Kim Porter's children have spoken out about a memoir their mother is said to have written, calling claims she has written a book “absolutely untrue.” The children, Christian “King” Combs, D'Lila Combs, and Jessi Combs, Porter's three children with Sean “Diddy” Combs, and Quincy Brown, Porter's child from her relationship with Albert Joseph Brown (aka Al B. Shore!), 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 our mother’s tragic death, that we feel the need to speak out,” they wrote in the statement. “The claims that our mother wrote a book are absolutely false. She did not, and anyone claiming to have the manuscript is misrepresenting themselves. Additionally, please understand that any so-called ‘friend’ speaking on behalf of our mother or her family is not a friend, and does not have her best interests at heart.”
“Our lives were shattered when we lost our mother. She was our world, and nothing has ever been the same since she was gone. While it has been incredibly difficult to reconcile how she was taken from us so soon, the cause of her death was determined long ago. There was no crime. Grief is a lifelong process, and we ask that everyone respect our request for peace as we continue to deal with her loss each day. We are deeply saddened that the world has made the most tragic event of our lives into a spectacle,” the statement continued.
“Our mother should be remembered as the beautiful, strong, kind, loving woman she was. Her memory should not be tainted by horrific conspiracy theories,” they added before signing off as “Quincy, Christian, Jesse and Delilah.” “We ask that everyone respect our mother Kim Porter and honor her legacy so that she may rest in peace. She deserves it.”
The 59-page book is titled: Kim's Lost Words: A Journey for Justice, from the Other Side… The book, which was released on Amazon earlier this month, traces the allegedly tumultuous relationship between Porter and Sean “Diddy” Combs before her sudden death from pneumonia in 2018.
The book, which contained numerous typos, factual inaccuracies, and unbelievable claims involving prominent names, was a flop upon release, but after Combs was arrested on sex trafficking and extortion charges, sales skyrocketed. The $22 book became a bestseller on Amazon, outselling new releases by Sally Rooney, Nicholas Sparks, Hillary Clinton, and Ina Garten.
Sexually explicit allegations in the alleged memoir have been widely circulated on social media, amid widespread speculation, misinformation and memes surrounding Combs and his impending criminal trial.
Since its release, Porter's family and friends have insisted the memoir is fake and filled with “contrived nonsense and offensive pages,” according to The Hill. Porter's former partner Al B. Shore!, the singer-songwriter who had a son, Quincy Brown, with the late model, said there would be “a major lawsuit directed directly at the heads of the responsible parties who dragged my name into this nonsense.”
The book's author is a man named Chris Todd — whose real name is Todd Christopher Josey, according to records. He describes himself as a producer, author, and investigative journalist, and claims to have worked on some of the biggest murder investigations in pop culture, including those of Nicole Brown Simpson, JonBenet Ramsey, the Zodiac Killer, and more.
Todd recently said, Rolling Stone Todd believes the memoirs are authentic, but when asked about sources or how he could ensure they had legitimate writings from Porter, he declined to give specifics about how he verified the material. “If someone put me under fire and said, ‘Life or death, is this book real?’ I would have to say I don’t know. But it’s real enough for me,” Todd said. “Sometimes you have to put it out there.”
After several lawsuits in recent months alleging sexual assault and other crimes, Combs was charged on Sept. 17 with sex trafficking by force, racketeering conspiracy, fraud or coercion, and transportation for the purpose of prostitution. Combs’ attorney, Mark Agnifilo, called the case an “unfair trial” and said his client was “an innocent man with nothing to hide.”
