12/12/2025
Diddy threatened lawsuits. Netflix dropped the documentary anyway. And now the legal world is dissecting every frame of Sean Combs: The Reckoning — the footage, the accusations, the opinions, the claims about Tupac and Biggie, and the question on everyone’s mind: does Diddy actually have any legal recourse, or is this all smoke with no fire?
In this extended interview, defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis walks us through the fallout. The cease-and-desist letter. The “stolen footage” allegation. The fact that Diddy hasn’t filed one single action against Netflix despite calling the documentary a “shameful hit piece.” And the brutal reality facing any public figure who tries to sue for defamation in 2025: the “actual malice” standard is a brick wall that even billionaires struggle to climb.
We dig into ownership disputes over decades-old video archives, the impact of not having formal contracts with your own videographers, and why 50 Cent’s role as executive producer doesn’t automatically hand Diddy a legal weapon — even with two decades of public feuding behind them. We also break down how anti-SLAPP laws could flip the entire thing back onto Diddy if he files the wrong lawsuit in the wrong state.
Then we pivot to the explosive allegations surrounding Tupac and Biggie. Keffe D’s statements. Kirk Burrowes’ journals. Claims of secret compartments and cross-country car runs. Why prosecutors in Las Vegas have not brought Diddy into Keffe D’s murder trial — and whether there’s any world in which Diddy could still face criminal exposure decades later. Eric breaks down why unsolved-murder accusations make headlines but rarely become charges unless they’re backed by something prosecutors can actually take to a jury.
We close with the Anna Kepner case, where an 18-year-old died aboard a cruise ship, a 16-year-old stepbrother is named as the suspect in custody filings, and yet no criminal charges have been brought. Why is the FBI so quiet? What does the timeline suggest? And what should we make of a family presenting polished unity on one side, and witnesses describing chokeholds and aggression on the other?
This episode covers three cases, three different systems, and one central question:
When the facts are this complicated, what does justice even look like?
