Associated Press cited fake FBI documents in Tupac shooting
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:22 am
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The fake FBI documents cited by the Los Angeles Times in the story Chuck Phillips wrote about the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur had previously been cited as legitimate documents by the Associated Press in a 2007 story about a lawsuit against Sean "Diddy" Combs, according to the AP.
The AP story stated that the documents were a part of a lawsuit brought by James Sabatino, and that the suit states that the documents include allegations from an unnamed informant that Combs was involved in Shakur's ambush.
The story from November read:
"A former associate of Sean 'Diddy' Combs filed a motion Wednesday to prohibit the hip-hop mogul from circulating FBI interrogation records in which an informant appears to link the associate to a shooting of the late rapper Tupac Shakur."
"Two FBI investigation records are included in the filing. In one, the informant is described as someone who met Shakur through Sabatino. In the other, the informant is described as someone who met Combs through Sabatino."
On Friday, the AP released the following statement:
"In a Nov. 14 story about a federal court motion filed against music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs, The Associated Press quoted from documents erroneously described as FBI interrogation records related to an investigation of the 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur. FBI spokesman Stephen Kodak told the AP Friday that the documents can't be found in the agency's records and don't appear to be legitimate."
The fake FBI documents cited by the Los Angeles Times in the story Chuck Phillips wrote about the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur had previously been cited as legitimate documents by the Associated Press in a 2007 story about a lawsuit against Sean "Diddy" Combs, according to the AP.
The AP story stated that the documents were a part of a lawsuit brought by James Sabatino, and that the suit states that the documents include allegations from an unnamed informant that Combs was involved in Shakur's ambush.
The story from November read:
"A former associate of Sean 'Diddy' Combs filed a motion Wednesday to prohibit the hip-hop mogul from circulating FBI interrogation records in which an informant appears to link the associate to a shooting of the late rapper Tupac Shakur."
"Two FBI investigation records are included in the filing. In one, the informant is described as someone who met Shakur through Sabatino. In the other, the informant is described as someone who met Combs through Sabatino."
On Friday, the AP released the following statement:
"In a Nov. 14 story about a federal court motion filed against music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs, The Associated Press quoted from documents erroneously described as FBI interrogation records related to an investigation of the 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur. FBI spokesman Stephen Kodak told the AP Friday that the documents can't be found in the agency's records and don't appear to be legitimate."