Sean “Diddy” Combs has reportedly been caught consuming alcohol in jail.
Diddy, who turned 56 on Tuesday, November 4, was caught with a do-it-yourself alcoholic substance by jail officers on the low-security Federal Correctional Establishment at Fort Dix in New Jersey this week, sources claimed to TMZ on Friday, November 7. The alcohol was reportedly made from Fanta, sugar and apples, which inmates give two weeks to ferment earlier than consuming.
In response to the outlet's insiders, jail officers initially deliberate to maneuver Diddy to a brand new unit after he was busted, however they've since reversed their determination, so the file producer will stay in his present unit.
An official from the jail advised the publication that they've “no details about the incident.”
Us Weekly reached out to reps for Diddy and the jail for remark.
Following his September 2024 arrest, Diddy was discovered responsible on two counts of transportation to interact in prostitution however acquitted of three extra severe fees of racketeering conspiracy and intercourse trafficking by drive, fraud or coercion in July. The “I'll Be Lacking You” singer, who has maintained his innocence, was sentenced to 4 years and two months in jail in October.
Previous to his sentencing, Diddy wrote a letter to the choose presiding over his case by which he apologized for “all the damage and ache that I've prompted others by my conduct” and acknowledged that he was “sober for the primary time in 25 years.”
“Since incarceration, I've gone via a non secular reset. I'm on a journey that can take time and exhausting work. I'm proud to say I'm working more durable than I ever have earlier than,” he wrote in his letter, which was obtained by Us. “I'm dedicated to the journey of remaining a drug free, non-violent and peaceable particular person.”

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Diddy concluded, “I humbly ask you for one more probability — one other probability to be a greater father, one other probability to be a greater son, one other probability to be a greater chief in my neighborhood, and one other probability to reside a greater life. I'm penning this to not acquire any sympathy or pity, this expertise is just the reality of my existence and has modified my life endlessly and I'll by no means commit against the law once more.”
In late October, Diddy was transferred to FCI Fort Dix from the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn, New York, the place he had been behind bars since his arrest.
Seton Corridor Legislation College professor Invoice Baroni, who served three months in an analogous facility for his involvement within the 2013 “Bridgegate” scandal earlier than the Supreme Court docket reversed his fraud conviction, solely advised Us on October 30 that the switch can be “a dramatic change for the higher.”
“His life will likely be a lot simpler the place he's now,” Baroni mentioned, including that Diddy is “going from some of the extreme prisons in America to a low-security camp that has no cells or bars.” (Fort Dix, which holds greater than 4,000 inmates, as an alternative has dormitory models with bunk beds for 12 males in every.)
Baroni continued, “He'll go from a really regimented life in Brooklyn to at least one the place he can work out for hours on the gymnasium, take lessons, watch TV and stroll the monitor. There are all the time challenges to going into jail, however he's going to a spot the place violence is sort of nowhere to be discovered. He will likely be safer right here than at any time since he was charged.”
Diddy is scheduled to be launched from Fort Dix on Could 8, 2028, in response to the Federal Bureau of Prisons' web site. Nonetheless, he might be launched earlier if he stays on good habits and completes sure applications whereas incarcerated.
