Amazon has pulled a memoir attributed to late model Kim Porter that detailed alleged abuse at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, embattled hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs . The e-commerce giant on Tuesday removed “Kim’s Lost Words: A Journey for Justice, From the Other Side..
.” from its website. The removal comes on the heels of Porter’s children denouncing the work and casting doubt on its authenticity .
“We were made aware of a dispute regarding this title and have notified the publisher,” an Amazon spokesperson said Wednesday in a statement to The Times. “The book is not currently available for sale in our store.” It is unclear how many copies were sold.
The $22 memoir was published in early September and, despite being rife with errors and inaccuracies, became a bestseller shortly after Combs was arrested on Sept. 16 and indicted the next day on sex trafficking, racketeering and prostitution-related charges. Porter’s four children, three of whom she shared with the Bad Boy Entertainment co-founder, condemned the memoir and said that claims that their mother wrote a book “are simply untrue.
” “[A]nyone claiming to have a manuscript is misrepresenting themselves,” they said . “Additionally, please understand that any so-called ‘friend’ speaking on behalf of our mom or her family is not a friend. Nor do they have her best interests at heart.
” Combs’ attorney Erica Wolf has also described the book as ”fake,” “offensive” and “a sha.