Sean “Diddy” Combs' ex-partner Kim Porter's memoirs are fake, family says

The man behind it The publication of a memoir allegedly written by Sean Combs' ex-partner Kim Porter tells Rolling Stone that he could not guarantee the authenticity of the book after claiming to have received a USB stick containing the book from two “music industry” sources, but insisting that he “believes it to be true”.

The 59-page book entitled KIM'S LOST WORDS: A journey for justice, from the other side… was self-published on Amazon earlier this month and traces Porter's allegedly turbulent relationship with Sean “Diddy” Combs before she died suddenly of lobar pneumonia in 2018.

Its numerous typos, factual inaccuracies and unbelievable claims involving prominent names made little impression upon its release, but after Combs' arrest on sex trafficking and organized crime conspiracy charges, sales soared. The $22 book is currently Amazon's number one bestseller, outpacing new releases by Sally Rooney, Nicholas Sparks, Hillary Clinton and Ina Garten. (Amazon calculates its bestseller list based on a book's sales and customer activity relative to the activity of other books.)

The sexually explicit allegations in the alleged memoir circulated widely on social media, amid rampant speculation, misinformation and memes surrounding Combs and his upcoming criminal trial.

Porter’s family members and friends insist that the memoirs are fake and full of “fabricated nonsense and offensive pages,” Porter's ex-partner Al B. Sure! The singer-songwriter – who has son Quincy Brown with the late model – said there would be a “significant lawsuit going directly to those responsible for dragging my name into this mess.” Porter's best friends Kimora Lee Simmons and Lawanda Lane tell Rolling Stone in a joint statement that they “do not know [the author] not at all.” And her close friend Eboni Elektra called the book “blatant lies” on Instagram when parts of the unauthorized work circulated online in July.

A source close to the Combs family adds that they will explore all options regarding the book. “Kim Porter never wrote a manuscript, and any claims suggesting otherwise are completely false and fabricated,” the source says. “The unsubstantiated pages of the book not only misrepresent Ms. Porter's life experience and legacy, but also continue to cause unnecessary suffering to her loved ones.”

The man behind the book is Chris Todd – real name according to records Todd Christopher Guzze. He describes himself as a producer, writer and investigative journalist and claims to have worked on and solved some of pop culture's biggest murder investigations, including those of Nicole Brown Simpson, JonBenét Ramsey and the Zodiac Killer. He also claims to have evidence that Kurt Cobain's suicide was actually a murder.

Todd published the memoir under the pseudonym Jamal T. Millwood, a reference to a conspiracy theory that Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder was faked and that he lives under that pseudonym. According to Todd, the alleged memoir came into his hands shortly after Casandra “Cassie” Ventura filed her detailed sex trafficking and sexual abuse lawsuit against Combs last November. Two people allegedly close to Combs and Porter contacted Todd about the memoir, he says.

“They said they had their USB stick,” Todd claims. “I didn't ask many questions about how they got it. [or] Where did it come from?”

Todd says he believes the memoir is authentic, but when pressed about who the sources are or how he can guarantee they are genuine writings by Porter, Todd refuses to provide details about how he reviewed or verified the material. When asked if he contacted representatives of the celebrities named in the book, Todd says their teams “ignored” him and told him to “go to hell with the rocks.”

“If someone were to corner me and say, 'Life or death, is this book true?' I would have to say I don't know. But for me, it's true enough,” says Todd. “Sometimes you just have to put it out there. Maybe not 100% of the book is true, but maybe 80% is. That means those people will come forward and either confirm or deny. [the claims]and that helps me as an investigator to find out the truth.”

Although Todd insists that he works as a “voice for the voiceless” and that he “represents the voice of Kim Porter,” he becomes frustrated when asked about the legitimacy of the book. He wants the conversation to be directed back to his work as an investigator and the other cases he claims to have solved. “If I'm so great and my story and projects [are] “Number one at Amazon, where is everyone?” he asks. “Where is my agent? Where is CAA, the people I've been calling for 12 years?”

“I’m trying to explain to you that this is not about Kim Porter, it’s about Chris Todd!” he adds.

Todd declined to say how many copies of the book he has sold so far. Despite being a bestseller, the memoir currently has a 2.8-star rating. “This book is garbage… I don't know who published it but this is outrageous and I can't believe I bought this trash,” one person wrote. “I asked for and received a refund.”