Combs' Child Support Deal Reached

NEW YORK (AP) - Sean "P. Diddy'' Combs and model Kim Porter, the mother of his youngest child, have reached an agreement for support of their 3-year-old son.

Terms of the settlement - which would provide for the child, Christian Casey Combs, until he reaches age 21 - were not disclosed in court documents.
"I believe the matter is settled,'' Porter's lawyer, Suzanne Bracker, told hearing examiner David Kirshblum in court Wednesday. "We have a gentlemen's agreement.''

The lawyers told Kirshblum they expect Combs and Porter to sign the agreement by Friday. In comments outside court, Bracker initially described a settlement totaling more than $4.5 million over the years. But Combs' representatives disputed that figure, calling it too high, and Bracker later said her comments were misinterpreted.

"The terms of the settlement are private,'' Combs said in a statement. "The welfare of my children is always my first priority, and whatever I have, they have.''

Combs, 31, had been giving Porter, 30, a court-ordered $11,000 a month, said Bracker.

Bracker estimated that Combs - who runs the Bad Boy Entertainment music publishing and recording company, has his own fashion line and owns several restaurants - earns several million dollars a year. Combs has another son, Justin, 6, by hip-hop fashion stylist Misa Hylton-Brim, of Mount Vernon, N.Y. Combs reportedly pays Hylton-Brim $5,000 a month as child support.

Kirshblum adjourned the Combs-Porter case until March 4.