Diddy 'received standing ovation' on return to prison
The disgraced rap mogul's trial in New York ended last week when he was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering, but convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, and when he returned to Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, the other prisoners viewed the decision as a sign of hope.
His lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, told People magazine: "They all said, 'We never get to see anyone who beats the government.'"
The lawyer - who speaks to the 56-year-old rapper four or five times a day - thinks Diddy's arrest and subsequent time behind bars has changed him.
"He's doing OK," Agnifilo said.
"(He) realises he has flaws like everyone else that he never worked on.
"He burns hot in all matters. I think what he has come to see is that he has these flaws and there's no amount of fame and no amount of fortune that can erase them. You can't cover them up."
The Bad Boy Records founder - who has been in jail since September 2024 - will stay behind bars until his sentencing on 3 October after once again being denied bail by Judge Arun Subramanian.
He could face a prison term of up to 20 years.
Denying bail, the judge noted that prosecutors were right to point out that a Mann Act violation means detention was "mandatory".
Combs was convicted of flying people around the country to engage in sexual encounters.
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