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Amazon and the mysterious publisher of a sketchy book claiming to be the late Kim Porter’s memoir have been sent a cease-and-desist letter from Porter’s ex, singer Al B Sure!
The left-field best-seller claims the “Nite and Day” singer — born Albert Joseph Brown III — engaged in sexual relations with Porter and another of her exes, Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Sure! is now trying to block the tome’s sale.
The book, “Kim’s Lost Words,” was self-published under the pseudonym “Jamal T. Millwood” — a name conspiracy theorists have said is the alias of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur — on Amazon this month by a man whose real name is Todd Christopher Guzze.
According to Rolling Stone, Guzze — an “investigative producer, author and journalist” who goes by the name Chris Todd — has boasted he has investigated controversial stories about JonBenét Ramsey, the Zodiac Killer and Kurt Cobain’s death.
The singer is trying to halt the sale of an alleged Kim Porter memoir. Getty Images Porter and Diddy were together off and on from 1994 until 2007, and have three children together. FilmMagicGuzze – along with Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and CEO Andy Jassy — were sent the cease-and-desist by Robert J. Hantman, a lawyer for Sure!, on Friday.
Sure! is claiming in the letter that he has been “defamed by false and malicious statements published,” and wants sales halted.
The letter also states, “Should you fail to comply with these demands within ten days, we will have no alternative but to pursue all legal remedies available, including filing a lawsuit for defamation.”
The singer’s hits include the 1988 song, “Nite and Day.” Getty Images The cease-and-desist claims the book “falsely portrays” the singer. WireImageThe book is currently a best-seller on Amazon, and the letter claims it, “falsely portrays Mr. Brown as engaging in fabricated sexual conduct, particularly with Sean Combs and the mother of his son, Quincy.”
The letter adds: “By misrepresenting his personal life and fabricating serious, false accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior, these defamatory claims have caused significant damage to Mr. Brown’s reputation.”
Sure! tells Page Six, “The part with me, I have nothing to do with any activity of that nature,” he says. “It’s the most disgusting, heinous lie I have ever heard of in my life.”
The book was self published on Amazon and the author has admitted he is unsure how much is true. Sandra Rose/FilmMagic.com Sure is the biological father of Combs’ adopted son, Quincy. Getty ImagesThe letter is demanding that the author stop selling the book, and issue a public apology that, “must be clear, unequivocal, and widely circulated.”
Hantman tells us, “Amazon should be held to a higher standard,” and, “as if a fake memoir is not enough, it is shocking that Jeff Bezos’ Amazon would distribute it without any investigation of its validity or accuracy.”
Guzze claimed to Rolling Stone that his sources, “had [Porter’s] flash drive. I didn’t ask too many questions about how they got it [or] where did it come from.”
The letter demands the author and Amazon stop selling the book. Getty Images Sure! has also raised questions about Porter’s death from pneumonia in 2018. Getty ImagesHe also admitted to the publication, “If somebody put my feet to the fire and they said, ‘Life or death, is that book real?’ I have to say I don’t know. But it’s real enough to me.” He added, “Sometimes you have to just put it out there. Maybe not 100% of the book is true, but maybe 80% is.”
Porter’s children — Quincy, Christian “King” Combs, D’Lila Combs and Jessie Combs — have also come out against the book saying it contains “hurtful and false rumors.”
“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 social media post.
Sure! tells Page Six of his portrayal in the book, “I have nothing to do with any activity of that nature.” Paul Martinka Porter’s children have issued a statement claiming their mother did not write a book. APAn attorney for Combs told Billboard, “The Kim Porter ‘memoir’ is fake. It is also offensive – a shameless attempt to profit from tragedy.”
Porter and Sure! were married from 1989 to 1990 and had a son, Quincy, together.
Porter and Combs were off and on from 1994 until 2007, and have three children together.
Diddy has been charged on multiple charges, and pleaded not guilty. REUTERSPorter died from pneumonia in 2018.
Sure! is also asking that an investigation into her death be reopened, telling us, he wants, “Justice for Kimberly Porter.”
“Let’s solve this situation with Kimberly Porter,” he told us. “This wonderful human being does not deserve to be deceased. The math is finally matching that she is not just gone by mistake.”
Diddy’s homes were raided by Homeland Security. Getty Images for Sean "Diddy" Combs A federal investigation claimed that Diddy would host multi-day sex parties called “Freak Offs.” ZUMAPRESS.com / MEGAIn their collective statement, her children addressed rumors about her cause of death, saying “The cause of her death has long been established. There was no foul play.”
The book was published before Combs was arrested and charged with racketeering and trafficking among other allegations.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges, and is being held without bond at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, NY.
Prosecutors allege that Combs forced victims and sex workers to perform in wild so-called “Freak Offs.”
He is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, NY. Getty ImagesHis lawyer has fired back, “These are consensual adults doing what consensual adults do… we can’t get so puritanical in this country to think that somehow sex is a bad thing because if it was, there would be no more people.”
In 2023, Combs was sued by his former girlfriend, singer Cassie, who accused him of domestic and sexual abuse. They quickly settled the suit a day later, though Combs admitted to wrongdoing.
In May, a video emerged of him viciously beating her in a hotel hallway, for which he then publicly apologized.
