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New update in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ case after sentencing: Report
After being sentenced to four years in prison on Friday over his conviction on prostitution-related charges, Sean “Diddy” Combs returned to a Brooklyn jail where he has spent more than a year in conditions his lawyers call violent and inhumane.
Prosecutors say the conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center have improved in the time Combs has spent there since his September 16, 2024 arrest. They cite increased staffing levels, facility repairs, and a reduction in the number of lockdowns.
Combs’ 50-month sentence, imposed by U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian at a hearing in Manhattan federal court, comes after the hip-hop mogul was convicted in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. The jury had acquitted him on the more serious counts of sex trafficking and racketeering, which could have earned him a life sentence.
Combs pleaded not guilty to all charges and is expected to appeal his conviction. Combs will in the coming weeks or months be assigned to a federal prison where he will serve out the remainder of his sentence, but for now, Combs will remain jailed in Brooklyn.
COMBS SLEEPS IN DORM-STYLE ROOM
The MDC, which has also held convicted sex traffickers like British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and rhythm and blues singer R. Kelly, is a far cry from the luxurious Los Angeles and Miami mansions Combs called home until last year.
According to his lawyers, Combs, 55, sleeps within two feet of other inmates in a dorm-style room. The bathroom, with no door, is located in the same room, the defense lawyers wrote in a Sept. 22 court filing urging U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian to impose a low sentence.
“Living conditions at the MDC remain inhumane,” his lawyers wrote. “Mr. Combs has not breathed fresh air in nearly 13 months, or felt sunlight on his skin.”
At one point during his incarceration, guards stopped someone trying to cut Combs with a makeshift knife, defense lawyer Brian Steel said at Friday’s sentencing hearing.
In recent years, MDC has been plagued by persistent staffing shortages, power outages and maggots in inmates’ food. Two weeks after Combs’ arrest, prosecutors announced criminal charges against nine MDC inmates for crimes including assault, attempted murder and murder at the facility in the months before Combs arrived.
In January of last year, Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman declined to order a man charged with drug crimes detained pending trial at the MDC, calling the conditions there an “ongoing tragedy, opens new tab.”
But in a sentencing hearing in a different case this past May, Furman said conditions at the jail had improved. In a July court filing in Combs’ case, prosecutors said the jail housed 300 fewer inmates than in January 2024 and that incidents of armed violence had declined.
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons, which operates MDC, did not respond to a request for comment. The agency has previously said it was engaged in intensive efforts to improve conditions at the jail.
PROSECUTORS DISPUTE COMBS’ ASSERTIONS
Combs’ lawyers said he had been on suicide watch almost constantly, meaning he is awoken by guards while he is sleeping to ensure he is well and must present his identification card to guards every two hours.
They said a September 12 video call with Combs was interrupted by a stabbing that led to a days-long lockdown.
Prosecutors said Combs’ description of his conditions was misleading or inaccurate. They said in a September 30 filing that he had been on suicide watch for a total of seven days, and that there had been no lockdowns in Combs’ unit during his time at MDC.
As to Combs’ assertion that he had not felt sunlight or fresh air, the prosecutors said he had daily access to a “partially exposed” recreational space to allow sunlight and airflow.
Combs’ lawyers have acknowledged one benefit of his incarceration: they say after a 25-year drug addiction, he is now sober.
Angela Levin, a royal expert and major critic of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry has reacted to the duchess trip to Paris Fashion Week.
Angela was commenting on the video shared by Oli London, a news contributor on X, formerly Twitter handle.
“Meghan Markle makes Paris Fashion Week debut after reinventing herself as a lifestyle influencer,” he said and added, “The Duchess of Sussex attended the Balenciaga show, despite the brand previously sparking outrage for its controversial children’s campaign.”
Commenting on it, Angela raised a big question.
The royal expert said, “Isn’t Paris equally dangerous as London. Why is she risking it. Ahhh lots of photos.”
She continued, “And not a word about her father who is not caught in the Philippine earthquake, but must have been terrified.”
Angela was referring to Meghan and Harry’s claims about security in London.
Earlier, speaking to the People, the spokesperson said about Meghan that the “As Ever” founder’s appearance was to support pal Pierpaolo Piccioli, who became Creative Director for the House in July.
The Spokesperson said, “Over the years, the Duchess has worn a number of designs by Pierpaolo.
“They have worked closely together, collaborating on design for key moments on the world stage.”
- Short-circuit suspected as cause of deadly Jaipur fire.
- Blaze began in intensive care unit of Sawai Man Singh Hospital
- Forensic team to determine exact cause of the fire.
NEW DELHI: A hospital blaze caused by a suspected short-circuit killed at least six patients in a trauma centre at the largest state-run hospital in India’s northwestern city of Jaipur, and injured five, officials said on Monday.
The fire began in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Sawai Man Singh Hospital, “releasing toxic gases”, hospital official Anurag Dhakad told the ANI news agency, adding that a short-circuit was the suspected cause.
“Five patients are still critical,” he said, while 13 had been safely evacuated from the two wards of the hospital in the capital of Rajasthan, which draws patients from across the desert state.
Fire brigade teams arrived within 20 minutes after the fire began late on Sunday in the neurosurgery ICU, hospital superintendent Sushil Kumar Bhati told the agency.
Most of the hospital equipment was gutted in the roughly two hours it took to bring the fire under control, however, broadcaster NDTV said.
Jaipur Police chief Biju George Joseph said a forensic investigation would determine the exact cause.
The government of Rajasthan, whose capital is Jaipur, has set up a panel to investigate the cause, ANI said.
It will study the hospital’s firefighting arrangements and the management’s response, as well as steps to avoid similar incidents, the agency added.
Similar hospital fires in India have been blamed on short circuits in electronic equipment.
Ten newborns died from burns and suffocation after a fire in November at a neonatal intensive care unit in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
In May 2024, six newborns died in a fire at a baby care hospital in New Delhi, the capital.
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