Sean Combs’ projected prison release date has been calculated, offering the first official prediction of when the music mogul convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution will be released — assuming he doesn’t get a pardon from President Donald Trump.
According to online records, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said Combs is on track to complete his 50-month prison sentence on May 8, 2028. The calculation is based on the fact that Combs was first arrested in his criminal case in September 2024.
A federal judge handed down the sentence after a jury convicted Combs of transporting his ex-girlfriends and male escorts across state lines for commercial sex. The jury acquitted him on more serious charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.
In a letter to the court filed Oct. 6, Combs’s lawyer Teny Geragos asked U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian to recommend that the music mogul be assigned to FCI Fort Dix in central New Jersey. Geragos said the low-security prison would allow Combs to “address drug abuse issues” and “maximize family visitation and rehabilitative efforts.” The judge later said he would not recommend a particular location. Combs remains locked up in a federal detention center in Brooklyn, awaiting his official assignment.
Combs, 55, recently filed a notice of appeal, so his request for the New Jersey prison made sense. Just 80 miles south of Manhattan, it would place him close to his New York-based legal team. Other high-profile inmates who served time at Fort Dix include convicted fraudster and so-called “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli, and Real Housewives of New Jersey star Joe Giudice.
Combs was sentenced to four years and two months in prison on Oct. 3. His two Mann Act convictions had carried the threat of a combined maximum of 20 years in prison. The Bad Boy Records founder already has served more than a year in custody after he was arrested in New York in September 2024.
For his conviction, prosecutors sought a sentence of more than 11 years in prison. Federal probation officials set a guidelines range of about six to seven years. Combs, meanwhile, asked for no more than 14 months, which would have been equivalent to time served.
“A substantial sentence must be given to send a message to abusers and victims alike that exploitation and violence against women is met with real accountability,” Judge Subramanian said as he handed down the punishment. “Victims who have the courage to report their abusers and relive the excruciating trauma of that abuse by testifying in court should see that their efforts can result in meaningful accountability.”
As Rolling Stone previously reported, Combs’ camp has also asked Trump to consider a pardon. Combs’ camp sought Trump’s presidential pardon knowing that he previously granted clemency to several members of the rap music community in the waning hours of his first administration. In his last-minute spree in January 2021, Trump handed out pardons or commutations to Lil Wayne, Kodak Black, and Snoop Dogg’s close friend Michael “Harry-O” Harris, a co-founder of Death Row Records.
