The Federal Bureau of Prisons has updated its calendar and Sean “Diddy” Combs now has a release date, once he completes his sentence for a conviction on prostitution-related charges.
According to the bureau’s website, Combs is scheduled to leave prison on May 8, 2028, as long as he stays out of trouble and gets credit for good behavior under the First Step Act.
A May 2028 release would put him at 43 months served or about 3.5 years in detention since his arrest in September 2024.
The BOP update also notes that Combs is still jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, and has so far not been transferred to another facility.
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This update comes after the White House last week said a report claiming the Bad Boy Records founder would imminently be pardoned by President Trump was fake news.
“There is zero truth to the TMZ report, which we would’ve gladly explained had they reached out before running their fake news,” an unnamed official told NBC News. “The President, not anonymous sources, is the final decider on pardons and commutations.”
Although a TMZ rep doubled down and insisted, “Our story is accurate.”
On July 2, a Manhattan jury acquitted Combs of racketeering and sex trafficking charges but convicted him on two lesser counts of violating the Mann Act, which prohibits transporting people across state lines for prostitution or sexual activity.
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian sentenced the mogul to 50 months in prison on Oct. 3, and ordered him to pay a $500,000 fine, the maximum allowed by law.
The judge has since spelled out strict conditions for the mogul once he is released and begins his probation, including drug tests, enrolling in an outpatient treatment program, turning over financial records, and working “at least 30 hours a week at a lawful type of employment.”
During his sentencing hearing, the mogul’s family members and attorneys pleaded for leniency, after prosecutors recommended he get 11 years.
Combs’ legal team played an 11-minute video portraying the rapper and producer as a loving father, successful businessman, and philanthropist who has used his wealth to help the Black community.
“When we come together as a people, nothing can stop us,” Combs said in the video. The mogul additionally sent a four-page letter to the judge asking for a “second chance.”
His legal team has since filed a notice of appeal. His attorneys submitted the two-page filing on Oct. 20, notifying the court that he is appealing both his conviction and sentence.
Although legal experts say an appeal could take years.
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