Sean "Diddy" Combs moved to prison in Pennsylvania

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Sean "Diddy" Combs has been moved to a national situation successful Pennsylvania aft reports that the hip-hop mogul was surviving the precocious beingness and was injured successful a combat astatine his New Jersey lockup, a idiosyncratic acquainted with the substance told The Associated Press connected Friday.

The national Bureau of Prisons is transferring Combs, 56, from FCI Fort Dix to FCI Allenwood Low, a low-security installation southbound of Williamsport and astir 155 miles westbound of New York City, the idiosyncratic said. The idiosyncratic was not authorized to talk publically and did truthful connected information of anonymity.

The Bureau of Prisons confirmed the determination but provided nary further details. The bureau said it does not sermon conditions of confinement for anyone successful its custody, including reasons for transfer, for privacy, safety, and information reasons.

"Decisions astir inmate placement are made by the BOP, and we are not successful a presumption to talk to the circumstances surrounding this transfer," said Combs' spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer. "Sean remains focused connected moving forward, and we anticipation that his clip astatine the caller installation volition beryllium productive and without unnecessary disruption."

Combs is serving a four-year, two-month condemnation for his condemnation past twelvemonth connected prostitution-related charges for transporting radical crossed authorities lines for intersexual encounters. The lawsuit featured harrowing grounds astir unit and enactment parties helium called "freak-offs." It was a forceful reckoning for 1 of euphony and entertainment's astir influential figures.

Last month, NBC News reported that Combs was continuing to bask aspects of his millionaire manner astatine FCI Fort Dix, smuggling successful Hennessy, having chap inmates cook, clean, marque his furniture and springiness him massages, and utilizing a contraband cellphone to presumption societal media and an ex-girlfriend's nude selfies.

On Wednesday, TMZ reported that Combs was injured successful a combat with different inmate astatine Fort Dix and had to beryllium taken retired of the situation for treatment. In a uncommon rebuttal, the Bureau of Prisons refuted TMZ's report, telling the AP: "The communicative you are referring to is mendacious and did not happen."

In the aftermath of the NBC report, Combs was placed successful the prison's peculiar lodging unit, a heavy secured portion of the installation distant from the wide population, for inmates with disciplinary issues oregon information concerns. He has besides been docked 41 days of good-conduct credit, pushing his release date backmost to March 2, 2028, according to the idiosyncratic acquainted with the matter.

In April, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments successful Combs' bid to overturn his condemnation and sentence, which his lawyers argued was excessively harsh. The tribunal has yet to rule.

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