Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Sean Combs: The Reckoning is an American television documentary miniseries about the sexual misconduct allegations against rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs. Directed by Alexandria Stapleton, the series was released on Netflix on December 2, 2025.
Cast
In addition to archival footage of Combs, the series includes interviews with:- Kalenna Harper
- Aubrey O'Day
- Erick Sermon
- Al B. Sure!
- Mark Curry
- Lil' Cease
- Greg Kading
- Roger Bonds
- Capricorn Clark
- Kirk Burrowes
- Tim "Dawg" Patterson
- Joi Dickerson-Neal
- Clayton Howard
- Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones
- William Lesane
- Roxanne Johnson
- Brooklyn Babs
Production
On December 7, 2023, executive producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson announced that he was developing a Sean Combs docuseries and that proceeds from the project would go to victims of the sexual misconduct allegations against Combs. Before hiring Alexandria Stapleton to direct the series, Jackson had been working on the project for five months, looking for people close to Combs who were willing to "speak and tell the truth". Cassie Ventura, Combs's former partner, was invited to participate in the series but declined. Jackson said that he spoke to Ventura and her husband, Alex Fine, "to understand how things transpired" with Combs.Netflix announced production on the series on September 25, 2024, one week after Combs was arrested on charges of racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution. Jackson and Stapleton said:
The series features clips of Combs in the days before his 2024 arrest, prompting questions about how Jackson and Netflix acquired the clips. Stapleton said, "we obtained the footage legally and have the necessary rights."
Release
The series' trailer was released on December 1, 2025. The series was released on Netflix the next day.Reception
In the six days after its release, the series was viewed 21.8 million times, making it the second-most-viewed Netflix title during the week of December 1–8, 2025, after Volume 1 of the fifth season of Stranger Things.Critical response
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 67 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.The Guardians Stuart Heritage rated the series four stars out of five and wrote, "Thankfully, the existence of The Reckoning seems to suggest that the arch manipulator has finally been outmanoeuvred. Although there are certainly elements of this story that have not been told – Combs's infamous "freak-off" parties are presented as an afterthought, and none of their long line of celebrity attendees are mentioned – the series does what is most needed right now. If Combs is able to uncancel himself in the face of evidence this damning, it will be nothing less than a miracle."