Confronted with some pretty damning evidence in the form of a detailed article on The Smoking Gun, the Los Angeles Times printed an apology for a story in which it was alleged that Sean "Diddy" Combs and music manager Jimmy "Henchmen" Rosemond knew in advance about the 1994 NYC attack on Tupac Shakur that would become the catalyst for the infamous and deadly East Coast-West Coast hip hop beef. Pulitzer-winner Chuck Philips, who wrote the offending article, and his supervisor, Deputy Managing Editor Marc Duvoisin, apologized for the error-filled story, which relied on documents that TSG found to be forged by an imprisoned, delusional con man.

"In relying on documents that I now believe were fake, I failed to do my job," Philips said in a statement Wednesday. "I'm sorry."

In his statement, Duvoisin added: "We should not have let ourselves be fooled. That we were is as much my fault as Chuck's. I deeply regret that we let our readers down."

Diddy's lawyer has contacted the paper and, in a letter, explained his belief that the false story amounted to "actual malice," which means his client is eligible for damages in a libel suit. When the original article was published online last week, Diddy immediately denied the allegations. And he was actually telling the truth!