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Sean “Diddy” Combs is being held in the same prison as cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman Freed, Us Weekly has confirmed.
NBC News first reported that both Diddy, 54, and Bankman Freed, 32, were being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Us confirmed that Diddy was being transferred to the same section where the founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange is serving his sentence.
The section of the prison where Didi and Bankman-Freed are being held has barracks-style housing that can hold 18 to 20 inmates who require special protection. Didi was placed in the Special Housing Unit (SHU) after being transferred back to the Metropolitan Detention Center earlier this month.
Bankman Freed is currently serving a 25-year sentence. In November 2023, he was convicted of seven counts of wire fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering through FTX. According to Damien Williams, US Department of Agriculture, Southern District, Bankman Freed “orchestrated one of the largest financial frauds in history, stealing more than $8 billion of client money.” Earlier this year, Bankman Freed appealed his conviction and prison sentence.
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INF/INSTAR Sean “Diddy” Combs has been under investigation for at least a year after being accused of sexual assault by multiple people. The rapper and music mogul, 54, made headlines in November 2023 when his ex-girlfriend, Cassie, accused him of sexual abuse in a shocking lawsuit. She alleged that Diddy beat her and forced her to (…)
Meanwhile, Diddy was arrested in New York City on September 16th. The next day, news broke that Diddy had been indicted on charges of sex trafficking and extortion. A 14-page document was unsealed the same day. He was accused of abusing, threatening and coercing women and those around him in order to “satisfy his sexual desires, protect his reputation and hide his actions.”
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Diddy has pleaded not guilty to the charges, but has been denied bail. The judge presiding over the case ordered the rapper remain in jail pending trial, which has yet to be scheduled. If convicted, Diddy faces life in prison.
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“We are disappointed in the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s decision to wrongfully prosecute Mr. Combs,” Diddy’s attorney, Mark Anifilo, said in a statement. “Sean Diddy Combs is a music icon, a self-made entrepreneur, a family man and a proven philanthropist who has built an empire over the past three decades, loves children and strives to uplift the Black community.”
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Paras Griffin/Getty Images Sean “Diddy” Combs has strongly denied allegations of rape and assault made by his ex-girlfriend, Cassie, but multiple women have come forward with similar allegations of misconduct by the music mogul. In November 2023, Us Weekly confirmed that Cassie (real name Cassandra Ventura) had accused Diddy of rape and repeated physical assault. (…)
A new woman has filed a new lawsuit alleging that the music mogul raped her while Diddy was in prison. According to court documents obtained by Us on Tuesday, Thalia Graves claims that Diddy and his security chief, Joseph Sherman, raped her in 2001.
In the lawsuit, Graves alleges that Diddy lured her to a meeting with him and Sherman, where she was given a drink that was “possibly laced with drugs” that caused her to temporarily lose consciousness. Graves claims she woke up restrained and sexually abused by Diddy and Sherman. Diddy has not yet spoken publicly about the lawsuit.
