Cigar boutique sues P Diddy...

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Tuesday, September 16, 2003 Posted: 3:29 PM EDT (1929 GMT)


 
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MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' love of cigars has put him in a cloud of legal trouble.

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

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

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The office of the company's attorney said Monday 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 Ya Tailfeather" video while the owners were out, after the cameraman was told to leave and without company permission.

[Kaidy]

Sounds like those guys have a cigar up they ass. secret process? wtf is it kentucky fried cigars?

[Javier]

those damages include free advertisement of their cigars?