, a court of inquiry witness in the trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, responded to the rapper’s sons, Christian Combs and Quincy Brown, after they filed a cease and desist against him.
Combs’ children previously banded together to serve Burgess with a cease-and-desist order after he began selling an unauthorized book allegedly written by Christian and Quincy’s late mother, Kim Porter; photographed in January 2020 in Los Angeles.
Burgess claimed that he owns the copyright to the book and alleged that Porter gave him the rights to his intellectual property before his death in 2018.
Their statement flies in the face of Christian and Quincy’s earlier statement, in which they said they became the rightful heirs and true owners of their late mother’s intellectual property rights, including her alleged diary entries after her death.
As for Burgess’s alleged past connection to Porter, his attorney Mitchell told TMZ that they previously met through a mutual friend who was a music producer.
Mitchell claimed that Porter told Burgess in a phone call that he was going to give him a copy of his memoirs and that’s how he obtained the alleged diary entries and the rights to distribute them.
This comes amid Burgess reportedly meeting with federal prosecutors in New York City regarding Combs’ ongoing case.
Burgess previously claimed he possessed explicit tapes showing encounters with celebrities.
As the court of inquiry witnesses in Combs’ ongoing trial, Burgess’s phone, which contained a copy of the flash drive data related to Porter’s book, was allegedly confiscated amid the investigation.
Christian and Quincy also told Burgess that they wanted an accounting of all the money he had made from the book.
They claimed Burgess is trying to cash in on his late mother’s fame by selling a tell-all book. In response, Burgess, a witness at Diddy’s trial, made a pointed statement in his presentation; Left to right: D’Lila Star Combs, Kim Porter, Christian Combs, Quincy Brown, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Jessie James Combs pictured October 2018
Burgess claimed he owns the copyright to the book and alleged that Porter gave him the rights to his intellectual property before his death in 2018, but his children say they became heirs to his intellectual property; Pictured in November 2014 in Atlanta.
This comes amid Burgess reportedly meeting with federal prosecutors in New York City regarding Combs’ ongoing case. Burgess previously claimed he possessed explicit tapes showing encounters with celebrities.
As for the allegations against him, Combs pleaded not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges contained in an indictment unsealed the day after his arrest on September 16; photographed in August 2023 in Atlanta
Meanwhile, Burgess called his cease and desist a “desperate strategy” designed by his father to extort money.
Additionally, Burgess said this “pathetic attempt illustrates how dire the financial situation is” for Combs and his children.
Late last month, Burgess testified before the grand jury in the Southern District of New York.
He claimed he was given 11 flash drives containing at least eight sex tapes involving eight celebrities.
Among Combs’ alleged victims, Burgess claimed that “two or three” were minors.
Burgess said he was working in Atlanta when Porter, his former partner, shared the flash drives with him.
He also said he received an unedited manuscript of Porter’s purported memoirs titled Kim’s Lost Words: A Journey for Justice from the Other Side.
As for the allegations against him, Combs pleaded not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges contained in an indictment unsealed the day after his arrest on September 16.
The charges include allegations that he coerced and abused women for years, with the help of associates and employees, and silenced victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnappings, arson and physical beatings.
He has remained jailed and his criminal trial date is pending on May 5, after two judges denied bail in appealed rulings to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
More recently, he applied for bail for the third time.