The man who’s hawking a Kim Porter ebook allegedly based mostly on her diary is taking pictures at her in his authorized battle with Diddy and Kim’s sons … and telling the boys to screw off.
Courtney Burgess and his legal professional Ariel Mitchell fired off a nasty response to Christian and Quincy Combs after the brothers despatched Burgess and Mitchell a cease-and-desist over the alleged Porter tell-all.
Within the authorized response, obtained by TMZ, Burgess and Mitchell take challenge with Christian and Quincy claiming he’s making an attempt to capitalize on Kim’s hard-earned fame by promoting “Kim Porter Tell It All” … they are saying Kim was not an actor or entertainer and her fame was solely tied to being Diddy’s “long time paramour.”
Low cost pictures apart, Burgess says he completely has the copyright to the ebook and says Kim gave him the rights earlier than her demise.
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As we reported … the Combs bros say they turned the rightful heirs and house owners of Kim’s mental property rights following her November 2018 … and subsequently her purported diary entries belong to them.
Nonetheless, Mitchell tells TMZ … Kim and Burgess had a mutual good friend who was a music producer again within the day they usually met by this particular person, and Kim instructed Burgess in a cellphone name that she was going to present him a replica of her diary/memoir earlier than sending it over to him … and that is how he received the rights.
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We truly spoke to Burgess and Mitchell just a few weeks in the past in NYC, the place they instructed us they’d simply gotten completed with a federal grand jury and had been going to fulfill with federal prosecutors concerning the Diddy case.
We’re instructed the feds seized Burgess’ cellphone, which contained a replica of the flash drive information used for the Porter ebook.
Kim and Diddy’s sons additionally instructed Burgess they wished an accounting of any cash he is made off the ebook … and Burgess says their cease-and-desist is a “desperate ploy” crafted by Diddy to extort cash … and he says this “pathetic attempt illustrates just how dire the financial situation is” for Diddy and his sons.
The gloves are undoubtedly off!!!