Diddy’s mother sued for fraud by Bad Boy label co-founder

nme.com:

Diddy” Combs – has been sued by Bad Boy co-founding partner Kirk Burrowes.In a lawsuit filed today (February 27) in a Manhattan court, Burrowes claimed he was forced to sign over his 25 per cent ownership stake in the record label during a violent confrontation back in 1996 which allegedly saw the disgraced hip-hop mogul threaten Burrowes with a baseball bat (per Daily Mail).

Allegedly, Diddy would go on to transfer the shares over to his mother Janice Small-Combes.The suit states that the alleged harassment took place in Burrowes’ office in New York City and that Diddy was allegedly accompanied by Bad Boy Entertainment lawyer Kenneth Meiselas.

It claims that Diddy stormed in with a baseball bat and forced Burrowes to sign over his shares. “By words and actions, Sean Combs and Kenneth Meiselas frightened and intimidated and assaulted plaintiff (Burrowes) and forced him to turn over his share certificate for 25 shares of Bad Boy Entertainment to Sean Combs,” the suit read.It claims that Burrowes had “tears streaming down his face” and was “clearly unable to resist under the circumstances.” Burrowes also claimed that though Smalls-Combs wasn’t present, he was involved in orchestrating the scheme from behind-the-scenes.He alleged that when he reached out to Smalls-Combs after the incident to “seek guidance” she had “pretended she was unaware” of what her son and Meiselas did.