The man who’s hawking a Kim Porter e book allegedly primarily based on her diary is taking photographs at her in his authorized battle with Diddy and Kim’s sons … and telling the boys to screw off.

Courtney Burgess and his legal professional Ariel Mitchell fired off a nasty response to Christian and Quincy Combs after the brothers despatched Burgess and Mitchell a cease-and-desist over the alleged Porter tell-all.

Within the authorized response, obtained by TMZ, Burgess and Mitchell take difficulty with Christian and Quincy claiming he’s attempting to capitalize on Kim’s hard-earned fame by promoting “Kim Porter Inform It All” … they are saying Kim was not an actor or entertainer and her fame was solely tied to being Diddy’s “very long time paramour.”

Low cost photographs apart, Burgess says he completely has the copyright to the e book and says Kim gave him the rights earlier than her loss of life.

As we reported … the Combs bros say they grew to become the rightful heirs and homeowners of Kim’s mental property rights following her November 2018 … and due to this fact her purported diary entries belong to them.

Nonetheless, Mitchell tells TMZ … Kim and Burgess had a mutual good friend who was a music producer again within the day they usually met by way of this individual, and Kim instructed Burgess in a cellphone name that she was going to offer him a duplicate of her diary/memoir earlier than sending it over to him … and that is how he acquired the rights.

We truly spoke to Burgess and Mitchell a number of weeks in the past in NYC, the place they instructed us that they had simply gotten accomplished with a federal grand jury and have been going to fulfill with federal prosecutors in regards to the Diddy case.

We’re instructed the feds seized Burgess’ cellphone, which contained a duplicate of the flash drive knowledge used for the Porter e book.

Kim and Diddy’s sons additionally instructed Burgess they wished an accounting of any cash he is made off the e book … and Burgess says their cease-and-desist is a “determined ploy” crafted by Diddy to extort cash … and he says this “pathetic try illustrates simply how dire the monetary scenario is” for Diddy and his sons.