The man behind the publication of a memoir reportedly from Sean Combs’ ex-partner Kim Porter tells Rolling Stone that he cannot guarantee the authenticity of the book, after claiming to have received a flash drive containing the book from two “music industry sources,” but he insists he “believes it to be true.”

The 59-page book titled KIM’S LOST WORDS: A Journey for Justice, from the Other Side… was self-published on Amazon earlier this month, chronicling Porter’s allegedly tumultuous relationship with Sean “Diddy” Combs before her sudden death from pneumonia in 2018.

The book’s many typos, factual errors, and unbelievable claims involving household names got little attention when it came out, but since Combs’ arrest on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, sales have skyrocketed. The $22 book is currently Amazon’s number-one bestseller, outperforming new releases from Sally Rooney, Nicholas Sparks, Hillary Clinton, and Ina Garten. (Amazon calculates its bestsellers list using data on sales volume and customer activity for a book relative to the activity of other books.)

The alleged sexually explicit allegations in the memoir have been circulating widely on social media, amid rampant speculation, misinformation and memes surrounding Combs and his looming criminal trial.

According to Porter’s family and friends, the memoirs have been maintained to be fake and filled with “made-up nonsense and offensive pages.” Porter’s ex-partner Al B. Sure! The singer-songwriter — who shares son Quincy Brown with the late model — said there will be a “major lawsuit that will go straight at the heads of the responsible parties that dragged my name into this nonsense.” Porter’s best friends Kimora Lee Simmons and Lawanda Lane say Rolling Stone in a joint statement that they “do not know (the author) at all.” And close friend Eboni Elektra called the book “blatant lies” on Instagram, as portions of the unauthorized work began circulating online in July.

A source close to the Combs family adds that they are exploring all options regarding the book. “Kim Porter never wrote a manuscript, and any claims that suggest otherwise are completely false and fabricated,” the source says. “The unsubstantiated pages in the book not only misrepresent Ms. Porter’s life experiences and legacy, but also continue to cause unnecessary distress to her loved ones.”

A man named Chris Todd — real name Todd Christopher Guzze, according to the records — is behind the book. He describes himself as a producer, author, and investigative journalist, and claims to have worked on and solved some of the biggest murder investigations in pop culture, including Nicole Brown Simpson, JonBenét Ramsey, and the Zodiac Killer, among others. He also claims to have proof that Kurt Cobain’s suicide was in fact a murder.

Todd published the memoir under the pseudonym Jamal T. Millwood, a reference to a conspiracy theory that Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder was faked and that he is living under that alias. According to Todd, the alleged memoir landed in his hands shortly after Casandra “Cassie” Ventura filed her detailed sex trafficking and sexual abuse lawsuit against Combs last November. Two people reportedly close to Combs and Porter contacted Todd about the memoir, he says.

“They said they had her flash drive,” Todd claims. “I didn’t ask too many questions about how they got it (or) where it came from.”

Todd says he believes the memoirs are genuine, but when asked who the sources are or how he can guarantee they are legitimate Porter writings, Todd refuses to provide details about how he vetted or verified the material. When asked if he contacted representatives for the celebrities mentioned in the book, Todd says their teams “ignored” him and told him to “kick rocks.”

“If someone were to put my foot down and say, ‘Life or death, is that book real?’ I’d have to say I don’t know. But it’s real enough for me,” Todd says. “Sometimes you just have to get it out there. Maybe not 100 percent of the book is true, but maybe 80 percent is. That’s to get those people to come forward and confirm or deny (the claims), and that helps me as a researcher to know the truth.”

While Todd insists he works as a “voice for the voiceless” and that he “represents the voice of Kim Porter,” he gets frustrated when asked about the book’s legitimacy, and wants the conversation to return to his work as a researcher and the other cases he claims to have solved. “If I’m this popular and my story and projects[are]number one on Amazon, where is everybody else?” he asks. “Where’s my agent? Where’s CAA, the people I’ve been calling for 12 years?”

“I’m trying to explain to you: This is not about Kim Porter, it’s about Chris Todd!” he adds.

Todd declined to say how many copies of the book he has sold to date. Despite being a bestseller, the memoir currently has a 2.8 star rating. “This book is garbage… I don’t know who put this out but this is unreal and I can’t believe I bought this garbage,” one person wrote. “I asked for a refund and got one.”