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Sean Combs’ expected release date from prison has been calculated, providing the first official prediction of when the music mogul convicted of two counts of solicitation for the purpose of prostitution will be released – assuming he doesn’t receive a pardon from President Donald Trump.
According to online records, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said Combs is expected to begin serving his 50-month 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 found Combs guilty of transporting his ex-girlfriends and male companions across state lines for the purpose of commercial sex. The jury acquitted him of the more serious charges of criminal conspiracy and sex trafficking.
Request for transfer to Fort Dix
In a letter filed with the court on October 6, Combs’ attorney Teny Geragos asked U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian to recommend that the music mogul be moved to FCI Fort Dix in central New Jersey. Geragos said the low-security prison would allow Combs to “address drug issues” and “maximize family visits and rehabilitation efforts.”
The judge later said he would not recommend a specific location. Combs remains incarcerated at a federal prison in Brooklyn awaiting formal assignment.
Combs, 55, recently filed a notice that he is appealing his conviction and sentence, so his New Jersey detention request makes sense. Located just 80 miles south of Manhattan, he would be close to his New York-based legal team there.
Other prominent inmates serving their sentences at Fort Dix include convicted fraudster Martin Shkreli (“Pharma Bro”) and Real Housewives of New Jersey star Joe Giudice.
Sentences and reactions
Combs was sentenced Oct. 3 to four years and two months in prison. His two Mann Act convictions could have given him a combined maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The Bad Boy Records founder has already spent more than a year in custody after being arrested in New York in September 2024.
Prosecutors demanded a prison sentence of more than eleven years for his conviction. Federal probation officials set a benchmark of about six to seven years. Combs, on the other hand, asked for no more than 14 months, which would have been equivalent to the time he had already served.
“A significant sentence must be imposed to make it clear to both perpetrators and victims that exploitation and violence against women will be met with real accountability,” Justice Subramanian said while announcing the verdict. “Victims who have the courage to report their abusers and relive the excruciating trauma of this abuse through their testimony in court should see that their efforts can lead to meaningful accountability.”
Hope for a pardon
As ROLLING STONE previously reported, Combs’ camp has also asked Trump to consider a pardon. Combs’ team sought Trump’s clemency knowing he had previously granted sentence reductions or pardons to several members of the music industry in the final hours of his first term.
In his last-minute action in January 2021, Trump issued pardons or reduced sentences to Lil Wayne, Kodak Black and Snoop Dogg’s close friend Michael “Harry-O” Harris, a co-founder of Death Row Records.