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Diddy Enters Prison Rehabilitation Programs Ahead of Sentencing

Combs hopes to sway a four-year recommendation at his October 3 hearing through court-mandated STOP, drug-abuse programs

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Sean Combs reacts as the jury foreperson reads verdicts
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Hip-Hop artist Sean 'Puffy' Combs performing on 'MTV 2 Large' on New Year's Eve in MTV's Times Square studios, 12/31/99. (Photo by Scott Gries/ImageDirect)

Overview

  • A federal jury acquitted Combs of racketeering and sex trafficking but convicted him on two counts of transportation for prostitution.
  • Judge Arun Subramanian denied Combs’s release on a $1 million bond and ordered him to remain at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center until sentencing.
  • Combs has enrolled in the STOP Program, a federally offered course aimed at preventing sexual assault and domestic violence.
  • He is participating in Dr. Harry K. Wexler’s drug-abuse treatment, which he began before his September 2024 arrest and has continued behind bars.
  • Federal prosecutors have recommended a four-year prison term and Combs’s sentencing is set for October 3, 2025 before Judge Subramanian.