The mother of Sean Diddy Combs is being sued for seizing the Bad Boy label from the rapper's once right-hand man.
Kirk Burrowes, Bad Boy Entertainment co-founder and ex-president, claims he was forced to give up his 25 per cent stake in the record label to Combs during a violent confrontation in 1996.
He has now filed a lawsuit that alleges Combs used a baseball bat to coerce him into signing over his share of the company.
The incarcerated music mogul allegedly subsequently transferred the shares to his mother, Janice Smalls.
When Burrowes contacted Smalls after the incident, he claims she pretended to be unaware of what Combs had allegedly done, the lawsuit states.
In the legal filings, obtained by DailyMail.com, the ousted music executive says he's homeless and has had to endure "prolonged periods of living in shelters" across New York City due to financial hardship.
Burrowes is suing Smalls, the label's majority stakeholder, who he alleges "engaged in a decades-long scheme of intimidation, violence, fraudulent misrepresentation and financial concealment".
He is seeking damages for financial losses, reinstatement of his 25 per cent ownership stake, his 15 per cent annual share including interest, and a forensic audit of Bad Boy Entertainment's earnings and profits from its inception to the present day.
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