Diddy Countersues Lil Rod Over Alleged Stolen Netflix Footage

Sean "Diddy" Combs has filed a countersuit against Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones, a music producer who previously sued the rapper for sexual assault, alleging that Jones stole private video footage and sold it to Netflix for use in a documentary series. The countersuit, filed on August 11, 2026, accuses Jones of theft, conversion, and defamation.

The legal filing centers on a trip to St. Barts in December 2022. According to the complaint, Jones was one of several videographers accompanying Combs and his family during the vacation. Combs' legal team alleges that Jones, who was supposed to stay in a staff villa, instead insisted on remaining on the yacht to be near Combs. The suit claims that during this time, Jones accessed the workstation of another videographer and secretly stole computer drives containing footage that was being filmed for a biographical project about Combs' life and career.

Combs' attorneys state that he was unaware of the alleged theft until December 2025, when the stolen footage appeared in the Netflix docuseries "Sean Combs The Reckoning," a four-part special produced by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. The countersuit alleges that Jones illegally sold the footage to...