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Newsgroups: alt.showbiz.gossip
Subject: Cigar maker sues P Diddy over video
Date: 16 Sep 2003 17:00:57 GMT

AP

MIAMI - Hip-hop rapper and producer Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' love of cigars has
put him in a cloud of legal trouble.


A boutique cigar maker claims a videographer trespassed at its Miami factory,
filmed its "secret process" in June, and the footage wound up in Combs' music
video for "Bad Boys II."


The lawsuit filed by Moore & Bode Cigars earlier this month in Miami-Dade
Circuit Court seeks at least $15,000 in damages from Combs, Bad Boys
Entertainment Inc. and the unknown camera operator.


The office of the company's attorney said Monday that he was out of the office
until late this week.


Dan Klores, a spokesman for Combs, said, "We'll investigate and gather all the
accurate information before we make any comment publicly."


The lawsuit claims the company's "unique method of rolling the cigars" was
taped for the "Shake Your Tailfeather" video while the owners were out, after
the videographer was told to leave and without company permission.


A spectacular car stunt was shot in Miami for the movie starring Will Smith
and Martin Lawrence as Miami detectives.

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