Diddy’s prison release date revealed

(NewsNation) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is expected to be released from a New York federal prison for prostitution-related convictions in May 2028, online records from the Bureau of Prisons show. 

Combs was sentenced to four years and two months on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution under the Mann Act. He was acquitted of more serious racketeering and sex trafficking charges. 

Absent any changing circumstances, Combs is slated to walk free on May 8, 2028, records show. He has been in federal custody since his arrest in September 2024. 

The 2028 date reflects time already served, as well as the Bureau of Prisons’ First Step Act, which allows federal inmates to earn “good time credit” for each year of their sentence, potentially leading to serving 85% of their time. 

Could Trump pardon Diddy?

Combs could be let out sooner if he were to be commuted by President Donald Trump, though a White House official has said the president is not considering it. 

Trump confirmed earlier this month that Combs had requested a pardon.

“A lot of people have asked me for pardons,” Trump told journalists in the Oval Office. “I call him Puff Daddy; he has asked me for a pardon.”

Combs was the center of a monthslong trial earlier this year, which put his clout and celebrity in focus surrounding accusations of human trafficking and prostitution.