Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs taking sobriety ‘seriously’ in prison, rep says

Sean “Diddy” Combs is taking his sobriety “seriously” in prison, according to his representative.

The 56-year-old rap mogul is serving 50 months behind bars after being convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He was recently transferred to the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Fort Dix, New Jersey, to serve the rest of his sentence.

Combs’ spokesperson has now spoken out to dismiss claims the shamed music star had been caught drinking homemade alcohol behind bars – insisting his client is focusing on remaining clean and sober.

The representative told People: “There have been several false and reckless reports circulating about Mr Combs. He has not violated any prison rules. His sobriety and self-discipline are priorities, and he is taking them seriously.

“This is only his first week at FCI Fort Dix, and unfortunately, rumours will surface throughout his time there. We ask the public and the press to give him the benefit of the doubt, the privacy to focus on his personal growth, and the grace to move forward in peace.”

A statement denying the booze rumours was also posted on Combs’ X account. It reads: “The rumours claiming Mr Combs was caught with alcohol are completely false. His only focus is becoming the best version of himself and returning to his family.”

Combs was transferred from Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn to FCI Fort Dix 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.

His attorney Teny Geragos had written in a court filing: “In order to address drug abuse issues and to maximise family visitation and rehabilitative efforts, we request that the court strongly recommend to the Bureau of Prisons that Mr Combs be placed at FCI Fort Dix.”

The Bad Boy Records founder had complained about the conditions in MDC and earlier this month, his friend Charlucci Finney claimed Combs had suffered a terrifying incident at the prison when he woke up “with a knife to his throat”.

Charlucci told the Daily Mail online: “He woke up with a knife to his throat. I don’t know whether he fought him off or the guards came, I just know that it happened.”

However, Charlucci believes the alleged incident was designed to scare the I’ll Be Missing You hitmaker, rather than hurt him.

He said: “If this guy had wanted to harm him, Sean would have been harmed. It would only take a second to cut his throat with a weapon and kill him.

“It was probably a way to say, ‘Next time you ain’t gonna be so lucky’. Everything is intimidation. But with Sean it won’t work. Sean is from Harlem.”

The 60-year-old producer is constantly worried about his friend because he fears he will always be a target for fellow inmates.

He said: “Sean has kept a lot of this stuff to himself because he doesn’t want to worry his family. But if you’re in jail and you’ve been charged with anything sexual it’s not a good place to be.

“The prisoners take it personal. They look at it like, it could have been my mom, my auntie, my daughter. They try to get what they call prison justice.

“And you have to understand, we are not talking about a regular person. We’re talking about Diddy.”