Amazon says late model Kim Porter's best-selling memoir about her years with accused sex trafficker Sean “Diddy” Combs is a complete fabrication, according to her two children. Publication of the book was canceled due to strong criticism.
The 59-page book, riddled with typos, “Kim's Lost Words: A Journey of Justice from the Other Side…'' claims to be based on recently discovered writings by Porter, who died in 2018, and in it… It detailed allegations of abuse by Combs. Their on-and-off relationship from 1994 to 2007.
The book was a bestseller on Amazon, but the online site pulled it on Tuesday, citing serious suspicions that it was pure fiction.
An Amazon spokesperson said: “We are aware of a dispute regarding this title and have notified the publisher.” “This book is currently not for sale in our store.”
Combs' children, Porter, Christian, 26, and twin daughters Jessie and Delilah, 17, published the book, which the self-proclaimed investigative journalist self-published under a pseudonym on September 6, on Amazon. After that, they accused it of being a fake. Bestsellers of September.
“The claim that our mother wrote the book is completely false. She did not, and anyone who claims to have the manuscript is lying to themselves. ” their statement said.
Still, the $25 book quickly rose to number one on Amazon's bestseller list. The book's author is listed as Jamal T. Millwood, which conspiracy theorists who claim Tupac Shakur is still alive says is an alias he used. The rap icon was shot and killed in 1996.
The book's independent publisher, Todd Christopher Goodse, said a source “very close to Kim and Sean Combs” provided “flash drives, documents, tapes” from Porter and used them to create the memoir. He claimed to have pieced together the .
Sales of the memoir soared following news of Combs' arrest on September 16th at a New York City hotel and the shocking details alleged in the indictment against him.
Combs was charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
He pleaded not guilty but was denied bail on charges stemming from allegations of sexual abuse at the height of his career in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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