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  • Nicolás Maduro held in same jail as Sean

    Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is being housed at Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, after he was captured by U.S. forces and flown to New York to face federal drug trafficking and weapons charges. Matt Gutman has more.

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  • Sean Diddy Combs Challenges 50-Month Mann Act Sentence

    Combs’ lawyers say the trial judge imposed the longest sentence ever recorded for prostitution cases by relying on coercion allegations the jury unanimously rejected

    Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs asked a federal appeals court to overturn his prostitution-related convictions or order his immediate release, arguing that Judge Arun Subramanian unlawfully punished him for crimes a jury explicitly rejected, according to a newly filed appellate brief spearheaded by powerhouse attorney Alexandra Shapiro.

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    Combs is serving a 50-month federal prison sentence following a mixed verdict in July 2025 in Manhattan. Jurors acquitted him of racketeering conspiracy and sex-trafficking charges but convicted him on two lesser counts under the Mann Act for transporting “consenting adults across state lines” for prostitution.

    In the 84-page brief filed with the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Combs’ lawyers argue the district court essentially ignored both the jury’s verdict and a 2024 amendment to federal sentencing guidelines by relying heavily on “acquitted conduct” (allegations of coercion and criminal enterprise that jurors unanimously rejected) to increase his sentence.

    “Not guilty means not guilty,” the brief states, citing guidance from the US Sentencing Commission that bans judges from using acquitted conduct to enhance punishment. Defense attorneys had argued Judge Subramanian acted as a “thirteenth juror,” imposing the longest sentence ever recorded for comparable Mann Act convictions despite the absence of force, fraud or coercion findings by the jury. According to the filing, Combs would ordinarily have faced a sentence of roughly one year for the prostitution counts.

    The appeal also asks for a reversal of the convictions, arguing the conduct at issue involved consensual, adult sexual encounters that were staged, filmed and later viewed; activity they say is protected by the First Amendment as “amateur pornography.”

    During the 7-week-long trial, prosecutors alleged Combs used his wealth, influence and inner circle to coerce longtime girlfriends Casandra Ventura and a second woman identified as “Jane” into sexual encounters with male escorts. Jurors heard testimony, viewed text messages and videos, which prompted their rejection of claims of coercion, fraud and racketeering.

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    The appeal has been expedited because Combs has already served more than a year in custody, which is longer than the average sentence for similar offenses. His attorneys argue that if the convictions are not overturned, the appeals court should at a minimum order his immediate release and remand the case for resentencing limited strictly to the conduct the jury found proven. Federal prosecutors have not yet responded publicly to the appeal. The Second Circuit has not announced when it will hear oral arguments. Check back with Los Angeles Magazine for new developments.

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  • Extended interview: Aubrey O’Day on Sean “Diddy” Combs, Netflix documentary and forgiveness

    In an exclusive interview, “Danity Kane” singer Aubrey O’Day opens up about appearing in Netflix’s documentary series, “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” where she reveals she learned about an affidavit from an unidentified witness who claims to have seen Combs and another man sexually assault her. O’Day talks about processing the information and her life since the documentary was released. A spokesperson for the music mogul said in a statement, “Mr. Combs categorically denies the allegations referenced in the Netflix documentary and in recent commentary,” and says he’s never sexually assaulted anyone.

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  • Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks immediate release from prison in appeals argument

    NEW YORK — Lawyers for hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs urged a federal appeals court in New York late Tuesday to order his immediate release from prison and reverse his conviction on prostitution-related charges or direct his trial judge to lighten his four-year sentence.

    The lawyers said in a filing with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan that Combs was treated harshly at sentencing by a federal judge who let evidence surrounding charges he was acquitted of unjustly influence the punishment.

    Combs, 56, incarcerated at a federal prison in New Jersey and scheduled for release in May 2028, was acquitted of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking at a trial that ended in July. Combs was convicted under the Mann Act, which bans transporting people across state lines for any sexual crime.

    Lawyers for Combs said Judge Arun Subramanian acted like a “thirteenth juror” in October when he sentenced Combs to four years and two months in prison. They said he erred by letting evidence surrounding the acquitted charges influence the sentence he imposed.

    They noted that Combs was convicted of two lesser counts, prostitution offenses that didn’t require force, fraud, or coercion. They asked the appeals court, which has not yet heard oral arguments, to acquit Combs, order his immediate release from prison or direct Subramanian to reduce his sentence.

    “Defendants typically get sentenced to less than 15 months for these offenses – even when coercion, which the jury didn’t find here, is involved,” the lawyers wrote.

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    “The judge defied the jury’s verdict and found Combs ‘coerced,’ ‘exploited,’ and ‘forced’ his girlfriends to have sex and led a criminal conspiracy. These judicial findings trumped the verdict and led to the highest sentence ever imposed for any remotely similar defendant,” the lawyers wrote.

    At sentencing, Subramanian said that when calculating the prison term, he considered Combs’ treatment of two former girlfriends who testified that the Bad Boy Records founder beat them and coerced them into having sex with male sex workers while he watched and filmed the encounters, sometimes masturbating.

    At the trial, former girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura testified that Combs ordered her to have “disgusting” sex with strangers hundreds of times during their decade-long relationship that ended in 2018. Jurors saw video of him dragging and beating her in a Los Angeles hotel hallway after one such multiday “freak-off.”

    The second former girlfriend, who testified under the pseudonym ” Jane,” said she was pressured into sex with male workers during what Combs called “hotel nights,” drug-fueled sexual encounters from 2021 to 2024 that also could last days.

    At sentencing, Subramanian said he “rejects the defense’s attempt to characterize what happened here as merely intimate, consensual experiences, or just a sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll story.”

    He added: “You abused the power and control that you had over the lives of women you professed to love dearly. You abused them physically, emotionally, and psychologically. And you used that abuse to get your way, especially when it came to freak-offs and hotel nights.”

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  • Aubrey O’Day opens up about disturbing Sean “Diddy” Combs allegations, and her hopes of “speaking for the underdogs”

    Warning: This content discusses allegations of sexual assault, which some may find distressing.

    Danity Kane’s Aubrey O’Day is opening up about a witness affidavit that alleged she was sexually assaulted by Sean “Diddy” Combs.

    O’Day sat down with CBS News for her first network interview since Netflix’s new documentary, “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” was released. A clip from the documentary shows O’Day reading from an affidavit that describes an alleged sexual assault involving her, Combs, and another man while she was “looking very inebriated.” She says she has no memory of the alleged incident, but it has left her with questions.

    O’Day left with questions after shocking affidavit

    “Does this mean I was raped? Is that what this means? I don’t even know if I was raped. And I don’t want to know,” said O’Day in the documentary, which has received a reported 40 million views globally in its first two weeks.

    In a statement to CBS News, a spokesman for Combs said that the music mogul “categorically denies the allegations in the Netflix documentary,” saying that “he has never sexually assaulted anyone.” Combs plans to address these matters “in the appropriate legal forum” rather than “speculation from anonymous affidavits,” the statement continued. Combs is currently serving a 50-month sentence in a New Jersey federal prison after being convicted on prostitution-related charges.

    O’Day once worked closely with Combs, who helped found Danity Kane on his reality show “Making the Band” in 2005 before he ultimately disbanded the group in 2009. Speaking about Combs in the documentary brought up a lot of painful moments for O’Day, who said she’s still processing the information.

    She wanted to make sure the person who wrote the affidavit is “100 percent certain” it was her and that they didn’t confuse her with another bandmate or doppelgänger. 

    “The story that they have told has been consistent for two years in every area that they’ve been in,” O’Day said. To this day, O’Day still doesn’t know what happened.

    O’Day has previously emphasized the role of forgiveness in her journey through the entertainment industry, saying that it starts with forgiving yourself.

    “I forgive myself. That was the hard one,” she said. “The feelings that I’ve had throughout all of this really come down to, like, forgiving myself for misplacing abuse, or attention, or acknowledgment as love. Those weren’t one in the same. And so I had to forgive myself first.”

    Living her purpose

    When it comes to forgiving Combs, O’Day said it doesn’t really matter.

    “Do I forgive him? I don’t think that matters to the bigger picture. I think that he needs to do the work to forgive himself,” O’Day said.

    Right now, O’Day said her focus is going to remain on the survivors and pushing for systematic change.

    “I want to be helping people, and speaking for the underdogs, and speaking for the voices that aren’t being heard. And I didn’t necessarily get to spend the majority of my life yet being able to live in my purpose,” she said.

    Combs is expected to be released from prison in May 2028, according to online prison records. While some rumors have swirled about the possibility of a presidential pardon, a senior White House official called the reports “speculation” and told CBS News any decisions on pardons would come directly from President Trump. 

    Marc Agnifilo, the lead attorney for Combs, told “CBS Mornings” in August that he hasn’t had any conversations about a possible pardon: “I have not spoken to the president. I have not spoken to anybody who speaks to the president about Sean Combs. I have not.”

    O’Day doesn’t believe Mr. Trump would pardon Combs.

    “I think the only reason, in my opinion, that the president would pardon ‘Diddy’ is if it worked well for him in midterms, in regards to gathering a certain voting base,” she said. “The moves are always strategic, and the moves right now are about midterms.”

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  • Los Angeles County Sheriff Reportedly Investigating New Sex Battery Claim Against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

    The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Monday (November 17) it’s investigating a new sexual battery allegation against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. The music mogul is serving a four-year prison sentence on prostitution-related convictions. He was transferred to Fort Dix in October, and his mugshot went viral shortly afterward.

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    Male Producer Alleges Diddy Sexually Exposed Himself

    A male music producer and publicist claims he was asked to come to a photo shoot in 2020 at a Los Angeles warehouse. His name is redacted in the police report. At the warehouse, Sean Combs allegedly exposed himself while masturbating. Diddy allegedly told the accuser to assist, according to NBC News, citing a police report. Combs then tossed a dirty shirt at the man, the producer said.

    The accuser said he did not tell anyone for several years because he felt embarrassed. However, he came forward to the police in Largo, Florida. That happened on September 20.

    Combs’ lawyer did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment on the latest allegations.

    Producer Also Says Sean Combs Confronted Him For Being A “Snitch”

    The LA County Sheriff’s Department said it received an official copy of the report from the Florida department on Friday. In response, it will be investigating the allegations. The report also details an incident from March 2021. In that incident, the accuser claims two men covered his head before Sean Combs came into the room and called him a snitch, according to NBC.

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    Sean Combs was convicted in July of flying his girlfriends and male sex workers around the country to engage in drug-fueled sexual encounters over many years. However, he was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put him behind bars for life.
    He was initially set to be released in May 2028, but Page Six recently reported that officials pushed the date back to June 4, 2028.

    In the meantime, he can earn reductions in his sentence through his participation in substance abuse treatment and other prison programs. Reports from last month state that he is employed at Fort Dix in the prison chapel, and is in an intense drug and rehab program.

    RELATED: Uh-Oh! Diddy’s Prison Release Date Is Reportedly Pushed Back

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  • Diddy’s Prison Life: Denials, Discipline & Chapel Job

    Sean “Diddy” Combs’ team is pushing back against rumors of misconduct inside FCI Fort Dix; plus details on his new job

    Incarcerated music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is making no shortage of headlines as he begins serving his 50-month federal prison sentence at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey. The sentence follows his Mann Act convictions handed down in July 2025.

    As Los Angeles previously reported, Combs’ reps denied the recent allegations that he was caught with homemade alcohol or “hooch” in his cell.  Combs’ rep later took to his X account to reiterate, “The rumors claiming Mr. Combs was caught with alcohol are completely false. His only focus is becoming the best version of himself and returning to his family.”

    Both CBS and TMZ have additionally reported that Combs is facing discipline following an alleged “3-way” phone call that would violate prison rules. Los Angeles reached out to Combs’ rep and is waiting to hear back. CBS also circulated the intake photo of Combs upon entering Fort Dix.

    It was exclusively relayed to Los Angeles that Combs is now working for the “Chapel Library.” Other outlets have reported his job title as “Chaplain Assistant;” LA is told the position is maintaining the religious library for the Chaplain. Per the Bureau of Prisons website, federal inmate jobs pay between  $0.12 and $0.40, and inmates are required to work if they are medically able.

    Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison on October 3rd and is expected to be released in May of 2028, per the BOP website.

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  • Diddy Denies Fort Dix “Prison Alcohol” Allegations

    A spokesperson for Sean “Diddy” Combs pushed back forcefully against a TMZ report alleging he consumed homemade alcohol at FCI Fort Dix, calling the story “exaggerated” and urging the public to give the music mogul space to focus on rehabilitation

    Family representatives for hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs issued a public statement Friday in response to a report by TMZ that alleged the 55-year-old entertainer consumed homemade alcohol (described as a mixture of Fanta soda, sugar and fermented apples, better known as “prison wine”) while serving his sentence at the low security federal prison Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix in New Jersey.

    In the statement, the family’s representative told Los Angeles exclusively:

    “Mr. Combs is in his first week at FCI Fort Dix and is focused on adjusting, working on himself, and doing better each day. As with any high-profile individual in a new environment, there will be many rumors and exaggerated stories throughout his time there—most of them untrue. We ask that people give him the benefit of the doubt, the privacy to focus on his personal growth with grace and purpose.”

    The TMZ report, published Friday, claimed prison officials had flagged Diddy for consuming contraband “homemade alcohol” while housed at Fort Dix, and that a move to another prison unit had initially been planned but later reversed. The facility’s records or spokespersons did not confirm the incident.

    Combs began serving his four-year federal sentence at Fort Dix after being convicted on two counts of transportation for prostitution in a high-profile trial. He was transferred from the MDC facility in late October and his projected release date is May 8, 2028, per the BOP website.

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    His legal team had previously requested placement at Fort Dix due to its residential drug abuse treatment program and better family visitation opportunities. 

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  • Prison docs offer look at Sean Combs’ ‘Free Game With Diddy’ class and how he spent his birthday

    New federal prison documents offer insight on Sean Combs’ life behind bars after his conviction on prostitution charges earlier this year,, including a six-week class he teaches on entrepreneurship.

    The documents obtained by NBC4 Investigates reveal that Combs is teaching a class on entrepreneurship. A course syllabus indicates the course is called Free Game With Diddy, which aims to help fellow inmates chart a course for their futures.

    On a U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons work performance rating document, a handwritten note in the bonus justification field reads, “EXCELLENT CLASS. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!”

    The class includes lessons with discussions, lectures and handouts, according to the syllabus. Free Game With Diddy is a six-week adult continuing education class.

    “The purpose of Free Game With Diddy is to empower inspiring entrepreneurs and professionals by providing foundational knowledge in business management, entrepreneurship and personal development,” according to the document.

    A publicist for Combs told NBC4 Investigates that inmates baked a cake for Combs to celebrate his 56th birthday this week. The inmates used ingredients from the prison commissary to make the cake with a side of applesauce, publicist Juda Engelmayer said.

    Combs also spoke with his children and mother on his birthday, Engelmayer said.

    Combs is serving a 50-month prison sentence after his conviction on two counts of interstate prostitution. Combs is now in New Jersey to serve out his sentence at Ft. Dix Federal Prison in Burlington County.

    The music mogul is scheduled to be released on May 8, 2028, but he could be released from prison sooner if he completes certain programs or for good behavior.

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  • Diddy trades lavish parties for dismal prison menu as he celebrates birthday behind bars

    Diddy sentenced to 50 months in prison

    Criminal defense attorney Donna Rotunno and former inmate Larry Levine join ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss the sentencing of music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and what to expect from his time in prison.

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    Sean “Diddy” Combs celebrated his 56th birthday behind bars in a way that was far from his past party days.

    Diddy rang in another year at Fort Dix, where he’s serving a 50-month sentence after being convicted of federal sex crimes. 

    Long gone are the party-filled nights for the disgraced music mogul. Instead, Combs was left with the standard prison menu to mark his birthday on Nov. 4.

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    Sean “Diddy” Combs celebrated his 56th birthday much differently than in years past. (KMazur/WireImage)

    At Fort Dix, breakfast is served around 6:30 a.m. Diddy would have been given the options of bran flakes, breakfast cake or bread with jelly, according to People magazine.

    Between 11 a.m. and noon, inmates could choose either a chickpea burger or chicken parmesan. For the sides, the rapper could have helped himself to pasta with marinara sauce and spinach.

    Diddy would have had an early dinner, around 4:30 p.m. The inmates were offered cheese pizza or navy beans, according to the outlet. The dinner entre was served with Italian pasta salad, green beans and a garden salad.

    Fox News Digital reached out to Fort Dix for comment.

    Diddy blows out candles on a red cake for his birthday in 2023

    Diddy celebrates his last birthday before his arrest in September 2024. The rapper has spent the last two birthdays behind bars. (Dave Benett/Getty Images for TAO Group Hospitality)

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    Diddy celebrates his 50th birthday on Dec.14, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Sean Combs)

    Diddy also celebrated his 55th birthday behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York. That celebration for the rapper was equally unglamorous, with breakfast options of fruit, cereal, breakfast cake and skim milk.

    His lunch menu was similar to this year’s as he was offered pasta with marinara sauce, with a choice of meatballs or chickpea marinara. Inmates also received a garden salad with assorted dressings, whole wheat bread, fruit and a beverage.

    For dinner, the rapper had the options of chicken fried rice or tofu fried rice. Black beans and carrots were also served, with more whole wheat bread and another beverage.

    Diddy at a party for Bad Boy Entertainment in 2002

    Sean “Diddy” Combs often hosted lavish parties before being arrested and sentenced to 50 months in prison. (Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

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    Diddy was sentenced to 50 months in prison on federal prostitution charges on Oct. 3. Judge Arun Subramanian also requested the court impose five years of supervised release and for Diddy to pay a $500,000 fine. The rapper was transferred to Fort Dix to serve out the rest of his sentence on Oct. 30.

    His eight-week trial — where jurors heard dozens of witness testimonies — concluded on July 2. The jury found him guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. The rapper was acquitted on the most serious charges against him — sex-trafficking and racketeering. After his sentencing, Diddy apologized in court to both of his ex-girlfriends, Cassie Ventura and “Jane.” 

    Sean "Diddy" Combs watches a video in court

    Diddy was sentenced to 50 months in prison on Oct. 3. (Jane Rosenberg)

    “I was out of control. I needed help, but I didn’t get the help,” he said. “I can make no excuse because I knew better. My mama taught me better. My faith taught me better. Because of my decisions I lost my freedom. I lost the opportunity to effectively raise my children and be there for my mother. I lost all my businesses. I lost my career. I totally lost my reputation. I lost my self-respect.”

    “I’ve been humbled and broken to my core. I hate myself right now. Stripped down to nothing. I really am truly sorry for it all no matter what they say. I want to apologize to my seven children.” 

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    Sean “Diddy” Combs has been moved to a federal prison in New Jersey following his conviction and sentencing on prostitution-related charges in New York, online prison records show.

    According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the disgraced music mogul has been moved to the federal correctional institution in New Jersey known as FCI Fort Dix. As recently as Monday, Combs was located at a detention center in Brooklyn, New York, according to online records from the bureau.

    A spokesperson for Combs declined to comment to CBS News about the new development.

    Combs’ lawyers had wanted their client to serve his sentence at FCI Fort Dix in order for him “to address drug abuse issues and to maximize family visitation and rehabilitative efforts,” according to a letter sent to the judge in the case.

    The prison is located at the military’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, located northeast of Philadelphia. The base combined McGuire Air Force Base, Fort Dix Army Base and Lakehurst Naval Air Station in 2009.

    Earlier this month, the 55-year-old Combs was sentenced to just over four years in prison after he was convicted of two counts of violating the Mann Act, which criminalizes the transportation of any person “for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose.”

    He is appealing his conviction and sentence. The expected release date for Combs is in May 2028.

    Combs was acquitted of the more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering at the end of his high-profile criminal trial in New York City in July. He has been in custody since he was arrested in September 2024.

    Combs will be among over 4,100 inmates at FCI Fort Dix, according to a website for the prison. The website describes the facility as “a low security federal correctional institution with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp.”

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  • Inside Diddy’s Prison Life, Ex-Inmate Shares Insights

    A former inmate who lived alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs at MDC Brooklyn is speaking out- revealing what really happened behind bars, including the shocking knife incident and an unlikely story of redemption

    In his first interview since leaving federal custody, Raymond Castillo, a former inmate at Metropolitan Detention Center Brooklyn, says hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was nothing like the media headlines suggested. Castillo not only lived with him at the MDC, but he was also a “student” of Combs’. Castillo, who spent 46 months at the facility on drug-related offenses and served as Combs’ teacher’s assistant in a self-created business and leadership course, described the former music star as “a humbled man” who united rival gangs, preached faith, and helped him change his life.

    “Before I met him, I was ready to go right back to crime,” Castillo told Los Angeles contributor Lauren Conlin on a podcast. “He told me if I did, I’d end up dead or back in jail. Every plan, he said, needs God in it.”

    According to Castillo (and this was discussed at length during Combs’ sentencing), Combs founded an entrepreneurship and personal development program that became one of the most unlikely success stories inside a federal lockup. The class was held once a week for two hours. It shockingly drew Bloods, Crips, MS-13 members, and inmates of every race into the same room for lessons on discipline, faith, and self-improvement.

    “It’s something that has never been done in the prison system,” Castillo said. “Black sticks with Black, White sticks with White, Spanish sticks with Spanish…especially gang members. But Diddy was able to unify everybody. For those two hours, there were no fights, no gangs-just people focused on change.”

    He said the program impressed even correctional officers, who initially thought a brawl was breaking out when they saw thirty men gathered in one room. “When they realized it was class, they were speechless,” Castillo recalled. “They saw all races, all cultures, together…and it was Diddy up there teaching everyone.”

    Castillo also clarified months of tabloid speculation that Combs had survived an attempted “shank attack” behind bars. “He didn’t ‘wake up’ to no knife to his neck,” Castillo said. “And I was the one who intervened.”

    He recounted that the confrontation began over a chair, not a planned attack. A West Coast gang member serving a 30-year sentence tried to take a seat Combs was already using while watching television – “Basketball Wives,” to be exact.

    “The guy got hostile.. maybe looking for clout,” Castillo said. “Diddy didn’t flinch. He stayed calm, told him, ‘Why you coming at me like that over a chair that don’t belong to none of us?’ When the inmate retrieved a handmade knife from a hiding spot, Castillo said he grabbed the man’s arm before he could strike. “Diddy just got up and told him, ‘You might need to pray,’” Castillo said. “He tried to calm the guy down and even offered to pray with him. I’ve never seen anyone handle it like that.”

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    Castillo added that Combs later spoke up for the would-be attacker, asking guards not to remove him from the unit.

    Combs, Castillo said, lived like an ordinary inmate- no special treatment. Same meals, same cold trays, same lockdowns. But when he wasn’t teaching, he often paced in slow circles around the unit, murmuring prayers.“We thought he was going crazy,” Castillo said with a laugh. “I asked him what he was doing, and he told me he was having long conversations with God. He said if God put him there, it was for a purpose… to help people who’d lost hope.”

    The former inmate described conditions inside MDC as “hellish,” citing rampant violence, corruption, and overcrowding. “People’s really dying in there,” he said. “It’s a war zone. I’ve seen people get stabbed and have their lungs collapse. Diddy lived through all of that… no special treatment.”

    Castillo says Combs’ teachings pushed him to convert to Islam, finish his sentence with purpose, and reject the criminal lifestyle that landed him there. “He believed in me when I couldn’t believe in myself,” Castillo said. “I thank God for putting Diddy in my life. That was a blessing in disguise.”

    The leadership course Combs designed, Castillo added, has since been sanctioned by the Bureau of Prisons as an official rehabilitation program now being expanded to other facilities. Combs remains in federal custody, serving a 50-month sentence following his Mann Act convictions, and has already filed an appeal with a request to fast-track.

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  • Jennifer Lopez’s ex-husband Ojani Noa makes EXPLOSIVE claims, accuses her of…: ‘You begged me to…’ | Bollywood Life











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    Jennifer Lopez’s husband recently exposed his relationship with ex-wife Jennifer Lopez, and accused her of cheating. The claims came after the singer and song writer made claims about not feeling loved in past relationships.

    Jennifer Lopez's ex-husband Ojani Noa makes EXPLOSIVE claims, accuses her of...: 'You begged me to...'

    Jennifer Lopez is a star who needs no introduction. The American singer and songwriter has been making people fall in love with her songs for quite a while now. However, just as news about the singer’s music was making its way to the top, so were headlines about her personal life. Recently, she was in the news again after having a candid conversation on The Howard Stern Show. There, she made a confession about her struggles with love and relationships. The If You Had My Love singer made a confession about how she never felt loved in her past relationships. But it seems like her ex-husband, Ojnai Noa, did not appreciate that comment and reacted to it immediately.

    Ojani Noa’s reaction to Jennifer Lopez’s comment goes viral

    After Jennifer Lopez’s comment on The Howard Stern Show, the singer’s first ex-husband, Ojani Noa, immediately took to Instagram. On there, he accused Jennifer of not being honest during their short-lived marriage. In the statement, which was pretty strangely worded, he claimed that the problem did not lie within him or the rest of her ex-husbands, but within her, who cheated. According to him, in the 11-month-long marriage between the two, which lasted from February 1997 to January 1998, Jennifer Lopez was unfaithful. He said, “I was in love with you. I moved out of state to support, protect, and care for you. I’m an amazing, loving person, a great human being. Honest, faithful to you, never lied, never [misbehaved], never cheated on you. I was good to you. I’m too good a [man] for you.”

    He continued, saying, “You decided to lie and to cheat on me, and even though I stayed. You begged me to keep the marriage intact to avoid bad press.”

    Timeline of Jennifer Lopez and Ojnai Noa’s relationship

    Jennifer and Ojnai met each other in the mid-1990s, back when he was working as a waiter in Miami. Their romance turned into marriage in 1997, when JLo’s fame was on the rise. However, their marriage quickly fell apart, and she filed for divorce in January 1998. Things got bad when Lopez took legal action in order to stop Ojani from releasing private footage from their honeymoon and stopped him from writing a book about their marriage. Moreover, she was also speculated to be in a relationship with Sean Diddy Combs, and Ojnai hinted that it might also be the reason for their relationship falling apart.



























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  • Diddy eyes easy time at Fort Dix prison, but former inmate Joe Giudice warns of violence and gangs

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    Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team is requesting that their client be sent to FCI Fort Dix’s Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP) to serve his sentence. 

    Former “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Joe Giudice, who served his own prison sentence at the New Jersey facility, and his lawyer, James J. Leonard Jr., told Fox News Digital what Combs can expect. 

    Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison on federal prostitution charges earlier this month. 

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    Sean “Diddy” Combs is requesting a transfer to the same facility where reality star Joe Giudice served his prison sentence. (Getty Images)

    Giudice served his sentence for conspiracy, bankruptcy fraud and tax offenses at Fort Dix from 2016 to 2019. FCI Fort Dix is a federal correctional facility in Fort Dix, New Jersey.

    Combs’ lawyer, Teny Geragos, filed a letter on Oct. 6, asking that Judge Arun Subramanian ask the Bureau of Prisons to suggest Fort Dix for her client. In the letter, obtained by Fox News Digital, Geragos said that Combs would be able to “address drug abuse issues” and “maximize family visitation and rehabilitative efforts” in the prison’s RDAP program. 

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    A sketch of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ reaction as the jury foreperson and courtroom deputy read verdicts before Judge Arun Subramanian of the five counts against him in July. (Jane Rosenberg)

    Leonard spoke to Fox News Digital about the benefits of Combs serving his sentence at the low-security prison and all Combs could gain from the RDAP, noting that if Fort Dix is approved, “some people would say [it] is a pretty easy place to do time.”

    He also explained it’s a highly sought-after program by eligible prisoners and one of the few facilities in the Bureau of Prisons that offers a Residential Drug Abuse Program.

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    “Number one, they live within a certain area inside of the prison with other people that are in the program, right? So you’re not in the general population, you’re in a different housing area with other participants in the program, all of whom have been carefully screened, all of whom have to be both legally and clinically eligible,” Leonard told Fox News Digital.

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    Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted on federal prostitution charges. (Jason Merritt)

    He explained that it’s a 6 to 12 month program, designated by the prison, and is a “very, very intensive therapeutic program.”

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    Leonard noted that there are a lot of variables within the program, but if Combs were to complete all 12 months, that would be taken off of his sentence. 

    “So those 12 months would have him ultimately released in February 2027, give or take, in the event that he successfully completed the program and he received the maximum 12 months off,” Leonard said.

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    Joe Giudice and Teresa Giudice starred together on “Real Housewives of New Jersey.” (Getty Images)

    Leonard emphasized that Combs would not automatically be placed in the program. 

    “You don’t just walk into a program, OK? There’s a waitlist, there’s other people. This is very desired, not only for the help that it provides, not only for the benefits of the living conditions, which are different than the others, but at the end of this, you get time off. So you have to behave,” Leonard said.

    Family visitation would be a huge plus for Combs. During his sentencing on Oct. 3, several of Combs’ kids, including daughters Chance, Jessie and D’Lila, were moved to tears and pleaded with the judge for leniency. 

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    Giudice told Fox News Digital that he had family visiting as much as possible. He served his sentence in the general population, not in RDAP.

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    “Family visits – basically, you come out to meet up in one big room and everybody’s there and your family comes. I had family coming every weekend, you know what I mean, friends, family every weekend,” he said.

    Giudice also claimed to have witnessed violence and gang activity while serving his sentence at Fort Dix. He recalled one instance in which he was walking and all of a sudden saw a group of men before a knife incident occurred.

    Teresa Giudice, 41, (L) and her husband Giuseppe "Joe" Giudice, 43, exit the Federal Court in Newark, New Jersey, March 4, 2014. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW ENTERTAINMENT) - RTR3G1B9

    Teresa Giudice and her then-husband, Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice, exit the Federal Court in Newark, New Jersey, in March 2014. (Reuters)

    “They just like stabbed each other as they’re walking across the track. It’s like you’ve barely even seen anything, but you know, they just like stabbed each other for whatever reason, you know, whatever it was,” Giudice alleged.

    Fox News Digital reached out to FCI Fort Dix for comment.

    Leonard told Fox News Digital he had visited Fort Dix’s satellite camp, which is a separate location from where his client served his term. He stated that he was shocked to see the inmates roaming around and not in a large fenced area. Prior to this visit, he had never seen inmates at a federal prison with that much freedom.

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    Diddy was arrested and charged with multiple counts in September 2024. (Shareif Ziyadat)

    “Here they were out and about in the parking lot, not bothering anybody. Then you realize that’s because you’re in a camp setting, right? The camp in particular, they have access to kind of move around the grounds of the prison complex.”

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    He continued, “And they were going from building to building, but they weren’t doing it within this big fenced-in area. They’re kind of moving around. And it’s not a bad place to be, in all candor. It’s not a bad place to be if you have to be locked up in the federal prison system.”

    According to FCI Fort Dix’s website, the prison contains just over 4,100 male inmates. The prison holds about 3,900 and the minimum-security satellite camp houses around 200.

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    Diddy’s legal team is requesting he be sent to FCI Fort Dix’s Residential Drug Abuse Program. (Getty Images)

    The prison is on the military Air Force base in southern New Jersey. It’s 90 minutes from New York and an hour from Philadelphia, which is one reason Leonard believes the facility appeals to Combs.

    The Bureau of Prisons will ultimately decide where Combs serves his sentence.

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  • Diddy’s lawyers want him sent to NJ federal prison that offers drug treatment

    Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers want the hip-hop mogul sent to a low-security federal prison in New Jersey to serve his four-year, two-month prison sentence, telling a judge Monday that the facility’s drug treatment program will help him stay clean.

    In a letter, Combs’ lawyers urged the judge presiding over his case, Arun Subramanian, to “strongly recommend” that the federal Bureau of Prisons put Combs at FCI Fort Dix, a massive prison located on the grounds of the joint military base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

    FCI Fort Dix, one of several dozen federal prisons with a residential drug treatment program, will best allow Combs “to address drug abuse issues and to maximize family visitation and rehabilitative efforts,” Combs lawyer Teny Geragos wrote.

    Also Monday, President Donald Trump told reporters that Combs had asked him for a pardon. Trump, referring to Combs by the nickname “Puff Daddy,” did not say if he would grant the request. Messages seeking comment on Trump’s remarks was left for Combs’ lawyers and his publicity team.

    Combs’ sentencing Friday on charges he transported people across state lines for sexual encounters capped a federal case that featured harrowing testimony about violence, drugs and so-called “freak-offs,” and exposed the sordid private life of one of the most influential figures in music.

    The “I’ll Be Missing You” singer was convicted in July under the federal Mann Act, which bans transporting people across state lines for any sexual crime. His trial ended in a split verdict, with acquittals on sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put him behind bars for life.

    Combs has been locked up at a federal jail in Brooklyn, the Metropolitan Detention Center, since his September 2024 arrest. His time there will be subtracted from his sentence, meaning he could get out in about three years.

    In a letter to Subramanian on the eve of sentencing, Combs said he has gone through a “spiritual reset” in jail and is “committed to the journey of remaining a drug-free, non-violent and peaceful person.”

    “I thank God that I’m stronger, wiser, clean, clear and sober,” he wrote.

    Subramanian has not yet acted on the request to recommend placement at FCI Fort Dix.

    Judges often make recommendations about where inmates should serve time, but it’s up to the Bureau of Prisons to decide. Those decisions, the agency has said, are based on a variety of factors, including the severity of the offense, the required security level and an inmate’s programming needs.

    FCI Fort Dix, the largest single federal prison by population with just under 3,900 inmates, is about 64 miles (103 kilometers) southwest of New York City, where Combs was born and rose to fame as a rapper and entrepreneur in an array of businesses, including fashion, television and liquor. An adjacent minimum-security prison camp has 210 inmates.

    Combs once owned a home in New Jersey, selling it nearly a decade ago.

    His primary residence, according to court papers, has been a $48 million mansion on an island near Miami. That home and a mansion he owns in Los Angeles were raided by federal agents last year during the investigation that led to his arrest.

    FCI Fort Dix has been home to a number of high-profile inmates over the years, including reputed mobsters, drug traffickers, corrupt politicians and “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli. For a time, it was run by the warden who had been in charge of a Manhattan federal jail when financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself at the jail in 2019. That warden, Lamine N’Diaye, has since retired.

    In 2021, a 27-year-old Fort Dix inmate was stabbed in the eyeball by a fellow prisoner.

    In 2019, a Fort Dix inmate, a former inmate and two other people were arrested for using a drone to smuggle in contraband, including cellphones, tobacco, weight-loss supplements and eyeglasses. The same year, a Fort Dix correctional officer pleaded guilty in a separate case to pocketing bribes to smuggle in contraband.

    During his time at Fort Dix, Shkreli ended up in solitary confinement amid allegations he was using a contraband smartphone to run his drug company from behind bars. Inmates are forbidden from conducting business and possessing cellphones.

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  • Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers want him at FCI Fort Dix, a low-security prison in N.J. that offers drug treatment

    Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers want the hip-hop mogul sent to a low-security federal prison in New Jersey to serve his four-year, two-month prison sentence, telling a judge Monday that the facility’s drug treatment program will help him stay clean.

    In a letter, Combs’ lawyers urged the judge presiding over his case, Arun Subramanian, to “strongly recommend” that the federal Bureau of Prisons place Combs at FCI Fort Dix, a massive prison located on the grounds of the joint military base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

    FCI Fort Dix, one of several dozen federal prisons with a residential drug treatment program, will best allow Combs “to address drug abuse issues and to maximize family visitation and rehabilitative efforts,” Combs lawyer Teny Geragos wrote. He also cited educational and occupational programs available at the prison, located about 70 miles south of New York City.

    The request from Combs’ attorney came after Subramanian asked his lawyers on Friday at the sentencing hearing to let him know their preference for a prison facility.

    Also Monday, President Trump told reporters that Combs had asked him for a pardon. Mr. Trump, referring to Combs by the nickname “Puff Daddy,” did not say if he would grant the request. Messages seeking comment on Mr. Trump’s remarks was left for Combs’ lawyers and his publicity team.

    Combs was sentenced on charges he transported people across state lines for sexual encounters capped a federal case that featured harrowing testimony about violence, drugs and so-called “freak-offs,” and exposed the sordid private life of one of the most influential figures in music.

    While the criminal case against Combs came to an end, he still faces civil lawsuits, including from a former stylist who accused Combs of sexually, physically and emotionally abusing him while he was working for Combs and his label, Bad Boy Entertainment — allegations that Combs has denied, with his legal team calling them “falsehoods.”

    Deonte’ Nash alleged he was frightened throughout his roughly decade-long experience working for the music mogul. The 39-year-old stylist claims Combs choked him multiple times, describing one alleged incident that occurred after he went to a restaurant with R&B singer Cassie Ventura, Combs’ ex-girlfriend, whose testimony was critical in his conviction.

    The “I’ll Be Missing You” singer was convicted in July under the federal Mann Act, which bans transporting people across state lines for any sexual crime. His trial ended in a split verdict, with acquittals on sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put him behind bars for life.

    Combs has been locked up at a federal jail in Brooklyn, the Metropolitan Detention Center, since his September 2024 arrest. His time there will be subtracted from his sentence, meaning he could get out in about three years.

    In a letter to Subramanian on the eve of sentencing, Combs said he has gone through a “spiritual reset” in jail and is “committed to the journey of remaining a drug free, non-violent and peaceful person.”

    “I thank God that I’m stronger, wiser, clean, clear and sober,” he wrote.

    Subramanian has not yet acted on the request to recommend placement at FCI Fort Dix.

    Judges often make recommendations about where inmates should serve time, but it’s up to the Bureau of Prisons to decide. Those decisions, the agency has said, are based on a variety of factors, including the severity of the offense, the required security level and an inmate’s programming needs.

    FCI Fort Dix, the largest single federal prison by population with just under 3,900 inmates, is about 64 miles (103 kilometers) southwest of New York City, where Combs was born and rose to fame as a rapper and entrepreneur in an array of businesses, including fashion, television and liquor. An adjacent minimum-security prison camp has 210 inmates.

    Combs once owned a home in New Jersey, selling it nearly a decade ago.

    His primary residence, according to court papers, has been a $48 million mansion on an island near Miami. That home and a mansion he owns in Los Angeles were raided by federal agents last year during the investigation that led to his arrest.

    FCI Fort Dix has been home to a number of high-profile inmates over the years, including reputed mobsters, drug traffickers, corrupt politicians and Martin Shkreli. For a time, it was run by the warden who had been in charge of a Manhattan federal jail when financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself at the jail in 2019. That warden, Lamine N’Diaye, has since retired.

    In 2021, a 27-year-old Fort Dix inmate was stabbed in the eyeball by a fellow prisoner.

    In 2019, a Fort Dix inmate, a former inmate and two other people were arrested for using a drone to smuggle in contraband including cellphones, tobacco, weight-loss supplements and eyeglasses. The same year, a Fort Dix correctional officer pleaded guilty in a separate case to pocketing bribes to smuggle in contraband.

    During his time at Fort Dix, Shkreli ended up in solitary confinement amid allegations he was using a contraband smartphone to run his drug company from behind bars. Inmates are forbidden from conducting business and possessing cellphones.

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  • Experts Say Diddy’s Fame Makes Him a Target in Federal Prison

    Former MDC Brooklyn Associate Warden Dr. DeWayne Hendrix issues a warning for Diddy as his prison placement looms, plus Craig Rothfeld weighs in

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    Following his 50-month sentence for two Mann Act violations on October 3, 2025, Sean “Diddy” Combs will be heading to a federal prison- but where? Combs will be evaluated under the Bureau of Prisons’ custody classification system to determine where he’ll be placed behind bars.

    Dr. DeWayne Hendrix, former Warden at the Metropolitan Detention Center (where Combs is currently housed), former Senior Warden with the Bureau of Prisons, and founder of A New Light, tells Los Angeles, “Mr. Combs will be ‘scored’ under the BOP’s classification system and designated to the lowest-security facility that meets his needs, typically within 500 miles of his release residence. With a 50-month sentence and no prior felony convictions, he most likely qualifies for a low security federal prison.”

    Other experts like Craig Rothfeld, firmly state that no one truly knows where Combs will end up. Rothfeld, of Inside Outside Ltd, Criminologist and Prison Consultant (his clients are the likes of Harvey Weinstein and Luigi Mangione), tells Los Angeles exclusively, “At this time, there is no one who knows where Sean Combs is going to spend the remainder of his sentence in prison. Anyone to suggest otherwise is either speculating or worse making it up. It is a fools errand right now for anyone, anywhere, to say they have knowledge of where he is going to wind up. There are many standard and variable factors that will be evaluated by the BOP’s Designation Sentencing & Computation Center (DSCC) in making the final determination on his classification and eventual prison designation.”

    Although Combs was sentenced only on the Mann Act, Judge Arun Subramanian made it clear that his acquitted behavior-brutalizing both Cassandra Ventura and “Jane”-would be considered when determining the length of his lock-up. Dr. Hendrix adds, “Because his conviction is of a sex offense, he may serve his time in a prison that has sex offender programs.  Sex offenders and people who commit violent crimes against women face higher levels of harassment and assault on the inside. Then, adding his celebrity and wealth, the risk of targeting and extortion goes up.”

    On the October 4th episode of the “Two Angry Men” podcast, criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos echoed Hendrix, claiming that Combs’ fame makes him a prime target, increasing the typical dangers, like physical and sexual assault, faced by inmates with similar convictions.

    During Friday’s sentencing, Combs’ attorney Brian Steel revealed that Diddy was targeted to be shanked by a prisoner while at MDC Brooklyn, before a guard stepped in.“It’s a trophy for them, they get recognition if they harm him,” Steel announced in court.

    MDC is notoriously one of the most inhumane jails in the country, with some federal judges even calling it a “third world” jail with no sunlight or fresh air. The defense has cited the disturbing conditions multiple times throughout the trial and in the sentencing memo. Other judges in the Southern District of New York have even factored MDC conditions into sentencing decisions. Notably, in a 2019 memo, SDNY Judge Jed Rakoff stated that it had become ‘routine’ for federal judges to consider the harsh conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center when sentencing defendants (United States vs. Paul Manafort).

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    Dr. Hendrix believes that if Combs is not in protective custody, he will need to make protection arrangements by any means possible. “The BOP can mitigate his risks with separation options and monitoring, but if he remains in general population he will need strong protective arrangements-either formal or informal-to avoid becoming a constant target.” Hendrix also added a strange but common occurrence about how sex offenders are treated in custody- no entry into the TV room. “Sex offenders do try to keep a low profile, but a visible form of abuse is that other inmates won’t allow them in TV rooms.”

    One of Combs’ attorneys Marc Agnifilo claimed that Judge Subramanian “acted like a 13th juror” and said they have plans to appeal the sentence.

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  • 50 Cent mocks longtime rival Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs after sentencing: ‘I’ll take his gigs’

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    50 Cent wasted no time mocking Sean “Diddy” Combs after the music mogul was sentenced Friday to 50 months in prison on federal prostitution charges.

    The rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, posted on X not long after Diddy’s sentence was revealed, offering to take his spot at an upcoming speaking engagement. 

    “Hey to whoever was booking Diddy for speaking engagement. I heard he won’t be able to make it, 🤷 I’m available! 😆” 50 Cent wrote, including a link to his website, G-Unit Brands.

    He was likely referencing speaking engagements that Diddy had booked for next week in Miami, which the prosecution revealed during the sentencing hearing.

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    50 Cent (left) joked that he’s available to take over Sean “Diddy” Combs’ (right) previously booked Miami speaking engagements X after the music mogul was sentenced to 50 months in prison. (Getty Images/Getty Images)

    The two artists are longtime rivals – their feud goes back decades after 50 Cent accused Diddy of knowing who murdered rapper Notorious B.I.G. on his 2006 diss track “The Bomb.”

    On Thursday, the eve of the sentencing, 50 Cent posted a “letter” he wrote to Judge Arun Subramanian, who issued the ruling in Diddy’s case.

    “I have had an ongoing dispute with Puffy (one of Diddy’s nicknames) for over 20 years. He is very dangerous. Multiple times I have feared for my life,” the letter reads.

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    50 Cent and Diddy worked together in the early 2000s. (Johnny Nunez)

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    50 Cent then goes on to explain why he thinks Diddy should remain in jail and ends the letter with a reference to all the baby oil found when federal authorities raided Diddy’s properties last year.

    A jury found Diddy guilty on both counts of transportation to engage in prostitution during his sex trafficking and racketeering trial in July 2025. He was found not guilty of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.

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    In addition to the 50-month sentence, Diddy will have five years of supervised release and pay a $500,000 fine.

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