SBF and P Diddy Are Housed in the Same Brooklyn Jail Cell

Music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs (formerly known as P Diddy or Puff Daddy) is sharing the same jail unit with infamous FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn—alongside several other inmates.

Combs has been held in jail since his arrest last week after federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging him with racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking in what the government has called a “decades-long pattern of physical and sexual violence.”

Cellmates in Brooklyn Jail

According to a source familiar with the matter, SBF and Combs are not cellmates in the classic sense of sharing the same small jail room. Instead, they are sleeping in a large dormitory-style room at the MDC with other inmates. The cell unit houses no more than twenty inmates who may require “special detention” due to their high-profile status.

Combs, who was denied bail after pleading innocent to the charges brought against him, may have reason to worry given the prison’s long history of violence and lackluster conditions. According to U.S. District Judge Gary R. Brown, MDC inmates have regularly dealt with delayed medical attention, aging infrastructure, and “frequent lockdowns due to violence.”

Recall that the FTX founder, a vegan, has previously complained about the food quality at MDC, surviving mainly on a diet of bread, water, and peanut butter.

SBF’s Dramatic Downfall

Bankman-Fried has been in MDC since late last year, serving a 25-year sentence for orchestrating a massive fraud scheme with the cryptocurrency exchange he founded, FTX.

In a May interview with news outlet Puck, the crypto convict shared insights on his prison life. He claimed that he lived with inmates who were murderers and that he relied on his bags of rice and beans for bargaining power to ensure protection in jail.

He recently appealed to overturn his fraud conviction, criticizing the judge who presided over his trial for being unfair and biased.

In FTX-related news, Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research, has been sentenced to two years in prison following a plea deal for her role in the exchange’s collapse.

Ellison, who had a personal relationship with SBF, admitted to wire fraud and money laundering charges. As part of her cooperation with prosecutors, she testified against Bankman-Fried, providing crucial details about the fraudulent scheme’s inner workings.