Kim Porter’s Alleged Memoir Pulled From Amazon After Her Kids Complained
Fans will no longer be able to see the claimed Kim Porter memoir on Amazon. According to the Associated Press, the online retailer announced on Tuesday, October 1, that the book KIM'S LOST WORDS: A Journey for Justice, off the Other Side had been withdrawn off its website.
"We were made aware of a dispute regarding this title and have notified the publisher," a spokeswoman for Amazon stated. "The book is not currently available for sale in our store."
Porter's children — Quincy Brown, Christian Combs, Jessie, and D'Lila Combs — have called the memoir, which claims to describe the story of her abusive relationship with her longtime lover Sean "Diddy" Combs, fraudulent.
"We have seen so many hurtful and false rumors circulating about our parents, Kim Porter and Sean Combs' relationship, as well as our mom's tragic passing, that we feel the need to speak out," the family members stated in an Instagram message last week.
"Claims that our mother wrote a book are just false. She did not, and anyone who claims to have a manuscript is deceiving themselves," the statement read. "Please understand that any so-called 'friend' who speaks on behalf of our mother or her family is not a friend. They do not have her best interests at heart."
On September 27, Page Six reported that an attorney for Porter's former partner, R&B artist Al B. Sure, had also submitted a cease-and-desist letter to Amazon and the book's publisher.
The singer said he was "defamed by false and malicious statements" in the book and demanded that Amazon suspend sales.
Los Angeles record producer Chris Todd published the book independently on September 6 under the pseudonym Jamal T. Millwood. The book became a bestseller immediately following Combs' arrest on September 16. Diddy has pleaded not guilty to federal sex trafficking allegations.
Todd stated that the late actress and model saved the memoir on a hard drive and submitted it to him for publication on her behalf.
He told the Associated Press in September that sources "very close to Kim and Sean Combs" sent him a "flash drive, documents, and tapes" from Porter, which he eventually cobbled together to make the memoir.
Kim Porter died of pneumonia in November 2018 at the age of 47.