DISGRACED rap mogul Diddy will be left to rot in a hellhole jail as he waits to find out his fate.
The music star – real name Sean Combs – will have to wait until October 3 to find out what prison time – if any – he faces after being convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
But he was acquitted of racketeering conspiracy, which carried a life sentence, and two counts of sex trafficking.
Diddy could walk free as he may be released on time served – but until then he remains stuck at the infamous Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn.
Combs, 54, was arrested last September and had his $50 million bail bid denied by a judge.
Since then he has been living in the MDC – that has been home to some of the US’s most notorious offenders.
Plagued with rat infestations, violent outbreaks, and understaffing, the prison is a far cry from the luxury Combs has lapped up for years at his Miami and LA mansions.
Able to hold 1,600 inmates, cartel kingpins, and other celebrities are among those to have called the jail home.
High-profile individuals who have experienced the prison’s brutal conditions include R Kelly, Fetty Wap, and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Diddy has repeatedly moaned about his time in jail – including telling his pal Kanye West he was having “no fun”.
And it was reported he had a “meltdown” during the festive period in December as he raged about being behind bars.
Insiders said Diddy was convinced he would have been bailed from the MDC.
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It was also claimed Diddy was left much thinner and looking grey after his time in MDC – a stark change from his usual appearence dripped in luxury.
Diddy was reportedly held in the 4 North unit of the MDC – with claims inmates had a view of the women’s floor due to grates, allowing prisoners to spy through the peep holes.
Gene Borrello, a former inmate and mob enforcer familiar with 4 North’s environment, explained, “If you lay down, you can look through the holes and talk to the women.”
Another ex-inmate, identified as G-Lock, claimed that female prisoners occasionally engage in provocative behavior visible through the grate.
Designed for high-profile inmates needing close protection, the 4 North unit offers more leniency than the general population.
With no individual cells, inmates live dorm-style with steel-framed beds placed less than a foot apart.
Amenities include board games, air hockey, a gym, and tablets for movies and music.
But the comforts are modest. Mattresses are just 1.5 inches thick, pillows are nonexistent, and privacy in the showers and bathrooms is limited to a thin curtain.
Inmates must stick to a loosely structured routine, with early wake-up calls and head counts, but they do enjoy some flexibility.
“With the right cop, you can spend all night watching television,” Borrello noted.
Maxwell famously bemoaned her time at the jail, complaining about sleep deprivation, a lack of potable water, a sewage stench in her cell, and living among rodents and cockroaches.
She also complained that guards kept her up with flashlights and repeatedly subjected her to humiliating searches.
R Kelly meanwhile had his lawyers sue the prison after he claimed they placed him on suicide watch as a punishment.
Conditions are so vile at the prison that it has been reported the jail has stopped accepting inmates serving out their sentences.
All but a few dozen of its inmates are suspects awaiting trial or prosecution.
Last June, an inmate was even murdered and at least four have died by suicide in the last three years.
Inmate Uriel Whyte – who had been awaiting trial on gun charges for more than two years – was stabbed to death at MDC on June 7.
Then in July, Edwin Cordero died after being injured in a brawl at the jail.
“It’s very violent. There’s stabbings at least a couple times a week,” inmate Eli told Spectrum News NY1 following Whyte’s death.
Despite repeatedly hitting headlines for its conditions, the prison has not been officially inspected by the Department of Justice since 2020.
Even that review was conducted remotely – making the last in-person inspection five years ago in 2019.
Eli added: “They know this place should be shut down, and it is impossible, nearly impossible, for you to fight a case from MDC Brooklyn.
“Forget about your constitutional rights. Human rights here are a problem.”
FREEZING CONDITIONS
In February 2019, MDC was again in the national spotlight after inmates suffered days without heat or power during a cold snap.
Power and heating in parts of the jail were cut off after a fire, with inmates left in near freezing temperatures and total darkness after the sun went down.
“The MDC was one of the most troubled, if not the most troubled facility in the Bureau of Prisons,” Cameron Lindsay, a former warden at the jail, told The New York Times at the time.
Despite issues raised ranging from overcrowding to human rights violence, it has remained one of the go-to locations to house both high-risk and high-profile detainees.
Right now, the jail is housing a trio of cartel figures – Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, Nestor Perez “El Nini” and Genaro Garcia Luna.
Zambada was the co-founder of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel, while Perez has been identified as El Chapo’s top security man.
Luna is a former Mexican national security secretary being held for his links to the cartel.
Diddy has already spent 10 months behind bars at the MDC as he waited for the jury’s verdict on Wednesday.
Many believed the disgraced music mogul was set to get life in prison over racketeering and sex trafficking charges but when the verdicts were read out Combs fell to his knees in glee.
With each count he was found guility of carrying just a maximum 10-year prison sentence and no minimum, Combs’ legal team sighed a breath of relief in the courtroom.
His final sentence is yet to be announced but he is likely to spend a minimal number of years locked up giving his first time offender status.
As arguably the trial of the century kicked off earlier this year many had thought Combs had next to no chance of getting off so lightly.
The majority of federal cases end in a conviction and with “freak off” revelations, baby oil hauls and disturbing claims all being made public at trial, the case seemed simple to most.
But as the final judgments were made and Combs mouthed to his family he’ll be “home soon”, questions emerged around how he escaped a severe punishment.
Many now believe the fault lies with the prosecution for aiming too high with their charges.
They lobbied for a complicated racketeering case that is typically reserved for the most high profile mob bosses.
The burden of proof needed to convict a criminal on such charges will always be tough to reach due to the repercussions of life behind bars.
And as the prosecution scrambled to keep the music producer locked up with a myriad of witnesses and claims, the defence simply played down the seriousness of Combs’ crimes.
Combs’ defence had always remained firm in their admission of some form of guilt from the very start of the trial.
His lawyer Teny Geragos made an extraordinary admission in her opening statement in court.
She described Combs as a domestic abuser with a vicious temper.
One of the most shocking pieces of evidence was presented right at the start of the trial.
Combs’ assault on ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura at the InterContinental hotel in Los Angeles presented a damning case.
He was seen kicking her on the ground in vile CCTV footage which even Geragos labelled “indefensible, horrible, dehumanising and violent”.
But it did little to help the prosecution prove Combs was the ringleader of a sex trafficking operation.
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By Senior News Reporter, Forrest McFarland
SEAN “Diddy” Combs’ future still hangs in the balance as the court continues to argue whether he should walk free after dodging his most serious federal charges.
After seven weeks of emotional testimony, a jury found the rapper guilty of two lesser charges but acquitted him of the three counts that each could have landed him a life sentence.
Combs was found guilty of two counts of transportation for purposes of prostitution, and each charge has a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
However, legal experts have warned that he shouldn’t celebrate too soon, as they speculate that the rapper will likely have to spend some time behind bars.
“He’s looking at 15 plus years under the sentencing guideline on each count, and he gets a multiplier for multiple victims,” former federal prosecutor David Weinstein told NewsNation.
“The judge can run them consecutive, and he might, with an additional multiplying factor, find himself bumping up against 10 on each count.
“So, for people to say or think that he’s going to get credit time served and walk out of here, I think that’s a pipe dream for the defense.”
In a submission made after the verdict was announced, Diddy’s defense argued that a prison term of 21 to 27 months would be reasonable, and pointed out that he’s already served 10 months.
But prosecutors believe that he should be punished with a minimum of 51 to 63 months behind bars because of aggravating circumstances, like claims that Diddy was physically abusive.
