NBC Gets Diddy Again: Mogul Ordered To Pay Almost $500K On Heels Of Damning Report
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Diddy went after $100 million over Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy and wound up owing NBC’s side nearly $500,000.
Judge Phaedra F. Perry-Bond set the bill at $477,700.50 in an order issued Tuesday, October 6. NBCUniversal, Peacock TV and Ample won the fees after beating his claim that the film spread lies about him.
Their lawyers had asked for $990,292, but the judge found parts of that bill too high and cut it. She kept their rates in place while trimming the time billed for work on the case.
Diddy brought the case in February 2025, demanding $100 million or more from the firms behind the Peacock film. He said the film used false claims about murder and sex with minors to make money off his name.
His lawyers said the film linked him to secret sex tapes and gave a platform to sources they deemed unreliable. Diddy later amended the suit and said the rush to finish the film came at the cost of basic fact checks.
In April, the judge threw out every claim against NBCUniversal, Peacock and Ample, leaving his demand for millions in ruins.
The court said the film gave viewers facts to weigh the claims, rather than simply asking them to believe its guests. Those facts included medical records on the deaths, along with denials from Diddy and his own legal team.
The judge also found that the film laid out some guests’ biases so viewers could assess what they said. She pointed to the damage Diddy had done to his own name before the film, including his abuse of Cassie.
New York has a law meant to stop weak lawsuits from using court costs to silence speech on public issues. Under that law, Diddy must pay reasonable fees for the work NBC’s lawyers did to get the case thrown out.
The irony adds to the sting: Diddy now owes fees to the same media company that exposed his alleged prison perks.
NBC News spoke with four men from his unit at Fort Dix for a report published on Sept. 29. They said Diddy spent thousands each month on inmates who made meals, washed his clothes, cleaned his toilet and gave massages.
The money came from people outside prison who paid into the inmates’ accounts, according to sources who spoke with NBC. NBC also got footage of what looked like Diddy on a banned phone, plus claims he had access to expensive liquor.
Its sources said he used a phone for Instagram and explicit photos, and a modified tablet for films and TV.
His crisis adviser Juda Engelmayer raised concerns about leaks and how someone could record footage of Diddy inside Fort Dix. “There is something odd about all of this,” he told Deadline while raising concerns about the source of the leaks.
Prison officials would not discuss his case but said, “Inmates are not permitted to have access to cellphones.”
Diddy’s July 2025 convictions brought a 50-month sentence for bringing people over state borders for paid sex. Jurors found him not guilty on the racketeering and sex trafficking counts, but two other convictions kept him locked up.
TMZ reported that staff sent Diddy back to solitary confinement within about a day of NBC’s report while they checked the claims.
Diddy has another $100 million fight with Nexstar, which owns NewsNation, and two people whose claims aired on its shows. They are attorney Ariel Mitchell and Courtney Burgess, her client, who claimed he had tapes tied to Diddy and minors.
Judge John Cronan allowed one claim against Nexstar to proceed over Mitchell’s claim that Diddy drugged someone with baby oil.
Mitchell faces more claims, while Burgess failed to respond and the clerk entered a default against him. That default does not give Diddy a $100 million payout, and the ruling against Nexstar does not prove it spread lies.
But the latest bill also comes as Diddy fights with his own lawyers over fees in those civil cases.
Sher Tremonte asked to leave the Nexstar case in September, saying Diddy had not paid or worked with the firm. Michael Tremonte said Diddy had paid nothing for over half a year and avoided direct talks for four months.
Diddy said he changed lawyers because the firm sent bills for work he had never agreed to pay for. The same firm asked to quit his case with producer Lil Rod and sought to hold his files until payment.