Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gets new prison release date

Disgraced hip-hip mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been given a new date when he is set to be released from prison.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been given a new prison release date.

The shamed hip-hop mogul is currently behind bars serving a 50-month sentence after being convicted on two prostitution-related charges and was initially due to walk free in mid-2028 with the release date being shifted by authorities several times. It was recently stated to be June 4, 2028 before shifting to April 25, 2028 but now it has changed once again and Combs is now likely to be released even earlier with February 23, 2028 currently standing as the date he’s due to regain his freedom, according to PEOPLE.com.

Combs has been behind bars since his arrest in September 2024 and he was convicted in July 2025 on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.

The rapper’s eight-week trial last year resulted in acquittals on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering, but he was convicted on prostitution-related offences.

A representative for the shamed star previously insisted Combs is using his time behind bars to take his sobriety “seriously”.

The spokesperson dismissed claims Combs had been caught drinking homemade alcohol during his time in prison- insisting his client is focusing on remaining clean and sober.

Combs was transferred from Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York City to FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey on October 30.

FCI Fort Dix is a low security facility and said to have better conditions than MDC Brooklyn, where Combs had been behind bars since his arrest on various sex crime charges in September 2024.

His legal team had requested he be moved to the facility in New Jersey because of its access to drug rehabilitation schemes.

US President Donald Trump previously acknowledged Combs had requested a pardon, but he is not currently considering granting it.

According to The New York Times, Trump said the rapper “asked me for a pardon … through a letter” and then added: “Oh, would you like to see that letter?”

However, the publication reported the President did not produce the letter but he did indicate he’s not considering Combs’ request for a pardon.

Trump had previously suggested he was unsure about pardoning the I’ll Be Missing You hitmaker because Combs was “very hostile” towards him when he ran for the White House.