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Trump Says Diddy Sought Pardon as Defense Urges Fort Dix Placement After 50-Month Sentence

His lawyers plan an appeal that challenges the sentence for relying on conduct the jury rejected.

FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs sits courtside in the second half of an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Knicks, March 12, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell stands at the podium to address Judge Alison Nathan during her sentencing in a courtroom sketch in New York City, U.S. June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 02: Marc Agnifilo, (C) attorney for Sean "Diddy" Combs, gives a brief statement next to lawyers Teny Geragos (R) and Brian Stee at Manhattan Federal Court after Comb's bail hearing following his sex trafficking and racketeering trial on July 02, 2025 in New York City. Combs was found not guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking but convicted of a less serious prostitution charge after a high-profile seven week trial in New York. He was denied bail and will remain in custody until his sentencing.(Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Overview

  • President Donald Trump told reporters that Sean “Diddy” Combs asked him for a pardon, and he gave no indication he would grant clemency.
  • Combs’ attorneys asked Judge Arun Subramanian to recommend FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey so he can enroll in the Bureau of Prisons’ residential drug treatment program and maintain family visitation.
  • The music mogul was sentenced Friday to 50 months in federal prison on two Mann Act counts, was fined $500,000, and will face supervised release after his term.
  • Defense lawyers say a notice of appeal is forthcoming, arguing the judge improperly factored in coercion and other conduct tied to charges on which the jury acquitted Combs.
  • Combs has been held at MDC Brooklyn since September 2024 and will receive credit for roughly 13 months served, and separate civil litigation against him continues across the country.