Disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to be released from prison on April 25, 2028, about five weeks earlier than previously planned, Rolling Stone reported Monday.
The 56-year-old rapper is currently serving a 50-month sentence after a jury delivered a mixed verdict last summer: Jurors convicted him on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, pertaining to two of his ex-partners — the singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and “Jane,” an influencer who testified under a pseudonym in the high-profile trial. Combs was also acquitted on the more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy in his criminal trial, which could have carried a sentence of life in prison. In December, Combs’s legal team filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan, arguing that Judge Arun Subramanian handed down an improperly steep sentence for the prostitution-related charges. His team has also reached out to President Donald Trump seeking a pardon, NBC News reported.
Combs is currently serving time at Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institute, a low-security facility in New Jersey. There, he is enrolled in a drug-treatment program and working as a chaplain’s assistant, CBS News reported last year. Combs’s release date has been changed before: In November, it was pushed back from May 8, 2028, to June 4, 2028, after he allegedly violated multiple prison rules, including consuming homemade alcohol and participating in a three-way phone call, which the Federal Bureau of Prisons prohibits. Combs’s team denied he was caught drinking and said he was unaware about the regulations surrounding phone calls.
The mogul’s legal troubles began in November 2023, when his former partner Cassie sued him in federal court, accusing him of rape and physical abuse during their decade-long relationship. Since then, Combs has faced more than 70 civil lawsuits accusing him of wide-ranging abuse including rape, trafficking, sexual harassment, and the creation of nonconsensual pornography. His legal team has denied all allegations against him, casting the claims as “fabricated,” “full of lies,” and opportunistic cash grabs.