Disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has reportedly been placed in the same jail housing unit as the infamous crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried, stirring intrigue among observers.
According to NBC New York, both Combs and Bankman-Fried, often referred to as SBF, are currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Sources indicate that they share a “barrack-style area” with around 18 to 20 inmates, which includes high-profile defendants and individuals requiring special protection. While they are kept separate from the general population, they share communal living spaces.
As reported by Breitbart News, Combs has been placed on suicide watch while awaiting trial, facing a barrage of serious accusations that include over a decade of abuse, threats, and coercion against women, as well as charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice.
Having been denied bail twice, Combs’s situation has drawn attention, with a source telling People that he is on suicide watch as a precautionary measure due to his shocked state, leaving authorities uncertain about his mental well-being.
Marc Agnifilo, Combs’s attorney, has staunchly defended his client’s innocence, emphasizing that Combs has been “nothing but cooperative” throughout the investigation. “To his credit, Mr. Combs has been nothing but cooperative with this investigation and voluntarily relocated to New York last week in anticipation of these charges. Please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts,” Agnifilo urged. “These are the actions of an innocent man with nothing to hide, and he looks forward to clearing his name in court.”
In a parallel narrative, Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison this past March after being found guilty of fraud. U.S. prosecutors charged him and other FTX executives with misappropriating customer crypto accounts for risky investments, making illegal political donations, and bribing Chinese officials.