Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Kim Porter’s Children Deny False Claims That She Wrote a Book Prior to Her Death in 2018

Sean “Diddy” Combs and Kim Porter's youngsters are talking out after a memoir claiming to be written by the late mannequin was launched on-line.

In a joint assertion posted on Instagram on Tuesday, Sept. 24, Quincy, 33, Christian, 26, and twins Jessie and D'Lila, 17, addressed the “many hurtful and false rumors circulating bout our parents, Kim Porter and Sean Combs' relationship.”

They added that “claims that our mom wrote a book are simply untrue.”

“She did not. And anyone claiming to have a manuscript is misrepresenting themselves.”

They clarified that anybody talking as a “friend” of Porter's “is not a friend” and doesn't have Porter's finest pursuits in thoughts.

“Our lives were shattered when we lost our mother,” the siblings wrote of Porter, who died of lobar pneumonia in 2018. “She was our world. And nothing has been the same since she passed. While it has been incredibly difficult to reconcile how she could be taken from us too soon, the cause of her death has long been established.”

They shut down any hypothesis of “foul play,” and requested that followers “respect our request for peace” as they proceed to grieve the loss.

“We are deeply saddened that the world has made a spectacle of what has been the most tragic event of our lives,” they wrote. “Our mother should be remembered for the beautiful, strong, kind and loving woman she was. Her memory should not be tainted by horrific conspiracy theories.”

Lastly, Quincy, Christian, Jessie and D'Lila requested for respect, and for supporters to maintain Porter's legacy “in high regard so that she may rest in peace. It's what she deserves.”

The assertion comes after KIM'S LOST WORDS: A journey for justice, from the opposite facet…, purported to be Porter's memoir, was launched on Amazon this month. It particulars alleged disturbing and graphic sexual encounters with Combs and different well-known celebrities, in addition to alleged bodily abuse from the music mogul towards Porter.

Combs' legal professional instructed PEOPLE on Tuesday that the alleged memoir is “fake,” “offensive” and “a shameless attempt to profit from tragedy.”

When requested by PEOPLE concerning the contents of the KIM'S LOST WORDS, writer Chris Todd replied, “Do you suppose Chris Todd would threat his ass and rep on one thing that was faux??”

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The assertion additionally comes as Combs stays in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center as he awaits trial on intercourse trafficking, racketeering and prostitution-related expenses. He is due again in courtroom in early October.

Combs and Porter dated off and on from the Nineties till they break up in 2007. They welcomed son Christian in 1998 and Jessie and D'Lila in 2006. Combs additionally helped elevate Quincy, whom Porter shares with R&B singer Al B.Sure.