Sean “Diddy” Combs was greeted by not less than one acquainted face in jail after he was transferred to Fort Dix in New Jersey.
Diddy, 55, was photographed talking to pal and former NBA participant Sebastian Telfair, per photographs obtained by TMZ on Monday, November 3. Diddy and Telfair, 40, could possibly be seen conversing within the jail yard.
Telfair and Diddy each wore standard-issue grey sweatsuits with blue overcoats. The rapper opted for a beanie to cowl his head. Diddy could possibly be seen sporting a grey beard.
This was the primary time Diddy had been publicly seen following his arrest in September 2024. Diddy was arrested final yr on fees of intercourse trafficking, transportation to have interaction in prostitution and racketeering conspiracy. He pleaded not responsible to the fees and denied all allegations.
No cameras had been allowed contained in the courtroom in the course of the rapper's July trial, so photographs had been produced by a court docket sketch artist. Diddy's trial ended with a jury discovering him responsible on two counts of transportation. He was acquitted on the 2 remaining and extra severe fees, together with intercourse trafficking and racketeering.
After Diddy was discovered partially responsible, his attorneys instantly requested his launch from federal jail. Diddy was denied bail a number of occasions earlier than and after his trial.
“His household is right here and will signal a bond,” Diddy's lawyer Marc Agnifilo stated to the decide after the decision was learn. “He needs to be launched at this time.”
Diddy's authorized staff additionally submitted a proper letter to the decide requesting that the producer return to his house in Miami Seashore whereas awaiting sentencing.
“Since his arrest and detention on September 17, 2024, Mr. Combs has obeyed the Court docket, revered these proceedings and demonstrated mannequin conduct on the MDC,” the letter obtained by Us Weekly learn. “And at this time, the jury unambiguously rejected the federal government's allegations that Mr. Combs ran a years-long legal enterprise or engaged in intercourse trafficking — the core of the federal government's case. Mr. Combs stands convicted of two Mann Act counts, and his sentencing publicity is considerably decrease than when the federal government initially sought detention.”
Final month, Choose Arun Subramanian sentenced Diddy to 50 months in jail. The year-plus he has already spent in jail at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Heart will rely towards his general sentence. Diddy was transferred to New Jersey's Fort Dix on Thursday, October 30.
Diddy is anticipated to be launched in Could 2028. He's topic to 5 years of supervised launch. The music mogul was additionally ordered to pay a $500,000 positive.
Telfair is in jail for violating the phrases of his supervised launch in a healthcare fraud case. The basketball participant was charged with submitting false claims to the league's well being and welfare profit plan. He pleaded responsible to the fees in March 2023 and was sentenced to 3 years' probation.
Telfair failed to finish court-ordered group service and to report back to a probation officer. He was sentenced to 6 months behind bars and reported to jail in August 2025.
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