Kim Porter’s Kids Slam ‘Conspiracy Theories’ About Her Death

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Last week, Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested and charged with sex trafficking. In the wake of his indictment, rumors and speculation have been swirling around many of his relationships with other celebrities — including his late ex-girlfriend, Kim Porter. Porter was found unresponsive in her San Fernando Valley home in 2018. At the time, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office listed the cause of death as pneumonia — but questions around the circumstances of her death reached a fever pitch this week when Porter’s ex Al B. Sure! (given name Albert Joseph Brown) alleged in a series of Instagram posts on Monday that she was the victim of a “tragic murder.” Now, Diddy and Porter’s four children have made a statement slamming the “horrific conspiracy theories” surrounding their mother’s life and death.

In his posts, Brown also claimed that “an entire group of individuals who worked at or around the [Porter] residence” had conspired to block the publication of Porter’s memoir — which he claimed was different from another recently released book purported to be Porter’s “memoir.” That book — titled KIM’S LOST WORDS: A Journey for Justice, From the Other Side, by Jamal T. Millwood — is currently available on Amazon and reportedly includes details about the alleged orgies and multi-day “Freak Offs” Diddy hosted over the years. According to the Daily Mail, Millwood is a pseudonym for Los Angeles–based producer Chris Todd, who apparently told the tabloid that Porter shared a thumb drive of her writing with several friends, which he got a hold of, edited, and published. Brown called Todd’s book “fabricated bullshit and offensive pages.” (For what it’s worth, according to Rolling Stone, Todd himself says he is unable to guarantee the book’s authenticity.)

Now, Porter’s kids say there was never any book to begin with: “Claims that our mom wrote a book are simply untrue. She did not. And anyone claiming to have a manuscript is misrepresenting themselves,” they wrote in a statement posted on Instagram on Tuesday. “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.” Diddy’s attorney Erica Wolf also told People that the Amazon memoir is “fake,” “offensive,” and “a shameless attempt to profit from tragedy.”

The kids — 26-year-old Christian Combs, 17-year-old twins Jessie and D’Lila Combs, and 33-year-old Quincy Taylor Brown (Brown’s biological son whom Diddy adopted after he began dating Porter in 2003) — also reiterated that their mother had died of natural causes. “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,” they wrote. “There was no foul play.” They captioned the post, “We love you Mommy 🕊️💜.”

The statement did not address the charges against Diddy, who is currently being held without bail at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center. Rather, they requested peace and respect for their mother, as they 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 concluded. “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.”