The curtain is being pulled back.

How 50 Cent and Netflix obtained the behind-the-scenes footage of Sean “Diddy” Combs ’ for their docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning has been a central question since the series premiered on the streaming platform Dec. 2.

Now, Combs’ personal videographer Michael Oberlies is setting the record straight, alleging the footage was actually released by a freelancer who was hired to fill in for a few days.

“For over two years we have been working on a project profiling Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs,” Oberlies shared in a Dec. 10 statement to Rolling Stone . “The footage in question was not released by me or anyone authorized to handle Sean Combs’ materials; it was by a third party who covered for me for three days while I was out of state. This

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