Janice Combs Shuts Down Former Executive Kirk Burrowes Claim She Helped Diddy Steal Ownership Of Bad Boy

Janice Combs the 84-year-old mother of Sean “Diddy” Combs is pushing back hard against fresh legal claims tying her to her son’s decades-old business dealings. Now going by the name Janice Smalls, she has filed a motion asking a judge to dismiss former Bad Boy Entertainment executive Kirk Burrowes’ lawsuit, which accuses her of helping Diddy forcibly obtain Burrowes’ 25% ownership stake in the label back in 1996. Smalls insists she had no involvement whatsoever in the alleged incident or in the negotiations surrounding Burrowes’ stake in Bad Boy. The lawsuit also names Diddy’s longtime attorney Kenneth Meiselas as a co-defendant. Smalls’ filing notes that she hasn’t resided in New York since 2012 and has been residing in Florida, distancing herself geographically and personally from the claims. Burrowes originally brought similar allegations two decades ago, filing a 2003 lawsuit against the incarcerated mogul and Meiselas in which he alleged that he had been forced to sign over his stake under the perceived threat of being beaten with a baseball bat. That case was dismissed in 2006, when a judge ruled that the statute of limitations had expired. Burrowes’ new complaint seeks to revive those long-settled accusations by tying Smalls to the alleged scheme a connection she flatly denies. Smalls was also mentioned earlier this year in a $33 million federal RICO complaint filed by former Diddy associate Deon “D1” Best, who accused her of helping steal his intellectual property rights, royalties, and publishing revenue. The suit specifically referenced the 1998 Godzilla soundtrack hit “Come With Me”, claiming Best “controlled, owned, produced and/or created” the song before the rights were allegedly taken. That lawsuit, however, was dismissed without prejudice in September.

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