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Sean "Diddy" Combs's attorneys at Sher Tremonte have stopped representing him over unpaid legal bills for more than six months, totaling an unspecified substantial amount. The law firm cites Combs's lack of cooperation as a reason for the withdrawal, while Combs accuses them of overcharging and claims he fired them due to unapproved charges. This dispute comes amid ongoing legal issues for Combs, including a defamation lawsuit and potential new sexual assault charges in Los Angeles.
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Story summary
Sean "Diddy" Combs' attorneys at Sher Tremonte LLP filed a motion to withdraw from representing him in his $100 million defamation lawsuit. According to court documents obtained by Page Six, Michael Tremonte, a partner at the firm, stated that Combs has not paid any legal fees for over six months and has made communication with their firm unreasonably difficult. The lawyers claim this lack of cooperation has led to a breakdown in attorney-client relations, making it impossible to continue providing effective services. The lawsuit was against Courtney Burgess, Ariel Mitchell, and Nexstar Media Inc. (which operates NewsNation), stemming from defamation allegations. NBC News also reported on the issue, noting that Combs' recent behavior has been increasingly belligerent.
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Attorneys representing rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs say they are no longer acting for the disgraced star in a dispute over months of unpaid legal bills.
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they → represent → bills
The musician, who is serving a 50-month federal prison term for prostitution-related offenses, has become increasingly belligerent in recent months, causing “a total breakdown in cooperation and communication” with New York law firm Sher Tremonte, one of its partners Michael Tremonte said in a court filing.
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one → serve → filing
The firm was representing Combs, 56, in a $100m civil defamation lawsuit stemming from his conviction last year in a sex-trafficking and racketeering case that also saw him acquitted of the most serious charges.
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him → represent → charges
Combs, Tremonte said in the filing seeking to withdraw as counsel, reported by NBC News, “has not paid a substantial balance of attorney’s fees, costs, and expenses” stretching more than six months.
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Tremonte → say → months
“The Firm’s representation has been rendered unreasonably difficult by Mr. Combs’s lack of cooperation, resulting in a breakdown in attorney-client communications and rendering Sher Tremonte incapable of continuing to provide effective legal services to Mr Combs,” the filing, in US district court in the southern district of New York, said.
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filing → render → York
For four of the months, it said, Combs has “declined to make himself available for timely, substantive, and direct communications about his cases”.
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himself → say → cases
In a statement provided by his representatives to the news outlet, Combs accused his lawyers of overcharging, and said that he fired them.
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he → provide → them
“I made the decision to switch lawyers because I won’t let anyone take advantage of me by overcharging me and running up bills that were never approved,” he said.
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he → make → bills
In an email to NBC, Tremonte rejected Combs’ claims and insisted his company had represented its client “zealously and very efficiently”.
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company → reject → client
“As stated in our court filings, we are withdrawing from representing him because he has not paid his long-overdue invoices and has become uncooperative,” Tremonte said.
“Any suggestion that we overcharged him is simply false.”
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we → state → him
Earlier this year, prosecutors in Los Angeles said they were mulling filing new sexual assault charges against Combs, who is currently incarcerated at New Jersey’s Fort Dix federal correctional institution.
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who → say → institution
Record producer Jonathan Hay has publicly accused Combs of “assault, sexual harassment, false imprisonment, and infliction of emotional distress” during a 2020 collaboration relating to the estate of the late songwriter Christopher Wallace, better known as the rapper Notorious BIG.
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Hay → accuse → rapper
Combs sued Hay for defamation, separate from the action that gave rise to the payment dispute with Sher Tremonte.
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that → sue → Tremonte
In those proceedings, Combs is suing Courtney Burgess, a music manager who told a grand jury in 2024 that the hip-hop mogul gave him flash drives containing video of Combs sexually assaulting minors and fellow celebrities.
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Combs → sue → minors
Earlier this month, TMZ reported, a judge allowed Combs’s case to proceed against Burgess, his lawyer Ariel Mitchell, and the media company Nexstar, which featured Mitchell on its NewsNation show vouching for Burgess’s assertions about the videos.
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which → report → videos
Combs has accused the pair of spreading “outlandish claims” and “wild lies” against him.
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Combs → accuse → him
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