India, Dec. 9 -- Sean 'Diddy' Combs is trying to pull down Netflix's new four-part documentary 'Sean Combs: The Reckoning,' a series insiders say he fears will permanently shut the door on any attempt to rebuild his shattered public image, according to RadarOnline.

The 56-year-old music mogul, currently serving a 50-month federal sentence for transportation to engage in prostitution, has issued a cease-and-desist letter demanding that Netflix remove the documentary. His team argues the series uses copyrighted material, including private legal conversations that, according to his lawyers, were never intended for public release.

But sources told RadarOnline that Combs' concerns go far beyond copyright. To him, the series is a reputational...