The countdown toSean Combs' prison release date just got shorter.
The rapper known as Diddy, who has beenserving a 50-month sentencefor prostitution-related charges, is now scheduled to be freed 10 days earlier than expected, according to Federal Bureau of Prisons records accessed byEntertainment Weekly. The adjustment to the music mogul's release date comes just weeks after a previous change shaved over a month off his sentence.
Combs is now scheduled for release on April 15, 2028. His prison sentence was previously set to end on April 25, 2028.
The release date has fluctuated several times since his 2025 conviction: Combs was originally slated for release on May 8, 2028, before the date was pushed back to June 4 and then moved up to April 25.
Representatives for Combs didn't immediately respond to EW's request for comment.
The latest update arrives just one week before Combs' legal team heads to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on April 9, to present their oral argument. Last December, the rapper's attorneysformally appealed his conviction and sentence, arguing that the sexual encounters at the center of the case were consensual and that the trial judge imposed an overly harsh sentence.
On Feb. 20, federal prosecutors urged an appellate court to uphold both Combs' conviction and sentence, arguing that Combs was allegedly a repeat and flagrant offender who used violence and threats to commit his crimes, per court documents obtained byPEOPLE.
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Combs was convicted last summer following a high-profile federal trial in New York. Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York accused Combs of leading a criminal enterprise that "abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct,"according to the indictment. Combs pleaded not guilty and has denied all of the allegations against him.
The music mogul wasultimately found guiltyof two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, a verdict that was widely seen as a legal victory for the rapper, as he was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have seen him sentenced to life in prison.
At sentencing, Judge Arun Subramanian said he "rejects the defense's attempt to characterize what happened here as merely intimate, consensual experiences, or just a sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll story."
He said to Combs, "You abused the power and control that you had over the lives of women you professed to love dearly. You abused them physically, emotionally, and psychologically. And you used that abuse to get your way, especially when it came to freak-offs and hotel nights."
On Oct. 3, 2025, Combs was sentenced to 50 months (just over four years) in prison, fined $500,000, and ordered five years of supervised release once he leaves prison. He has been serving time at Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution, a low-security prison located in New Jersey, since late October. Combs has been imprisoned since his September 2024 arrest.
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