News of October 6, 2003
Former Bad Boy President Levels Allegations Against Sean Combs in Lawsuit
In October 2003, Kirk Burrows linked Sean Combs to Tupac's death in a civil lawsuit. Combs' attorney called the claims far-fetched.
In early October 2003, a civil lawsuit in New York made headlines. Kirk Burrows, former president of Sean Combs’ company Bad Boy Entertainment, demanded 25 million dollars from Combs. According to the report by laut.de, the trigger was a collapsed deal involving singer Mary J. Blige. In his 37-page court filing, quoted by the New York Post, Burrows went far beyond this dispute, however.
Serious Allegations, Few Details
Burrows alleged that during the expansion of Bad Boy, Combs built up a crew meant to use violence to gain power in the rap business. He linked Combs to the fatal shooting of a bodyguard of Suge Knight at a party in Atlanta in 1995 and further claimed that Combs indirectly caused Tupac’s death in 1996. According to laut.de, he gave no specific details regarding Tupac. His lawyer announced that he would submit further evidence to the court.
Combs’ attorney Benjamin Brafman called the allegations “far-fetched”, according to the report. Regarding the shooting in Atlanta, Combs had already stated in a 1996 Vibe interview that he was not involved.
Context
These were allegations in a civil lawsuit, not the findings of a police investigation. How the investigation into Tupac’s death continued is shown in the dossier The Keffe D Case. On the relationship between Tupac and Combs: Sean Combs.