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As beforehand reported, Diddy is scheduled to be launched from federal jail on Could 8, 2028.
The rapper may get out even sooner than this.
Diddy performs onstage throughout the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Middle on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Picture by Noam Galai/Getty Photographs for MTV)
Earlier this week, Diddy spokesman Juda Engelmayer stated that Diddy is taking part in a drug rehabilitation program whereas serving his present sentence.
“Mr. Combs is an active participant in the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP) and has taken his rehabilitation process seriously from the start,” Engelmayer stated. “He is fully engaged in his work, focused on growth, and committed to positive change.”
This could possibly be true, we suppose.
It does appear value noting that finishing such a rehab program might imply an earlier launch, as effectively, though Diddy would nonetheless face 5 years of supervision… in addition to drug testing and psychological well being conferences prescribed below his sentence, which he’s interesting.
Prosecutors had sought a sentence of greater than 11 years this fall.
The disgraced mogul was sentenced as an alternative on October 3 to 50 months in jail following his conviction on two counts of transporting individuals for prostitution — and he acquired credit score for 14 months of time served previous to sentencing.
New York Mayor Eric Adams presents Sean “Diddy” Combs with the keys to the town in Instances Sq. on September 15, 2023 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Cindy Ord/Getty Photographs)
Only a week in the past, there was chatter that Diddy has been caught ingesting behind bars, a violation that would really tack time on to his sentence.
We’ve since discovered that the artist is working as a chaplain’s assistant, which is taken into account one of many extra fascinating assignments at his new Fort Dix house.
Engelmayer informed this identical outlet that Diddy “works in the chapel library, where he describes the environment as warm, respectful, and rewarding.”
Honoree Sean “Diddy” Combs attends the Pre-GRAMMY Gala and GRAMMY Salute to Business Icons Honoring Sean “Diddy” Combs on January 25, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Picture by Gregg DeGuire/Getty Photographs for The Recording Academy)
Throughout his trial, Combs’ legal professionals referred to his drug use as a major driver of his notorious “freak-offs.”
In a letter to the decide earlier than sentencing, Combs blamed medicine and extra for his actions and stated he was “now sober for the first time in 25 years,” including that he had been making an attempt his greatest “to deal with my drug abuse and anger issues” and stating:
“Prison will change you or kill you — I choose to live.”
President Donald Trump, for his half, might select to commute Diddy’s sentence.
Diddy performs at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in a particular one night time solely occasion at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on November 07, 2023 in London, England. (Picture by Samir Hussein/Getty Photographs for Sean Diddy Combs)
Throughout aforementioned trial, ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura testified that Diddy used violence to power her into taking part in these freak-offs; drug-fueled intercourse events with intercourse staff he employed.
Afterward, she testified, she felt “disgusted” and “humiliated.”
At Combs’ sentencing, U.S. District Decide Arun Subramanian stated the star “abused the power and control with women you professed to love.”
“You abused them physically, emotionally and psychologically,” he additionally stated.
