Al B. Sure! has written a cease and desist letter to Amazon and the publisher of a book said to be the memoir of the late Kim Porter
The “fake” book, called Kim’s Lost Words, was released following the arrest of her ex-husband Sean “Diddy” Combs for sex trafficking and contains a variety of wild, unsubstantiated claims.
Now, for sure! – who married Porter in 1989 – is attempting to stop sales of the literary work.
It was self-published this month under the alias Jamal T. Millwood on Amazon by a man named Todd Christopher Guzze.
Guzze, who also uses the name Chris Todd, claims to have investigated other salacious celebrity stories, including those of JonBenét Ramsey, the Zodiac Killer and Kurt Cobain, per Rolling stone.
Al B. Sure! has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Amazon and the publisher of a book purported to be the late Kim Porter’s memoir; in the photo in 2023
The “fake” book, called Kim’s Lost Words, was released following the arrest of her ex-husband Sean “Diddy” Combs for sex trafficking and contains a variety of wild, unsubstantiated claims; Porter and Combs seen in 2005
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and CEO Andy Jassy received a cease and desist order from Sure!’s lawyer Robert J. Hantman on Friday.
The letter notes that he is “offended by the false and malicious statements published,” and attempts to put a stop to the continued book sales.
“If you do not comply with these demands within ten days, we will have no choice but to pursue all available legal remedies, including filing a defamation lawsuit,” the correspondence warns. Page six.
The publication described Todd as an “investigative producer, author and journalist.”
Elsewhere in Al’s legal brief, he states that the Amazon bestseller “falsely portrays Mr. Brown as engaging in fabricated sexual conduct, particularly with Sean Combs and his son’s mother, Quincy.”
“By misrepresenting his personal life and fabricating serious, false allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct, these defamatory claims have caused significant damage to Mr. Brown’s reputation,” the message continues.
Certainly! told Page Six, “As for me, I have nothing to do with any activity of that nature. It’s the most disgusting, heinous lie I’ve ever heard in my life.”
Porter died in 2018 at the age of 47 due to lobar pneumonia. Now her loved ones feel her legacy is being tarnished by the contents of the mysterious book.
Already pictured in July 2023
The cease-and-desist letter further demands that the author, in addition to halting book sales, issue a public apology that “must be clear, unambiguous, and widely disseminated.”
Hantman told Page Six, “Amazon should be held to a higher standard,” adding, “As if a fake memoir isn’t enough, it’s shocking that Jeff Bezos’ Amazon would distribute it without any investigation into its validity or accuracy of it.”
Todd told Rolling Stone that he has sources who ‘had’ [Porter’s] flash drive” and that he “didn’t ask too many questions about how they got them [or] where does it come from.’
He also revealed: ‘If someone put my feet to the fire and said, ‘Life or death, is that book real?’ I have to say I don’t know. But for me it’s really enough.’
He continued, “Sometimes you just have to put it out there. Maybe not 100% of the book is true, but maybe 80% is true.’
Kim and Diddy share son Christian, 26, and twin daughters Jessie and D’Lila, 17; Porter and Combs pictured in 2015
Definitely last week! took to social media to share excerpts from the “fake” memoir in hopes of prompting law enforcement agencies to investigate the publisher.
Porter’s four children – Quincy, 33 (whom she shares with Al), Christian ‘King’ Combs, 26, and twins D’Lila Combs and Jessie Combs, 17 – have also spoken out against the book, insisting that it is full ‘hurtful and false rumours.’
‘Claims that our mother wrote a book are simply not true. She didn’t, and anyone claiming to have a manuscript is misrepresenting the facts,” they wrote in a joint post on social media.
Porter and definitely! were married from 1989 to 1990, while she and Combs were in a casual relationship from 1994 to 2007.