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Diddy Combs projected release date May 8, 2028 per BOP records

Published 28 October 2025

Sean "Diddy" Combs, who is serving a 50‑month federal sentence at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, is scheduled for release on May 8, 2028, according to Bureau of Prisons records, and a close friend said this week that Combs was recently threatened in his cell when a fellow inmate pressed a makeshift knife to his throat. The friend, Charlucci Finney, said he was told the incident occurred inside the Brooklyn detention center but did not provide a date and said he did not know whether guards intervened or Combs fought off the attacker.

Combs, 55, was convicted in July on two counts of transporting individuals across state lines for the purpose of prostitution under the federal Mann Act and was acquitted of charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. On October 3, U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian sentenced him to 50 months in prison, fined him $500,000 and ordered five years of supervised release and participation in mental health and substance abuse programs. At sentencing, Subramanian said, "A substantial sentence must be given to serve as an example to abusers and victims alike that exploitation and violence against women is met with real...

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