Janice Combs — the 84-year-old mother of embattled hip-hop mogul Sean “ Diddy ” Combs — is pushing back hard against fresh legal claims tying her to her son’s decades-old business dealings .

Now going by the name Janice Smalls, she has filed a motion asking a judge to dismiss former Bad Boy Entertainment executive Kirk Burrowes ’ lawsuit, which accuses her of helping Diddy forcibly obtain Burrowes’ 25% ownership stake in the label back in 1996.

According to AllHipHop , Smalls insists she had no involvement whatsoever in the alleged incident or in the negotiations surrounding Burrowes’ stake in Bad Boy.

The lawsuit also names Diddy’s longtime attorney Kenneth Meiselas as a co-defendant. Smalls’ filing notes that she hasn’t resided in New York since 2012 and has been residing in

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