Sean “Diddy” Combs has been photographed for the first time since his September 2024 arrest.
The disgraced music mogul, 55, was seen smiling and chatting with fellow inmates in the prison yard at Fort Dix in photos taken on Saturday, November 1. In the snap, Diddy’s hair was covered by a beanie, but his beard appeared to be noticeably gray. The rapper was wearing a standard-issue gray sweatsuit and navy blue overcoat.
The picture marks the first time Diddy has been photographed since he was arrested last year on charges of sex trafficking, transportation to engage in prostitution and racketeering conspiracy. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and denied every allegation.
While he appeared in numerous sketches throughout his trial earlier this year, cameras were not allowed inside the courtroom.
In July, a jury found Diddy guilty on two counts of transportation. He was acquitted on the remaining charges, including sex trafficking and racketeering.
Last month, Judge Arun Subramanian sentenced Diddy to 50 months in prison, or just over four years. The year-plus he has already spent incarcerated at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center will count toward his sentence. He was transferred to New Jersey’s Fort Dix on Thursday, October 30.
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Following his expected May 2028 release, Diddy is subject to five years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay a $500,000 fine.
After Diddy was found partially guilty in July, his legal team immediately requested his release from federal prison. He was denied bail multiple times before his trial began in May.
“His family is here and could sign a bond,” Diddy’s lawyer Marc Agnifilo said after the verdict. “He should be released today.”
Agnifilo further requested that Diddy return to his home in Miami Beach while awaiting sentencing.
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“He is no longer charged with sex trafficking or racketeering,” Agnifilo said. “His plane has been chartered — it is in Maui. He does not have access to his plane. This is his first conviction, and it is a prostitution offense. He should be released.”
Diddy’s legal team also submitted a formal letter with the request.
“Since his arrest and detention on September 17, 2024, Mr. Combs has obeyed the Court, respected these proceedings and demonstrated model behavior at the MDC,” the letter obtained by Us Weekly read. “And today, the jury unambiguously rejected the government’s allegations that Mr. Combs ran a years-long criminal enterprise or engaged in sex trafficking — the core of the government’s case. Mr. Combs stands convicted of two Mann Act counts, and his sentencing exposure is substantially lower than when the government initially sought detention.”
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The rapper’s lawyers proposed that Diddy be released on a $1 million bond, and only be allowed to travel to Florida, New York and California. The letter also said that Diddy would surrender his passport and undergo drug testing.
The prosecution, meanwhile, opposed Agnifilo’s plan.
“The offenses of conviction constitute crimes of violence and mandate detention following the defendant’s conviction,” the government argued in its own letter to the judge. “Here, the defendant has been convicted of two such crimes. Even if detention was not mandatory here, which it is, the defendant cannot meet his burden to show by clear and convincing evidence that he is not likely to flee or pose a danger to any other person or the community.”
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